Bittu Sahgal

Last and final call

1st November 201825th October 2018 Bittu Sahgal amphibians, frogs, herpetology, Western Ghats

I adore frogs. All frogs, not just this exquisite Western Ghats Rhacophorus photographed by Sunil Sachi in a Chikmagalur coffee plantation.

Going Green

Hunger games

11th October 201811th October 2018 Bittu Sahgal sunbird

That chippy sound I’m hearing right now outside our ground-floor Mumbai home? It’s a Purple Sunbird doing what it does best… stealing nectar from flowers.

Forty two salmon arab butterfly caterpillars on a meswak leaf in Mumbai

Going Green

What a wonderful world!

21st August 201822nd August 2018 Bittu Sahgal caterpillars, Mumbai

One of Mumbai’s inveterate naturalists, Yogesh Chavan, found 42 exquisitely arranged salmon Arab butterfly caterpillars on a single meswak leaf.

Going Green

In our hands

27th April 2018 Bittu Sahgal India, Lion-tailed Macaque, primates, Valparai, Western Ghats

The hand on this page belongs to a lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus, found nowhere else but India’s Western Ghats. Handsome beyond description, this monkey from Valparai has much more going for it than mere good looks.

Going Green

Meet Dia Mirza — Actor, Activist, Nature Worshipper

20th February 2018 Bittu Sahgal Dia Mirza, United Nations

Part of the Sanctuary family since 2013, and the face of the Leave Me Alone campaign, actor Dia Mirza is evolving into a key public opinion mover and champion for India’s wilds. BITTU SAHGAL speaks with her on what moves her and why.

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