Young gharials appear to take their cue to start basking each morning from the light in the sky, a finding that raises questions about what artificial light along riverbanks does to a species with a recovery score of just 19 per cent.
Light Pollution
Every year before the monsoon, the Western Ghats glow with synchronous fireflies — and this March, scientists published India’s first-ever firefly checklist: 92 species, more than 60% found nowhere else on Earth.