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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In the absence of males, female L...
On the island of Oahu in Hawaii, a shortage of males has resulted in female Laysan Albatrosses teaming up to raise their young together. This strategy, called

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More species discovered in the Gr...
The Greater Mekong is certainly a wildlifer’s paradise and one of the most vital global biodiversity hotspots. In the past decade alone over 1,000 species hav

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Cheetah's bark for sex
A team of bioacoustics experts studying cheetah vocalisation have discovered that a specific bark of the male cheetah induces ovulation in the female.

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Squids Reveal Unusual Mating Ritu...
A survey conducted of 10 squid species living at depths of between 984 and 3,937 feet (300 and 1,200 m.), revealed a host of unusual mating rituals and techni

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Reflected light leading to animal...
Increasing instances of man-made light sources disrupting natural light cycles and consequently impacting animals that rely on light cues to find mates, deter

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Egg-laying mammal
The duck-billed platypus is a misnomer in many different ways. When it was first brought to the United Kingdom in the 1700s, people actually thought that some

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Googling and Climate Change
You can plant trees, champion environmentalism and recycle paper but a simple Google search can reverse all your good work, says a research conducted by U.S.

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DNA testing in Palamau
Not a single tiger sighting was recorded in the Palamau Tiger Reserve during Phase I of the Wildlife Institute of India’s all India tiger enumeration study. B

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Meghalaya villagers root for tige...
Illegal coal mining on the boundary of the Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya sparked the ire of locals and NGOs who joined hands to send a legal notice to

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Plastic ban in Delhi
India’s capital is finally setting the bar for metros around the nation by issuing a state-wide ban on plastic bags.

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Whitley Award for Deepak Apte
One of the world’s most prestigious awards for grassroots nature conservation was awarded to Deepak Apte, marine biologist with the Bombay Natural History Soc

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Protest against tiger reserve in...
Extension plans of the newly-declared Mudumalai Tiger Reserve are being opposed by locals as well as representatives of political parties in Tamil Nadu. The N

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