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Climate change shaped primate populations in northeast India

Anusha Krishnan 23 Dec 2025

The brown forest bob (Scobura woolletti) was known in parts of Southeast Asia, and thought to be a rare sight in the Northeast. A 2010 study however revealed that the butterflies recorded in the Northeast was a different species, now named Scobura parawoolletti or Assam forest bob (seen in the photo). Image by Sarangapani Neog.

Sarangapani Neog on documenting butterflies in a sanctuary [Interview]

Barasha Das 12 Sep 2025

Unlocking the secrets of the grooving gibbons

Carolyn Cowan 26 Nov 2024

Western Hoolock gibbons. Photo by Udayan Borthakur/Aaranyak.

Saving India’s only ape, the hoolock gibbon

Ashvita Anand 21 Nov 2023

A bridge of trees reunites gibbons separated by a railway line in Assam

Anuraag Baruah 15 Oct 2021