Articles for author: Gargi Chakravorty

Florida Manatees: 8 Data Points That Prove the Recovery Is Real

Florida Manatees: 8 Data Points That Prove the Recovery Is Real

Gargi Chakravorty

Every conservationist knows that hopeful stories in today’s world are rare treasures. Yet across Florida’s waters, something remarkable is unfolding beneath the surface. The iconic West Indian manatee, once teetering on the brink of extinction, is staging one of the most dramatic wildlife recoveries in American history. You might have heard whispers about these gentle ...

What Happens When Animals Start Using Tools - and Why It Matters

What Happens When Animals Start Using Tools – and Why It Matters

Gargi Chakravorty

Picture this: you’re watching a crow bend a piece of wire into a perfect hook, or witnessing an octopus carrying coconut shells across the ocean floor like portable armor. These aren’t scenes from a science fiction movie. They’re real examples of animals demonstrating sophisticated tool use that challenges everything we thought we knew about intelligence ...

Which Nocturnal Animal Reflects Your Moon Sign?

Which Nocturnal Animal Reflects Your Moon Sign?

Gargi Chakravorty

Have you ever wondered why you feel most alive during certain times of the day or night? While the sun sign gets most of the astrological attention, your moon sign holds the key to your deepest emotional patterns and instincts. Just like nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed senses of hearing, smell, and specially adapted ...

What's Causing the Mysterious Green Glows Seen Over U.S. Cities?

What’s Causing the Mysterious Green Glows Seen Over U.S. Cities?

Gargi Chakravorty

You might have noticed something eerie in the night sky lately. Reports of mysterious green glows above American cities have been popping up across social media and local news outlets. These otherworldly phenomena have sparked curiosity, concern, and countless theories about what might be causing them. From spectacular aurora displays reaching unusually far south to ...

Why Ant Colonies Function Like Supercomputers

Why Ant Colonies Function Like Supercomputers

Gargi Chakravorty

When you think of a supercomputer, you probably imagine rows of powerful processors humming away in a climate-controlled room. Yet nature has been running something remarkably similar for over a hundred million years. Ant colonies demonstrate distributed computing principles that rival our most sophisticated artificial intelligence systems. Nature’s oldest aren’t silicon-based – they’re alive. For ...

How Wolves and Ravens Communicate During a Hunt

How Wolves and Ravens Communicate During a Hunt

Gargi Chakravorty

Picture yourself witnessing one of nature’s most extraordinary partnerships unfold in the wilderness. When you observe wolves and ravens together, you’re seeing something far more sophisticated than simple scavenging. You’re watching a complex communication system that has evolved over thousands of years, creating what researchers describe as one of the most fascinating examples of interspecies ...

What Causes Fire Tornadoes - Nature's Rarest Storms

What Causes Fire Tornadoes – Nature’s Rarest Storms

Gargi Chakravorty

Picture this: You’re watching the evening news when footage appears of what looks like a tornado, but it’s glowing red and orange with flames spiraling hundreds of feet into the sky. It seems impossible, something from a disaster movie. Yet true fire tornadoes are rare and are always associated with extreme fire behavior. These spinning ...

The Surprising Way Elephants Comfort Each Other After Loss

The Surprising Way Elephants Comfort Each Other After Loss

Gargi Chakravorty

Imagine watching a family member die and then seeing your entire community gather around, not to celebrate their life or say goodbye, but to offer you the exact support you need at your most vulnerable moment. This remarkable scene unfolds regularly in elephant herds across Asia and Africa, revealing one of nature’s most profound expressions ...

The World's Lakes That Vanish Overnight - and Why

The World’s Lakes That Vanish Overnight – and Why

Gargi Chakravorty

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that a lake where you swam just days before has completely disappeared, leaving nothing but a bare basin behind. This isn’t science fiction – it’s a real phenomenon happening around the world with increasing frequency. From the glacial lakes of Alaska to the salt domes of Louisiana, bodies ...

How Dolphins Recognize Themselves in Mirrors

How Dolphins Recognize Themselves in Mirrors

Gargi Chakravorty

You look in the mirror every morning without even thinking about it. That simple act of self-recognition, which feels so effortless and natural, represents one of the most sophisticated cognitive achievements in the animal kingdom. For decades, scientists believed this ability belonged exclusively to humans and our closest relatives, the great apes. Then something remarkable ...