Richa Malhotra

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The sea urchin that won’t die

Teaching us resilience in these dark times

May 28, 2020 in Hakai, News, Writing Samples.

Citizen science helps assess the state of India’s birds

Using eBird data, the State of India’s Birds 2020 report shows that most bird species have declined in India.

February 17, 2020 in News, RoundGlass Sustain, Writing Samples.

The art of making paper birds

For Atlas Obscura, I interviewed an artist who makes sculptures of birds out of paper and wire.

February 4, 2020 in Atlas Obscura, Photo Feature, Q&A, Writing Samples.

Plastic-free seals

Scientists examined the stomachs of Arctic seals. They found food (surprise, surprise) and rocks but no plastic inside. How did seals manage to escape the scourge of plastic?

January 29, 2020 in Hakai, Writing Samples.

A burning desire to save birds

The Burning Birds of India’s colorful matchboxes are designed to inspire people to care about the disappearance of birds.

January 20, 2020 in Photo Feature, RoundGlass Sustain, Writing Samples.

Of fiddler crabs and their fiddles

Male fiddler crabs’ oversized claws are attractive to females, but they slow them down.

November 22, 2019 in Hakai, News, Writing Samples.

Fish eggs hatch after being pooped

It took a fish egg pooped by a swan to stop an old-age theory from flushing down the drain.

July 11, 2019 in Hakai, News, Writing Samples.

London’s wild side

Meet the grebes, jays, woodpeckers and other birds that call London home.

April 15, 2019 in Feature, National Geographic Traveller India, Writing Samples.

Finding seashells on the seashore

Spoiler alert: the story refers to The BFG.

January 18, 2019 in Feature, Mongabay-India, Photo Feature, Writing Samples.

This moth supplements its diet with bird tears

It probably gets its fix of salt from those tears.

September 24, 2018 in News, Science, Video, Writing Samples, Year of the Bird.

Egg theft might cause seabird decline

It could dissuade seabirds from nesting and even cause local extinction.

September 18, 2018 in News, The Wire, Writing Samples, Year of the Bird.

Little auks slurp like fish

They eat almost 60,000 prey in a day. And can store over 4,000 in their food pouch at one time.

June 21, 2018 in Hakai, News, Writing Samples, Year of the Bird.

When predator becomes prey

In a bizarre interaction between a frog and an insect, it’s the frog that ends up as food.

June 20, 2018 in Feature, Nature inFocus, Writing Samples.

How are India’s birds faring?

Several bird species are about to go extinct. Why? Because of us.

May 11, 2018 in Blog, News, The Wire, Writing Samples, Year of the Bird.

Bird Ballet

The huge mass of birds swirled through the sky — twisting and turning, splitting and merging, singing all the while.

May 1, 2018 in Blog, Feature, Photo Feature, Writing Samples, Year of the Bird.

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