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Read...Meet the smaller, lesser-known residents of the Palani Hills mountain ecosystem…
Read...It is a fine June morning the first time I hear it. A faint, rhythmic melody emerges…
Read...In south India, the mountain plateaus of the Western Ghats form an almost continuous wall from north…
Read...It was a summer afternoon in early 2006 when I first stepped into a Shola forest. I…
Read...Fires, both accidental and intentional, have plagued Kodaikanal and surrounding areas inthe Palani Hills over the years.…
Read...Plans are afoot to rejuvenate Kodaikanal Lake, but they are all missing a crucial need: improving water…
Read...Kodaikanal is a unique mountain ecosystem. Set in the Western Ghats, this landscape of Shola forest and…
Read...The Big Picture: Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav on the Role of Science in Storytelling, the Western Ghats, Kodai Bison, and Much More

A veteran photographer and explorer, this former molecular ecologist left the lab to experience the story he…
Read...Up close and personal with the red cage fungus, a marvellous and mysterious mushroom that smells like…
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