Janaki Lenin

She is the author of My Husband and Other Animals. She lives in a forest with snake-man Rom Whitaker and tweets at @janakilenin.

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saltwater crocodiles, crocodiles, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, culling, Avni tigress, IUCN Red List, endangered species, marginalised communities, territorial animals, animal migration,

The Problem With Managing Saltwater Crocodiles in the Andamans – in One Argument

A herd of elephants feeding near a tea estate. Credit: Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan

Elephants Living Around Humans Should Be More Stressed, Right? Well…

Koko the gorilla in August 2016. Credit: FolsomNatural/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Did the World’s Most Famous Gorilla Ever ‘Talk’ Like Humans Did?

A cheetah stands on a rock. Credit: Glavo/pixabay

Around the World in 50 Maps: The Illustrated Exploits of Animal Adventurers

A blue-tongued skink issues an open-mouthed warning to a predator. Credit: Shane Black

Why Do Blue-Tongued Skinks Have Blue Tongues?

A large southern African python. Source: Author provided

If You’re a Southern African Python, Being a ‘Good’ Mum Could Get You Killed

Credit: Michael Dalton-Smith or Digital Crossing Productions/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Was the Death of the Last Male Northern White Rhino the End of a Hoax?