Small Wonders

The name derives from the Greek words 'keros', a wax candle and 'pegnynai', assemble or unite; for the chandelier like flo...

Pelicans : Feeding with unity. This is Rosy or White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) out of eight species of pelican found in the world. The...

Not a spider – Not a Scorpion This strange animal is called “Tailless Whip Scorpion”. This spider like animal is famous for their long, whip...

Whitenosed Bushfrog. Frogs are members of the class called Amphibia. Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrate animals. They differ from repti...

Insect Orchestra In early monsoon our forests are full with insect orchestras. The loudest instrumentalist in the animal world is by the ins...

Pit Vipers with “Sixth” sense. Some snakes have infrared vision also called “heat vision,” the infrared rays, which have longer wavelengths ...

Spider female guarding egg sac. Female spiders are usually larger than the male as the physical demands and accompanying energy requirements...

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...