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.

Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster's digestive tract. The membrane, which can be seen extending off to the right side of the image, is a mechanical adaptation to prevent lobsters from being killed by their venomous food. Credit: Kaori Wakabayashi, Hiroshima University

Lobster Young Clingwrap Jellyfish Stingers for Dinner

Janaki Lenin 04/09/2016

While the lobster young seem to successfully ward off...

A fimbriated moray eel. Credit: elevy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Moray Eels Knot Themselves to Pry Prey

Janaki Lenin 31/08/2016

The tricks moray eels use to hunt may mean...

To Learn More About the Origins of Human Language, Look at Macaque Gestures?

Janaki Lenin 20/08/2016

What do monkey gestures say about human language? Some...

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Why Was Environmental Activist Piyush Manush Arrested?

Janaki Lenin 15/08/2016

"I was sent to prison for 23 days for...

One killer whale from a pod hunting a crabeater seal on an ice floe when a pair of humpbacks (one in the foreground) charged in and drove off the killer whales. Credit: Robert L. Pitman

How Humpback Whales Save Other Mammals from Being Hunted

Janaki Lenin 14/08/2016

On two occasions, mother humpbacks with calves joined other...

Thomas' body lies approximately 3m from the fence line from where the observations were made. Credit: Edwin van Leeuwen & Katherine Cronin

Are Chimpanzees as Affected By Death as Humans?

Janaki Lenin 10/08/2016

Are primates capable of grieving? Do they know what...

A female greater honeyguide in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique. Credit: Claire N. Spottiswoode

Meet the Honeyguide, the Bird That Responds When People Call

Janaki Lenin 26/07/2016

Indigenous people in Africa communicate with a species of...