Lal is an author, environmentalist and bird watcher.
January 15, 2017 00:02 IST
Supreme control and a zen-like demeanour – the leggy heron offers us much to learn from.
January 08, 2017 00:02 IST
There’s a birder’s paradise out there on winter days.
December 18, 2016 00:02 IST
Animals, too, have a sense of humour and fun. Do you want to hang around to find out?
December 11, 2016 00:02 IST
The leopard in the NCR’s Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a ray of hope.
December 04, 2016 00:00 IST
Why frogs and toads have fascinated children (and some adults) for ages.
November 27, 2016 00:18 IST
Gulls have learned to adapt to humans and their degraded environment. That cannot be a good thing.
November 20, 2016 00:06 IST
Away from Delhi’s Dickensian grimness, coastal birds to lift the spirits.
November 13, 2016 00:01 IST
How to be a crack birder and have a jolly good time.
November 06, 2016 00:24 IST
Nature may be red in tooth and claw, but why do television programmes stoke our fear of the wild?
October 30, 2016 00:13 IST
If you could choose to be someone else this Diwali, who would you like to be?
October 23, 2016 00:10 IST
The bee-eaters’ graceful aerial ballet is a sight to behold.
October 16, 2016 01:16 IST
City life ain’t what it’s made out to be.
October 02, 2016 01:00 IST
Unlike most raptors, the black-shouldered kite has an easy-come, easy-go attitude to life.
September 25, 2016 01:20 IST
Who wins the war?
September 11, 2016 01:20 IST
A love story with a sinister twist.
September 04, 2016 01:20 IST
The Oriental white-eye may not be glamourous, but it’s sure to put a smile on our faces.
August 28, 2016 01:20 IST
There’s something to be said about watching clouds change colour.
August 14, 2016 01:30 IST
What naked mole rats lack in looks, they more than make up for it in many other vital departments.
August 07, 2016 01:10 IST
With its bulging, red globules of eyes, the coucal or crow-pheasant, is the stuff nightmares are made of.
July 31, 2016 01:20 IST
Mother Nature might be a genius junkie, but she seems to have finally overplayed her hand.
July 17, 2016 00:00 IST
To protect themselves against their enemies, plants have developed a few tricks of their own.
July 10, 2016 01:00 IST
The life and times of the chirpy dubdubi.
July 03, 2016 00:01 IST
From keeping exotic pets at home to captive breeding, no good can come from human beings meddling with wildlife.
June 26, 2016 01:30 IST
In the wake of the culling controversy, presenting the life and crimes of four unlikely species.
June 25, 2016 00:00 IST
The second half, ‘Investigations’, is hard-hitting and leaves you wondering if wild animals and places in India have any chance at all to see the promised achche din.
