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Colour, Science and Survival of the Peacock Tarantula
This colour of the peacock tarantula is neither accidental nor superficial. It is the product of physics, evolutionary contingency, and microscopic architecture — and today, it is inseparable from the species’ precarious survival.
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The Purple Frog: Secret Life and Dangers Lurking Above Ground
Purple frog lives underground for 11 months of the year and comes out only for a few days to mate. But some predators wait for that precise moment to pounce.
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Jerdon’s Courser: India’s Critically Endangered Ghost Bird of the Scrublands
Jerdon’s Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) is one of India’s most enigmatic and imperiled birds — a nocturnal, ground-dwelling species that has teased naturalists for nearly two centuries with its rarity and elusiveness. Its story is one of hope, mystery, and the urgent need for habitat protection.
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Indian Star Tortoise – Nature’s Perfect Geometric Masterpiece
The Indian Star Tortoise is a mathematical masterpiece. Its beauty is functional, its shape is geometrical, and its habits are a testament to the grit required to thrive in the scrub forests and arid grasslands of South Asia.
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Imperial Wood on the Edge: The 2,000-Year Saga of India’s Red Sanders
Deep within the dry, rocky hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh grows a biological treasure so coveted that it has been traded like gold for nearly two millennia. Pterocarpus santalinus, popularly known as Red Sanders or Rakta Chandan
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52 Weeks. 52 Threatened Species.
On my desk is a glass jar. Inside it are 52 handwritten names—each one a species from India that is currently threatened. Animals, plants, insects, amphibians, and more. These species are part of India’s vast biodiversity, yet they are seldom named or heard. They are not as familiar as the tiger, but they are just…