ornithology

Deepa Mohan narrates her experience of saving a tiny bird in distress, and explains the care to be taken while doing so.

Bats that don’t have good eyesight depend on ‘echolocation’ or sonar. Ultrasonic sounds are emitted specifically to produce echoes.

This rare plant not only traps the insects, it also releases them later, enabling them to pollinate other plants of the same species.

Nature has designed beaks of various shapes and styles to enable the birds to eat what they are used to.

Bangalore has many species of birds, fast depleting because of the city’s exponential growth. We start a new series to get you started with bird watching in the city.