Carpooling Mynas
In the swamps of East India where the One-horned Rhinoceros roams, Jungle Mynas act as the Oxpecker's Indian counterparts, following rhinoceroses, dining on the ectoparasites that dwell on their hide....
View ArticleCOP 21 and Polar Animals
A cartoon on the Paris Climate Conference 2015 published on my Gocomics page today.
View ArticleDarth Wader
Here's one specially for those who are birders cum Star Wars nerds. (Disclaimer- I know nothing about Star Wars other than what Darth Vader looks like!)Prints available on my store here.
View ArticleGlobal warming and Rudolph the Reindeer
A Christmas special from my Gocomics page here. A merry Christmas to all Green Humour readers!
View ArticleWalks of Life- Cover for The Hindu BLink's 100th issue
My cartoon on walking is on the cover of The Hindu BLink's 100th issue today! The paper runs a very interesting assortment of articles on walking, inspired by indications from the new census reports...
View ArticleOdd-Even
Good morning New Delhi! Here's hoping that the odd-even cars formula does not prove to be yet another oddity in climate policy.A very happy new year to Green Humour readers!
View ArticleCanids of India and Striped Hyena
Although the famous wild cats of India enchant most wildlife enthusiasts the world over, the dog family beats every other in my list of favourite mammals. India boasts of six species split into several...
View ArticleBelize bans oil drilling along reefs
In a rare piece of environmentally favourable news, Belize banned offshore drilling along the great Belize Barrier Reef. The reef is not only a sanctuary for a multitude of marine animals, but is also...
View ArticleLittle-known facts about grizzly hibernation
Did you know how insomniac grizzlies hibernate? Here's one from my Gocomics page today.
View ArticleMascot for the All India Forest Sports Meet
Meet Billoo the Hornbill, a mascot I designed for the All India Forest Sports Meet, 2015. The mascot also features on a series of 'My Stamp' postage stamps issued by the government, released at the...
View ArticleThe Hornbill Map of the Indian Subcontinent
You've met India's hornbills in the caricatured compilation, Hornbills of India. Here's an illustrated map that shows you where to find these spectacular birds in the sub-continent. Of the 10 species,...
View ArticlePamela Rasmussen and Species Splits
To birdwatchers, both seasoned and novice, Pamela Rasmussen needs no introduction. A prolific ornithologist and one of the foremost experts on Asian birds, Rasmussen has to her credit the authorship of...
View ArticleMines and elephants
The result of a clash between two giants is always the defeat of one. This holds true for coal and elephants too, particularly in the state of Chhattisgarh, which has one of the largest open cast...
View ArticleThe Endemics of Sri Lanka
Happy Sri Lankan Independence Day! Did you know that the gorgeous island of Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of endemism in the world? 16% of its fauna is found nowhere else on the planet! As...
View ArticleLeopards and Highways
And the story goes on. Cities keep expanding into wild territory, highways cutting across national parks keep widening, park boundaries keep diminishing, and man-animal conflict elevates to alarming...
View ArticleDarwin and the Beagle
Here's one from my Gocomics page today, for all you evolutionary biologists and Darwin fans on the site. Happy Darwin Day!
View ArticleLeopards in stress
One on the recent situations cause by human-leopard conflict that the media often misquotes as 'leopard attacks'. More often than not, it is the stress caused to wild animals by crowds and poor and...
View ArticleChhattisgarh under'mined'
National news aside, some extremely 'anti-national' developments are going unnoticed. Here is a cartoon on the violation of the Forest Rights Act by the government to facilitate mining in Chhatisgarh....
View ArticlePangolins of the World
(click for larger view)Happy World Pangolin Day! Here is an illustrated map that shows where to find the 8 extant species of pangolins in the world, and also denotes their current status on the IUCN...
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