Varad Giri
Amphibians – frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians are animals that are indicators of the health of the ecosystem. Yet, amphibians are among the most ‘neglected’ groups of vertebrates and the reason partly lies in the definition of this term ‘amphibian’.

Suhel Quader and Uttara Mendiratta
The natural world is changing in many ways. Habitats fragment and disappear, humans hunt species to rarity and then extinction, plants and animals brought from different parts of the globe invade new habitats and endanger native species;

Preston Ahimaz
Many of us find spiders frightful: hairy, repulsive creatures which give us the creeps.

Mohammed Dilawar
It has been said that birds can exist without man but that man will perish without birds. Birds perform important ecosystem processes, particularly, pollination and seed dispersal.

Ishan Agarwal
A career in wildlife science? It’s strange that this should be considered unusual in India.

Following the positive feedback we received for our special issue on mathematics teaching last summer (Teacher Plus, May-June 2009), we …

R Bhanumatthi
Puppetry is an ancient art whose antiquity can be established through old scriptures. It was perhaps the primitive urge of men to create life-like movement through figures, which later developed into a theatre form, incorporating elements of all art forms.

Geetha Iyer is a Consultant for Science and Environment Education
Why do we need a special issue on biology? What can one find in a special issue that could be of interest or importance?

B Smitha
Children by nature are curious about animals and other life forms. But, when they enter the biology classroom, the tyranny of the textbook takes over.

B R Sitaram
When I look at the way children think, I am constantly amazed at the number of misconceptions that they seem to harbour.