Leopard Diaries explores remarkable tale of lonely, mysterious creature
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Leopard Diaries explores the remarkable story of a lonely, mysterious creature, (ANS Interview). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 4 : The leopard is the reigning rock star of the wildlife world. It s a species that is obscure and largely overshadowed by the tiger, especially in India, scientist, conservationist and author Sanjay Gubbi writes in Leopard Diaries .
However, it is also a species that is loved by some and hated by many others. Nearly buried in this cacophony of conflict lies the remarkable story of this lonely, mysterious creature that he explores.
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When fashion said no to shahtoosh By:
Apr , 2021
The shahtoosh trade was a classic example of the interplay between biodiversity and fashion. It was as much about an endangered species being driven to the brink of extinction by luxury fashion, as it was about the fashion community coming in aid of the species.
A ringside story.
It was arguably one of the best-kept secrets anywhere that straddled the seemingly far-flung worlds of wildlife crime, exquisite artisanry, illegal trade and high fashion. Till a wildlife scientist joined all the dots, figured it all out, and blew the lid off a monstrosity that flummoxed enforcement officials and policymakers and sent conservationists into a huddle.
How Jeff VanderMeer Prevents Writerâs Block
Credit.Jillian Tamaki
April 15, 2021
âI get superstitious,â says the author, whose latest novel is âHummingbird Salamanderâ: âI once had a book sent to me that was disrupting my ability to write a novel because of a superficial similarity between the two. I took that book and dug a hole and buried it deep in the backyard.â
What books are on your night stand?
I chose the night stand for its stalwart qualities and it is currently holding up well under the eclectic weight of an advance copy of John Paul Brammerâs â¡Hola Papi!,â B. R. Yeagerâs âNegative Space,â Bernard Rudofskyâs âThe Prodigious Builders,â Eley Williamsâs âThe Liarâs Dictionary,â Rita Indianaâs âTentacle,â Stephen Graham Jonesâs âThe Only Good Indians,â Julienne Fordâs âParadigms and Fairy Tales,â Angelo Maria Ripellinoâs
Getting lost in the Dawu Mountain Nature Reserve
Cosmic canyon in Taitung abounds with wildlife, artwork and the ghosts of expeditions past
By Gregory McCann / Contributing reporter
Well that wasn’t a particularly auspicious start.
The town of Dawu deep in southern Taitung County is not, it turns out, the gateway to Dawu Mountain (大武山) Nature Reserve. From their reaction, it seemed that nobody in this tiny collection of indigenous-styled wooden houses and its post office had ever heard of the mountain.
So I headed out of town on my rented scooter and followed a road that appeared to lead into the interior. Rice fields, power stations, pretty mountain roads and birds, but no Dawu Mountain.