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The black drongoes throw themselves at insects flushed from the mango tree

When friends come calling – be it the purple rumped sunbirds or the mellifluous magpie robin

November 12, 2025 9:39 am

Some squeal, some shriek, some are quiet, either ways, there is always a rousing welcome when one is in Goa

Sultanpur jheel on a winter morning (Photo by Ranjit Lal)

The lost seasons of India: From Delhi’s crisp winter to monsoon magic

October 29, 2025 9:19 pm

A look at how human recklessness has cost India the joy of its characteristic seasons

The secret life of dragonflies: Underwater predators with jet-powered butts and catapult jaws

October 13, 2025 12:32 pm

Dragonflies spend 90 per cent of their lives as ‘nymphs’, living at the bottom of murky ponds and looking like ghouls that terrify small fish and tadpoles

When water meets gravity: entire mountainsides come crashing down

October 01, 2025 12:53 pm

There is nothing as terrifying as watching a rabid river ruthlessly undercut its bank, on which houses and hotels begin to teeter, crack, lean over and then in slow motion, fall into the turbulent water

Rewriting Bob Dylan's Blowin’ in the Wind: Unlearnt lessons from history

September 10, 2025 10:53 am

We are being told fossil fuels are good and that climate change was just the result of an overheated imagination

Tag and you're dead: Not just hide and seek, some species in the animal kingdom can be lethal in their camouflage

July 23, 2025 3:37 pm

The insect world is replete with invisible wonders – from the praying mantis and big cats to octopuses and cuttlefish. They shape-shift to ambush and escape from predators

It's raining in Goa -- be careful, very careful on its beaches

July 06, 2025 8:47 am

The ocean is a completely different beast at this time: it's ranting and raving, sending spume and spray high in the air – nothing well-mannered about it