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The Malabar Giant Squirrel Is India's Most Reliable Indicator of Forest Fragmentation

A squirrel that cannot cross a roadThe Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is the largest squirrel in India, stretching up to one metre from nose to tail tip. It spends almost its entire life in the upper canopy, leaping gaps of up to six metres between trees, and descends to…

Times Life · Aug 30

The Jungle Owlet: India's Smallest Owl and What Its Presence Reveals About Forest Health

A Bird the Size of a Fist, With a Call That CarriesThe jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) measures roughly 20 centimetres from bill to tail and weighs between 75 and 110 grams, lighter than most smartphones. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, found across the Western Ghats, central Indian forests,…

Times Life · Aug 4

India's Largest Wild Bovine Is the Gaur, and Almost Nobody Knows This Massive Forest Giant Exists

The size nobody talks aboutA fully grown male gaur can stand 220 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh up to 1,500 kilograms. That is not a misprint. The gaur, classified as Bos gaurus, is the largest wild bovine on earth, heavier than the American bison, taller than the African buffalo,…

Times Life · Jul 15

Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared

Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 16

Secret report shows likely source of ‘poo balls’ that closed Sydney’s beaches last summer

Exclusive: Fat, oil and grease built up in sewerage pipes before being dislodged by heavy rain and ejected from Malabar outfall

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2025

Pumping sewage into the sea has long been a Sydney thing – and even $32bn won’t change that

Sydney Water plans to build new facilities inland and expand a pilot scheme to recycle wastewater for drinking, but will need outfalls for foreseeable future

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2025

Popular Sydney beaches among quarter of NSW swimming spots polluted with faecal matter in past year

Shelly beach, Bronte, Coogee and Malabar among those rated ‘poor’ as swimmers urged to check water quality online

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2024

National leaders to give a leg-up to Lok Sabha poll campaign in Malabar after Vishu

National leaders to give a leg-up to Lok Sabha poll campaign in Malabar after Vishu

The Hindu · Apr 10, 2024

State of India’s Birds report lists 20 species of highest conservation priority for Kerala

Kerala's bird species face high risk of survival, with 20 species listed as of highest conservation priority. Nilgiri Flycatcher, Northern pintail, Nilgiri wood pigeon, Eurasian oystercatcher, Great knot, Malabar grey hornbill, and Black-capped kingfisher are among the species facing the most threat. Red-headed vulture, White-rumped vulture, Kashmir flycatcher and Nilgiri…

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2023

Indian Navy to join Exercise Malabar in Japan next month

India-U.S. Army exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ to take place end October in Uttarakhand

The Hindu · Oct 9, 2022