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.

Across the Himalaya, from Ladakh to Bhutan and beyond into the Tibetan Plateau, inhabitants have various names for the enigmatic beast. 'Yeti' itself is a Sherpa word meaning 'man of the rock'.Credit: Mohan K. Duwal/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Searching for the Abominable: Is It a Man? Is It an Ape? It’s a… Bear?

Janaki Lenin 20/02/2018

According to a new study, the 'Abominable Snowman' is...

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A Bug’s World: the Story of How Wings Set Insects Free to Colonise Earth

Janaki Lenin 11/02/2018

The oldest insect fossil is a wingless creature ~385...

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If There’s a Fire Down Below, Do You See a Firehawk up Above?

Janaki Lenin 21/01/2018

Humans might not be the only species on the...

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These Feisty Hunters Will Surprise You With What They Can Bring Down

Janaki Lenin 15/01/2018

In a coordinated attack, yellow-throated martens can bring down...

Great tits in the wild. Credit: Per Tillmann

Sex-Shifting Reptiles, Accessorising Crabs, Loud Horny Fish and Other Amazing Animals

Janaki Lenin 04/01/2018

A quick review of interesting research on living things...

A humpback whale in the Arabian Sea. Credit: Darryl MacDonald

A Surprise Journey, an Unexpected New Year’s Gift From Across the Arabian Sea

Janaki Lenin 01/01/2018

Of the 14 humpback whales to sport transmitters, she...

A male white-spotted bush frog. Credit: Seshadri K.S.

How Frog Fathers Keep Rival Cannibals at Bay

Janaki Lenin 24/12/2017

To get a better understanding of the white-spotted bush...