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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Bhitarkanika, Chilka And Mangalaj...
Bhitarkanika is a rich, green and luxuriant ecosystem, it is one of the best places to see the Estuarine Crocodile basking languidly along the banks as your b

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The ‘Bottled’ Wolf
The presence of a pack of Indian wolves in the buffer of the Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary was a cause for celebration, followed by panic when a lone wol

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Workshop On Attending To Avian Em...
Each year on January 14, the skyline in Ahmedabad comes alive with thousands of multi-coloured kites soaring high, trying to out manoeuvre each other. On this

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Narwhal
Imagine a big, big mammal with a spiral, long, handsome tusk protruding from its anterior, swimming the seas amongst the ice in the North Pole. That’s a narwh

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Malabar Pit Viper
Snake rescuer Rahul Alvares elaborates on the colour morphs and picky behaviour of the Malabar pit viper.

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The Great Horned Owl
It is winter and there are Great Horned Owls to be seen at the New York Botanical Garden, writes Jennifer Scarlott.

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For The Greater Good
People can and do make a difference writes Purnima Devi Barman, who shares with Sanctuary readers a heartwarming and successful conservation initiative driven

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Linking Rivers - Delinking Life
The late Shehla Masood wrote on June 14, 2010, to Jairam Ramesh, former Union Minister, Environment and Forests: “Panna showed signs of Sariska, but the insen

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Oil Tanker Sinks At Sundarbans, S...
A tanker carrying about 3.5 lakh litres of furnace oil sank in the waters off the Chandpai Range of Sundarbans’ West Zone in Bagerhat after suffering a massiv

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Pench Tigers Win Back Their Space
An irrigation colony within the core area of the Pench Tiger Reserve has been finally handed back to the forest authorities as per an order passed by Justice

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Sirocco - How A Dud Became A Stud
Produced and Directed by Ashwika Kapur Assistant Editor Purva Variyar reviews Ashwika Kapur’s Green Oscar winning film Sirocco - how a dud became a stud.

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Shark Tales - In Conversation Wit...
One of India’s best-known wildlife filmmakers, Mike Pandey, has time and again proved that visual media is a powerful conservation tool. His documentary fil

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