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Venomous snakebites, an occupational hazard for women tea workers

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Sep 2023
A male gharial with its distinctive ‘ghara.’

The endangered gharial’s conservation crisis highlighted after death of a male in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Aug 2023

With a Russell’s viper and snakebite resurgence, Bangladesh looks to developing antivenom

Abu Siddique 12 Jun 2023

Call to save rare snake habitat follows red coral kukri sightings in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 31 May 2023

Why the dancing frog may no longer be able to shake a leg

Deepa Padmanabhan 13 Apr 2023
Image shows a yellow and black striped snake

Evolutionary lineages of the banded krait discovered through molecular methods

Ashvita Anand 3 Apr 2023
A Sikkim grass lizard

The elusive and endangered Sikkim grass lizard makes a rare appearance in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Sep 2022
The Nicobar crab-eating macaque is one of the major fauna of the Great Nicobar Island. Photo by Prasun Goswami/Wikimedia Commons.

The container terminal that could sink the Great Nicobar Island

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jul 2022
A gharial on the banks of the Rapti River

New gharial hatchlings in Nepal a hopeful sign for the critically endangered reptile

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jun 2022

[Commentary] Tracing the leopard gecko’s story from pet trade to the lab and beyond

Anurag Mishra 7 Feb 2022

Snakes in Bengaluru city

Almaas Masood 19 Jan 2022

Scientists describe a new Himalayan snake species found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

Jackie Chan, Balerion and Smaug inspire names of gecko species described from Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 26 Oct 2021

Tracking Russell’s vipers in rural Karnataka unravels their behaviour

Neha Jain 30 Aug 2021

What’s dangerous about these cute turtles which are popular pets in India?

K.A. Shaji 30 Jun 2021

[Video] A mugger crocodile on shared space, fear and future

Sejal Mehta, Kartik Chandramouli, Taarini Ravjit 2 Apr 2021

Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Mar 2021

Mapping snakes in Uttarakhand for safer coexistence with humans

Shivani Pathak 23 Dec 2020

Gharials bounce back in Punjab but the real test is breeding

Vivek Gupta 7 Dec 2020

A new species of wood snake emerges in the Western Ghats, mottled in grey-brown

Aathira Perinchery 20 Apr 2020