Nature Library
An open, growing library of species, field guides and learning resources from our bioregion.
- Birds
- Plants
- Fungi
- Insects
- Marine
- Mammals
Nature Museum: listen, observe and wonder at nature in Visakhapatnam, the Eastern Ghats and the coast
01 / 05 · The museum
What fits inside a travelling museum?
Feathers, seeds, insects, shells and fungi: 250+ real specimens, packed to travel.
Look inside →
02 / 05 · Birds
Ever wondered what bird that is?
This one is a Black Drongo, keeping watch from a twig by the water. Every bird has a name, a call and a story.
About the Nature Library ↓
03 / 05 · Marine life
What lives in the rock pools at low tide?
Zoanthids and a sponge share a crack in the rock, waiting for the sea to return.
About our citizen science ↓04 / 05 · Technology for biodiversity
What is the forest saying at dawn?
PittaKathalu listens round the clock and turns bird calls into a record of the life around us.
About PittaKathalu ↓
05 / 05 · Nature walks
What's hiding in the leaves above you?
Every walk starts with looking up, and someone asking a question.
Book a nature walk →What is naturemuseum.in?
Nature is always telling stories. Are we listening?
A koel calling from the treetops at dawn. A line of ants carrying their eggs to higher ground. A crab's tracks fading with the tide. Every day the world around us is full of stories, and most of us walk right past them.
naturemuseum.in is a collaborative space to slow down, listen and look closely. Through travelling specimens, walks, field guides and citizen science, we help children and communities notice the living world, ask questions about it, and fall in love with the place they call home.
Around that idea we build tools, teaching approaches, learning resources and new ideas, and we'd love to build them with others. If you're a teacher, naturalist, researcher, artist or organisation who sees the world this way, come and work with us.
Listento calls, rustles and silences
Observetracks, textures, colours and change
Wonderask why, then go and find out
Ongoing projects
Seven ways we're bringing children, communities and the living world of the Eastern Ghats and coast closer together.
A hands-on natural history museum that travels to schools, libraries and festivals. Children pick up real feathers, seeds, shells and insects, look closely, sketch and ask questions, then head outdoors to meet the living versions.
250+ real specimensComes to youTactile and immersiveNatural history education
Step inside the museum →
Capacity Building
Training and support for schools and organisations to weave nature education and citizen science into their curriculum and programmes.
Page coming soonNature Education for Schools
Hands-on sessions, multi-day museum residencies and nature walks that turn the school campus into a field station.
Citizen Science in the Eastern Ghats
Farmers, students and villages in the Chintapalli hills recording the life around them, and turning what they find into evidence for their land.
Biodiversity Stories from the Field
Notes, sketches and photographs from walks, surveys and shorelines, told for curious readers of every age.
Page coming soonTechnology for Biodiversity
Frugal tools for listening to nature, like PittaKathalu, our round-the-clock bird-call monitor built on BirdNET.
Page coming soonSpecies of the day
Today · 29 October
Indian Chameleon
Chamaeleo zeylanicus · Telugu: ఊసరవెల్లి (Oosaravelli)
Each eye swivels on its own, the tongue shoots out to catch insects, and the curled tail grips like a fifth hand. At night it sleeps out on a twig, often paler than by day.
Where: shrubs and low treesLook for: a curled tail
Spotted one? Tell us on WhatsApp ↗
Nature Library page coming soon