Column: Nature feature

What comes to mind when you think of dragons? Do you summon up images of the mythical beings that belong in the realms of fantasy? Or do you picture those creatures with shimmering wings, only to look up and find them flying overhead.

It’s that time of the year when the Blue Tiger makes its way to the Western Ghats. Keep your peeled for these butterflies as they flit past you when you are out and about.

Here’s a mother who hunts for baby food even before she has given birth. Read the exciting account of what happens when the Spider or Pompilid Wasp, meets a spider, a Tarantula no less.

There’s several interesting things one can observe while looking at a spider web. In this photo essay, Deepa Mohan gives ample reason to dissuade people from merely brushing off cobwebs while cleaning their homes.

Many creatures that are depicted in Hindu mythology are inspired by nature. As Deepa Mohan talks about some of them, she reminds us of the importance of feeling the nature around us as we go about our daily lives.

The very word ‘Tarantula’ is something that strikes dread into most of our hearts. We’ve all heard the horror stories of ‘evil’ arachnnids delivering fatal bites. However, though they may be deadly Tarantulas elsewhere, the

May 10th 2015, was celebrated as Global Big Day, when, all over the world, birders tried to document as many species of birds as they could in 24 hours.  However, in India, we also  observed Endemic

Deepa Mohan has a poem to celebrate nature and ponder over the contradictions that we live with!

Did you know that some spiders are also called harvestmen? They’re not always scary—you just have to observe them to see their beauty!

A trip to a forest inside Bengaluru can reveal wonderful creatures that are hidden! Deepa Mohan captures the moments from her latest trip.

Ever observed a fishing bird? Did you know there are many ways to fish? Here’s the most interesting method!

Let’s be very careful what we throw away, and how we dispose of plastic.