Western Ghats Archives ⋆ The Teenager Today

Editorial Team 179 Views Coimbatore, dragonfly, Western Ghats

Rare dragonfly spotted in almost nine decades

Megalogomphus superbus Fraser has been photographed for the first time in nine decades during a birding outing near Coimbatore.

Going Green

Bittu Sahgal 139 Views Himalayas, Lion-tailed Macaque, monkey, nature, Western Ghats

Silent strength

If you travelled the world in search of this handsome wild monkey, you would be forced to come right back to the evergreen forests of south-west India’s Western Ghats to breathe the air it breathes.

Going Green

Bittu Sahgal 287 Views amphibians, frogs, herpetology, Western Ghats

Last and final call

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

Going Green

Bittu Sahgal 257 Views 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.