Latest posts by Dr. Oishimaya Sen NagIndia houses around 1,300 bird species, representing about 12% of the world's bird species. Among them is a group facing an immediate risk of disappearing from the wild. They are just one step away from extinction on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They are the Critically Endangered (CR) bi...
Posted on 3 October 2026 | 5:30 pm
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A Russell's viper. Image credit: Davidvraju, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsIndia's vipers are often discussed as a single group, but the country's viper fauna has two distinct evolutionary lineages. The larger and more diverse group is the pit vipers, or Crotalinae, which include bamboo, Malabar...
Posted on 20 September 2026 | 4:24 pm
Read postBanded krait. Image credit: Arup2602, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.A krait can be lying beside a bed in a village home, moving through the rice field of a farmer, or crossing a road after dark without drawing much attention. These snakes are mostly nocturnal, generally secretive, and often enc...
Posted on 20 September 2026 | 10:33 am
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