A Study in Blue
Meet the busiest bird in the North-eastern Himalayan region – the Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris), often referred to as Megma by the locals. A passerine bird of the Corvidae family, this gregarious bird loves to forage noisily in groups
Habre’s Nest- a paradise for the Red Panda
Shrouded by the mist, Habre’s Nest offers the chance to catch a glimpse of the shy and rather elusive Red Panda. Suddenly the lights dimmed, the temperature started to decrease; where there was clear weather with crystal sun-shine just few minutes
Flight of the Fluffy Tit
Mud-puddling is a conspicuous behavior amongst Lepidoptera and other creatures, mainly insects, where they seek out nutrients needed for survival from moist things such as mud, rotting leaf cover or carrion. Follow the account of a surprise sighting of a
Flight of a Swordtail
The Indo-Chinese fivebar swordtail butterfly’s presence in the Chotanagpur pregion of West Bengal points to a balanced ecology in the area, argues wildlife enthusiasts from the area. Indo-Chinese five-bar Swordtail, Graphium antiphates pompilius (Fabricius, 1787), is restricted to low elevation. It is
Turtle Teachings – self-containment at it’s maximum
The Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum) belongs to the Trinochydae family and is a large riverine species found in rivers and reservoirs in Northern and Central India. The authors recount their surprised delight to have found one of this
Its raining toads!
Follow the tales of Saptarshi Mukherjee’s chance finding of a pair of mating Marbled Toad in Asansol, Chotonagpur Plateau. It was a rainy evening of 3rd July 2017 in Asansol, when I sat on my balcony to enjoy the rains. Suddenly