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Freshwater Fish Diversity In The Narmada’s Tributaries

The Narmada River forms one of central India’s most important freshwater corridors, running westwards from Madhya Pradesh through Gujarat before reaching the…

How Gujarat Monitors the Flowering of Forest Trees

Across Gujarat, flowering marks a forest's changing calendar: buds swell, petals open, fruit develops and leaves fall. Studied as phenology, those transitions…

Indian golden jackal in urban forest patches

The status of the Indian golden jackal in Gujarat's urban forest patches is best described as locally present but unevenly monitored. Gujarat's dry deciduous…

Bringing the Indian gazelle back to Gujarat’s grasslands

Gujarat’s western drylands once supported the Indian gazelle, commonly called the chinkara. Hunting, settlement pressure and the conversion of open scrub into…

Cyclones and mangrove recovery in the Gulf

The impact of cyclone frequency on mangrove regeneration in the Gulf is governed by recovery time, not storm count alone. Along Gujarat’s Gulf of Kutch and…

Gujarat's Approach to Human-Crocodile Conflict at Dams

Reservoirs have transformed Gujarat's dry and seasonal landscapes, creating open water where there were once streams, scrub and farmland. The same…

Live Roulette Camera Technology Explained

Live roulette combines the atmosphere of a casino table with the convenience of an online platform. Instead of relying solely on computer-generated outcomes,…

Epiphytes in Gujarat's moist deciduous canopies

Gujarat’s forests range from teak woodland in the east to dry scrub and lion habitat in Gir. Between them lie the moist deciduous forests of Dang and Saputara,…

Gujarat’s Genetic Blueprint for Native Trees

Gujarat’s plan to create a genetic database of indigenous tree species aims to record the state’s tree diversity with enough precision to guide conservation.…

The ecology of the jungle cat in Gujarat’s coastal wetlands

Jungle cats (Felis chaus) are small, long-legged wild cats that appear larger because of their limbs and measured stalking gait. Native to South Asia, they…