(Jul 19, 2026) A software engineer who could barely tell a house crow from a jungle crow now spends his life interpreting forests for travellers from around the world. Nearly two decades after an unexpected leap into wildlife, Durgesh Kumar Singh (DK) has created...
(May 8, 2026) By winning hearts in classrooms and fields, conservation biologist Krithi Karanth has become the first Indian to be named the 2026 Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year. She describes her life’s work as advancing “evidence-based...
(May 6, 2026) Somewhere in the mist-covered hills of Darjeeling, a woman kneels beside a mountain pond, watching for the faintest sign of the Himalayan salamander. Its a lizard-like amphibian so ancient it seems to belong to another era. Thousands of kilometres away,...
(Jun 13, 2025) Long before the tiger became a symbol of global conservation battles and environmental urgency, a young girl of British descent, growing up in the jungles of Bihar, was being rocked to sleep by the roars of the very creature she would one day devote her...
(October 3, 2022) “India had 10,000 cheetahs during the time of Akbar but then, rulers over the years have been fond of hunting, and the number of the fastest animal on earth started coming down in India. The last three cubs were killed by Maharaja Surguja of MP in...
