Forests, Rivers & Hills
What decades of research tell us about Periyar
A plain-language tour of published research on Periyar: its plants, fish, elephants and tigers, the people at the forest edge and the weeds creeping into its edges.
Wildlife
Nilgiri tahr and the shola grasslands of the high hills
The Nilgiri tahr lives only on the grassy cliffs of the southern Western Ghats. What research says about the animal, its shola-grassland home and how to watch it.
Visiting Responsibly
Travelling the Cardamom Hills in the south-west monsoon
Green ridges, full waterfalls and quiet towns, but also leeches, wet ghat roads and sudden closures. How to plan a monsoon trip around Thekkady that works.