Small Wonders

Tiny but still powerful & venomous This is one of the commonest venomous snakes of India known as Saw-scaled Viper or “Furase” in Marat...

Turtles : Fear of extinction The turtle is an important symbol in the mythologies of many indigenous cultures, usually representing creation...

Paper Wasps Paper Wasp, common name for medium- to large-sized wasps that construct nests made of a papery material. The nests consist of a ...

Stick insect's Pair This is pair of "Stick Insects". These insects are very much well camouflaged in the green leaves of the p...

Harmless Vine Snake. This is Vine snake and it is very long and thin with very pointed head. It is called “Sarpa tol” or “Haran tol” in mar...

Drosera : Amazing insect eating plant This plant is Drosera indica, one of the carnivorous plants. Drosera, from the Greek, droseros (droser...

Digger Wasp Digger wasps are from Order Hymenoptera which includes insects like wasps, bees and ants. This is the third largest o rder after...

Banded Rock Gecko. A widely diversified group of reptiles, the lizards are generally distinguished from the snakes by the presence of limbs....

Antlion :- Using tools to catch prey. In early summer we can see small funnel-shaped pits in dry, fine soil. These pits are usually 1 1/2 to...

Tortoiseshell Beetles Tortoise beetles range between 9 and 12 mm (less than 0.5 inch) in length and resemble a tortoise because of the f orw...

Tiny Spiderlings : Under the care and protection of mother. The fertilisation of the female spider does not happen through direct contact wi...

The Great Orange Tip This is Great Orange Tip butterfly easily seen in jungles around Thane city. Even you can see this butterfly in city ga...

Egg laying in fast flowing water. Dragonflies and damselflies collectively called odonates, are one of the most common insects flying over f...

Edible nest Swiftlet. This is Indian Swiftlet, or Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet. It is a small swift with mainly dark black / brown above and ...

Mayfly - Shortest Life Span Mayflies can be easily recognised by the tails t heir rear. They spend their egg and nymph stages underwater, wh...

Baby Bugs : Just emerged from the eggs. Animals have two ways to make sure that they leave offspring in the world, so that their genes survi...

Centipede’s Baby care. Parental care is an essential part of human life, because we take an exceptionally long time to grow up. Other mammal...

Long Long Eyes : For vision and fighting. Just imagine our range of vision if we had our eyes at the end of long stalks like this stalk eye...

Flame of the Forest. This flower is of “Flame of the Forest” (Butea monosperma - frondosa) or “Palas” in Marathi. Normally this tree blooms ...