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Ranjit Lal
Lal is an author, environmentalist and bird watcher.
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The green brigade: Feel-good stories in jungleland
November 15, 2015 00:00 IST
Sometimes, conservation begins with an individual. And the results are often magnificent.
Sun, Nov 15, 2015
All crocodiles want is to be left alone
November 08, 2015 01:00 IST
Sure, crocs may not be cuddlesome — even if high society loves the feel of their leather — but they’re not nearly the voracious monsters they’ve been made out to be.
Sun, Nov 08, 2015
High on a Mountain Top: When you get out of the city, nature welcomes you with wide open arms
November 01, 2015 01:00 IST
The mountains, they fool you every time. You stare up at the pristine blue sky and suddenly realise that what you thought were clouds riding high are actually the great Himalayas.
Sun, Nov 01, 2015
Neither Here, Nor There: Mantis shrimp are shy, family-minded creatures
October 25, 2015 01:00 IST
Neither mantis nor shrimp, this shallow water inhabitant of tropical and semi-tropical marine waters has been around for 450 million years or more and are related to crabs and lobsters.
Sun, Oct 25, 2015
High Fliers Laid Low: Vultures are invaluable scavengers
October 18, 2015 01:00 IST
Vultures have stomachs to die for. The most unhygienic street food would turn into soothing comfort food.
Sun, Oct 18, 2015
Course of Nature: If you are quiet and well-behaved, nature will come to you
October 11, 2015 02:30 IST
Hides near waterholes or over kills can teach you a lot about animal bathing, drinking and dining etiquette.
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
Down in jungle land: Love, marriage, parenthood are ‘same same, but different’
October 04, 2015 00:00 IST
Is man the most evolved animal? Draw your own conclusions
Sun, Oct 04, 2015
Many animals use venom to overpower their victims
September 27, 2015 01:00 IST
Many creatures, while hunting, simply ambush or attack their victims head-on, and then bite or suffocate or constrict them to death, in one-to-one (or in some cases many-to-one) combat.
Sun, Sep 27, 2015
Mongooses are fierce hunters as well as great pets
September 20, 2015 01:00 IST
Fierce hunters, mongooses despatch their prey with swiftness, They also make great pets.
Sun, Sep 20, 2015
Ballerina Birds: The flamingos can mess up your head
September 13, 2015 01:00 IST
Flamingos wear these short pink ballerina tutus and stand straight, tall and effete, with all the regal hauteur of a brigadier-general on the parade ground, on pencil-slim legs that go on forever.
Sun, Sep 13, 2015
It’s a jungle out there: An imaginary interview
September 06, 2015 01:00 IST
The animal kingdom reacts to the charge that a jungle raj is a bad thing.
Sun, Sep 06, 2015
On horns, antlers and the other deadly weapons that animals sport
August 30, 2015 05:00 IST
Most predators are armed with a glittering arsenal of claws and teeth with which they catch, rip apart and devour their prey.
Sun, Aug 30, 2015
How the plant and animal world look out for each other to survive
August 23, 2015 01:00 IST
Living creatures have evolved partnerships where, for the most part, they look out for each other, and “live together” even when they are not remotely related to each other.
Sun, Aug 23, 2015
There’s grace and rhythm in every movement of the animal world
August 16, 2015 01:00 IST
Whether they live on land or underwater, or spend much of their lives in the sky, most living creatures look great moving in their element.
Sun, Aug 16, 2015
Legs Before Wicket: The story of the millipede and its more devious distant cousin, the centipedeSubscriber Only
August 09, 2015 06:00 IST
They’re ancient creatures with fossils going back 430 million years. They’re arthropods, not insects, and carnivorous
Sun, Aug 09, 2015
Fighting Spirit: Life lessons from the shikra or the diminutive hawk
August 02, 2015 01:00 IST
Meet the shikra, a diminutive hawk, smaller than a crow, with the fighting spirit and flying skill of a World War II Spitfire.
Sun, Aug 02, 2015
Why babies in animal kingdom kill their siblings
July 26, 2015 01:00 IST
Many babies across the animal kingdom think nothing of slaughtering their siblings in ways a psychotic chain-saw serial killer would envy.
Sun, Jul 26, 2015
Leader of the Pack: He-wolves are alpha males in every sense of the term
July 19, 2015 01:00 IST
All major decisions of the pack — when to hunt, when to move, when to rest and so on are taken by the missus — she runs the show.
Sun, Jul 19, 2015
The secret life of the remarkable seahorse: It is the male which gives birth to the babies
July 12, 2015 01:00 IST
They are tempting and attractive to keep as aquarium pets, but are delicate and notoriously difficult to look after.
Sun, Jul 12, 2015
Press play to live: What would life be without some fun and games?
July 05, 2015 01:00 IST
If animals play, it usually means they’re happy — if a baby animal does not play, it’s usually either depressed, ill or stressed out.
Sun, Jul 05, 2015
Diddler on the Roof: The colourful life of the otherwise monochromatic koel
June 28, 2015 01:00 IST
It is believed that the baby koels’ mom keeps hovering around her babies’ adopted home, ostensibly to check that they’re being brought up with proper values and even brings them tidbits as treats when they leave the nest.
Sun, Jun 28, 2015
Big Little Rodent: Squirrels are highly adaptable, entertaining little fellows
June 21, 2015 01:00 IST
Squirrels are highly adaptable, entertaining little fellows, but be warned — they can read you the riot act if need be
Sun, Jun 21, 2015
Flamboyant and jazzy, the kingfisher is also a deadly assassin
June 14, 2015 01:00 IST
Up there on the rooftops, or tree tops you might spot one of these would-be killers: flamboyant and jazzy as any bandmaster, equipped with a roving eye, wicked grin and deadly red dagger bill: the white-throated kingfisher.
Fri, Jun 19, 2015
We all play “waiting-waiting” for the monsoon
June 07, 2015 01:00 IST
Trees everywhere stand stoically, their exhausted leaves coated with summer grime.
Sun, Jun 07, 2015
Watch the grumpy jungle babblers canoodle, and you’ll melt into mush
May 31, 2015 01:00 IST
Like most citizens of the capital, they glower and scowl and frown most of the time, to say nothing of the incessant grating racket they make — “kay-kay-kay” as they go about their daily business.
Sun, May 31, 2015Journalism of Courage
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