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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WILD10: The End Is Just The Begin...
On October 10, 2013, the week-long 10th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10) in Salamanca, Spain closed with a rousing commitment from more than 1,000 delegates

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Reptile And Amphibian Photographi...
The Gerry Martin Project (TGMP) is starting its first Research and Conservation Field Station on a beautiful plot of forested land, located in the Sindhudurg

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Zafar Futehally - Acclaimed Ornit...
One of India’s best known naturalists and ornithologists, Zafar Futehally, passed away on August 11, 2013. Bittu Sahgal remembers one of the pioneers of India

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Meet Wildlife Trust Of India’s Ab...
The nature of his work tends to keep Ashok Kumar in the shadows. He works on issues concerning the wildlife trade and one of his life’s preoccupations has b

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A Riot Of Red
Debates rage among experts as to why colours evolved and how they affect animal behaviour. We do know, however, that colour vision is the result of intricat

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Photographing Elephants
The ethics of wildlife photography must supersede the ambitions of those who venture out in search of the image, writes Ashish Chandola, one of India’s most e

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Timi-Kurm Festival 2013 (Whale -...
The three-day Timi-Kurm Festival is a marine environment awareness event involving a variety of stakeholders from the public, government and non-government or

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International Conference On India...
The Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) is hosting the second edition of the International Conference on Indian Ornithology 2013 (ICI

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Saxe's Elephant!
John Godfrey Saxe I was an American poet best known for his re-telling of the Indian parable The Blindmen and the Elephant, written over a century ago. Toda

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Borneo's Pygmy Elephants
It was hot and extremely humid that day. Sudirman and Fendy were sitting patiently under the sun, waiting for the elephants to emerge from the tiny, pocketed

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The Wildlife And Nature Conservat...
Sadiq Ali’s fascination for animals began in childhood and became his life’s mission. Ali, who was born in 1966 near Chennai, belonged to a family in the leat

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Atlas Moths Spotted Breeding At S...
Sunil Limaye, Chief Conservator of Forests, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, was walking through the forest he manages when he spotted two Altas moths - the world

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