Associate Editor at Down To Earth (Web). His main interests include history, wildlife, culture, cuisine, theology and indigenous peoples
Panthera Tigris: The puzzle that is tiger taxonomy
The jury is still out on how many types of tiger are found across Asia
Leopards: How India can learn to live with them
Their easy adaptability brings them close to human settlements. Can we coexist?
Quake strikes Haiti; 1,200 killed, emergency declared
Earthquake in Haiti a wake-up call for India, says expert
क्या भारत में चीन से आए थे बाघ?
अध्ययन बताते हैं कि बाघ 12,000 साल पहले दक्षिण चीन से आए और भ…
International Red Panda Day: How safe are India's Red Pandas?
The cute and cuddly carnivore is threatened by a host of factors
Conservationists slam draft of new government report on elephants
It fails to understand the ecology of elephants, they say
Oil spill could devastate Mauritius’ coral reefs, say experts
They also call for more coverage of oil spills in India
One dead in Ankleshwar factory blast
Second industrial accident in Gujarat in as many weeks
Read ‘L’ for locusts
An insect from Biblical times tells his tale of survival
Should we say good-bye to zoos?
Perhaps, the lockdown is a signal to humanity to finally let go of the outdated concept
‘The Amazon recycles water’
Down To Earth speaks to environmental scientist Deborah Lawrence on the Amazon blazes
Another species extinct: This time the Yangtze giant soft shell turtle
The last surviving female dies in a Chinese zoo
19 quakes strike Nicobar Islands within 10 hours
No casualties have been reported so far
Could clouds’ radiator effect vanish with global warming?
A new study published in Nature makes this conclusion. But not all agree