15 Myths About Owls
June 24, 2025
Lets bust some myths about owls. The forest is silent. Moonlight filters through the canopy in silver ribbons. And then—without a whisper of wingbeat—it arrives.
Travellogues from Safari Lab
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Monkeys in India: Sacred Troublemakers of the Subcontinent
June 18, 2025
The story of monkeys in India isn’t a tale told in black and white. It’s painted in the brilliant oranges of marigolds tossed at temple gates, in the gray dust of back-alley battles between rival troops, and in the green canopy of ancient rainforests where rare species like the lion-tailed macaque still cling to existence.
Chota Matka : The Powerful Gladiator of Tadoba
June 2, 2025
Chota Matka is no longer just a tiger. He is an inheritance. His body bears the cartography of conflict: each scar a border, each limp a legacy. He has outlived brothers, outlasted challengers, and fathered the next wave of striped shadows that will haunt this forest long after he is gone.
But his story is more than just dominance.
The Great Migration: The Last Great Wildlife Spectacle
April 25, 2025
The Great Migration — also known as the wildebeest migration — is one of the most astonishing natural events on our planet.
Stretching across the endless plains of Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara, this epic journey is not a once-a-year event, but a ceaseless cycle — a vast, living loop in which more than two million animals march onward, driven by hunger, rain, and instinct as old as the Earth itself.
Thattekad: A Forest Whispering With Wings
April 16, 2025
Thattekad—an unassuming name, tucked quietly in the western foothills of Kerala’s Anamalai range—rises in significance the moment one hears a bird call echo through its canopy. Dr. Salim Ali called it the “richest bird habitat in peninsular India”—a title it still wears with quiet pride. Here, nature hasn’t raised its voice in alarm; it sings, softly and constantly, a lullaby of continuity.
Nagzira Tiger Reserve: Where Silence Hums With Life
March 30, 2025
Nagzira Tiger Reserve, even the name seems to rustle like dry teak leaves underfoot—whispered by the wind across a sleeping forest. It is, without hesitation, one of our favourite forests in central India. Not for the frequency of sightings, but for the theatre of atmosphere it stages—subtle, immersive, and hauntingly beautiful.
