Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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Launch Of Jonathon Porritt’s The...
The launch of Jonathon Porritt’s book The World We Made, followed by a discussion with Sanctuary Asia editor Bittu Sahgal and executive chairman of Brookings

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Satpuda Foundation Organizes Glob...
The Satpuda Foundation, in collaboration with Amravati University, the Nature Conservation Society Amravati (NCSA), the Maharashtra State Wildlife Department,

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Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Camouflage in nature The irregular vertical dark stripes break the shape of the tiger against the background, camouflaging it to perfection. The poisonous st

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Flowers In The Rain
Water is life. With the torrential rains, a host of monsoon flora make an appearance: the balsams, begonias, crinums, cassias and numerous orchids, aroids, zi

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Sanctuary Nature Trail At Sanjay...
We look forward to seeing you and your family at a nature trail led by the Sanctuary team in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) on Sunday, November 10, 20

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Pacific Ocean Is Warming At Histo...
One of the reasons that average global surface-air temperatures have been rising at a slightly slower rate than some climate scientists projected, according t

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IUCN And Sylvia Earle Name Andama...
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and renowned marine biologist Sylvia Earle have just named the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshwade

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Learn About Strangler Figs
The strangler fig can grow to about 150 feet (45.7 m.) in height. So what are all those vine-like structures that snake down its trunk? Those are roots. Roots

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The Bamboo Pit Viper
The soaking wet weather did not stop Rahul Alvares’ German client Frank from searching for snakes in Amboli.

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'Leave Me Alone': Voice Of The Ti...
Jennifer Scarlott feels if tigers could speak, ‘Leave Me Alone’ is what they would say.

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Venom! Nature’s Deadly Arsenal
The venom apparatus is most highly developed in snakes. Snakes can be classified based on the structure of their fangs (venom injectors). Among snakes, vipers

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