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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Uncertain Destinies
Off the enchanting atolls of Lakshadweep, marine biologist Shreya Yadav explores the resilience of the archipelago’s most enigmatic organisms - coral reefs.

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Malabar Gliding Frog
The webbed feet and unusual body positions held by the Malabar gliding frog Rhacophorus malabaricus, found only in the Western Ghats, when gripping twigs remi

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Dung Beetles
Jennifer Scarlott informs Sanctuary Cub readers about the important role that dung beetles play in the ecological cycle.

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Amazonian Royal Flycatcher
The Amazonian Royal Flycatcher is a passerine bird. Passerines are birds, whose toes are adapted to easily perch on branches and similar structures. The Amazo

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Wildlife Biologist And Filmmaker...
She had already become a powerful agent of change for India’s conservation movement, but fate took, wildlife biologist Archana Bali from us far too early. Nan

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Tadoba Plans To Install Surveilla...
The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) will now have aerially-mounted 360 degree view surveillance cameras installed so that a 24-hour tracking of animal, bi

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Tanzania Calls For End To Wildlif...
Tanzania's Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, in association with WildAid and the African Wildlife Foundation, has launched a new public awareness cam

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Nine Wildlife Photographers To Fo...
This selection of splendid wildlife frames confirms that women are shaking India’s conservation photography world.

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Hope Floats
The world’s last remaining population of brow-antlered deer is confined to a few square kilometres of floating habitat in Manipur’s Loktak Lake. Endemic and e

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Meet Indian Forest Service Office...
Born into a family of Army personnel, Sonali Ghosh knew from an early age that she wished to be involved in forest and wildlife conservation. A topper of th

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Meet Indian Forest Service Office...
As an IFS officer serving in Uttarakhand, Neha Verma is a committed wildlifer who has taken on the challenges of conservation and management of wildlife and

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Into The Wild
Years of investigative journalism and policy work have taken Prerna Bindra to the remotest, most-neglected corners of India. She recounts tales from her wild

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