What if I told you that a carnivorous dinosaur even more ferocious and stronger than the Tyrannosaurus rex, once lived here in India? We had our very own “king lizard of the Narmada” or the “royal lizard” with a characteristic … Read More
It is make or break in a courtroom. So much rests on the sound judgement, knowledge, fairness, and powers of interpretation of evidence of the presiding judge. It falls upon the lawyers to articulate evidence and testimony and build airtight … Read More
What if life on Earth is older than Earth itself, and arrived aboard an interstellar rock from within the unexplored hinterlands of our cosmos? Space rocks like asteroids and comets abound in our cosmos. Stars are forming and dying constantly … Read More
Conservation is not just about activists and field biologists – it is replete with niche players. It is amazing to think of the varied professional backgrounds and specialisations of those working in wildlife conservation. Broadly defined communities of experts such … Read More
Mind boggling connections have emerged in the course of evolution of species. Innumerable species have established a multi-faceted range of partnerships with each other. There are mutualistic (or symbiotic) partnerships, as well as parasitic and commensal (an organism benefitting from … Read More
At the heart of a multitude of Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (WCT’s) projects lies science. Science drives and underscores the organisation’s approach to its broad and diverse range of conservation work, be it research, capacity building, conflict mitigation or advocacy. Photo … Read More
Untapping Environmental DNA’s Unbridled Potential in Conservation A cup of water or handful of soil carries within it enticing evidence of life, past and present, in a larger ecosystem. This isn’t some far-fetched or a romanticised claim. It is a … Read More
Understanding the threats invasive species pose to native biodiversity We, humans, are unarguably the biggest agents of change on the planet, today. Many of our actions, even smallest of them, tend to leave in their wake much unpredictable, magnified, chaotic … Read More
Comprehending Non-human Intelligence “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Illustration credit: Lisa Gonsalves Albert Einstein is believed to … Read More
My fascination for the most unlikely associations in nature continues. Upon digging deeper into the reasons and causes behind various natural phenomena, highly interesting linkages between unexpected entities emerge, reasserting the deep interconnectedness within nature’s design. In the previous and … Read More