Photo Stories

Colours of the Sea: A Light Show Under the Waves

Lakshadweep Islands: Radiant Speckles in the Sea

Crawl, Burrow, Swim: Little Champions of the Sundarbans Ecosystem

Crossing Paths with the Pallas’s Cat in the Trans-Himalaya

Saving Cranes: Why We Need to Protect These Tall Wading Birds

Coexistence with Critters: Lessons in Harmony from Bhutan’s Countryside

A River that Carves a World: Brahmaputra’s Journey through Assam

The Tree-Dwellers of Namdapha National Park

The Last Frontier: Hills, Herons, and the Habitat of Namdapha National Park

Snag, Snap, Slip, Slurp: The Marvellous Traps of Plants that Bite Back

Dance of the Black-necked Cranes in Ladakh

Upcycled Homes: Stories of Nature Reusing Human Trash

Dominance Effect: The Dynamic Social Lives of Male Elephants

Hop, Skip and Jump: The Giant Squirrels of India

Under the Euphorbia: The Secret Lives of Asiatic Wildcats

Sharing Spaces: The Indian Farmer and the Sarus Crane

The Giving Tree: A Mighty Oak Ecosystem

Winged Wonders of Uttarakhand

Home Alone: Nesting Curiosities of the Great Hornbill

Hiss and Tell: The Dank, Slippery World of Water Snakes in India

Big Five: The Stars and Stripes of Kaziranga National Park

Common Venomous Reef Creatures of the Shallow Seas

Behind the Lens: Shooting the Residents of a Rainforest

Ranthambore: Majestic Forts, a Deciduous Forest and the Reign of the Tiger

Coming of Age Underwater: The Life Cycle of Dragonflies and Damselflies

All in a Day’s Work: A Ringside View of Kumbhalgarh’s Wildlife

The Bear and I: A Quest to Photograph the Himalayan Brown Bear

Night Shift: Chasing Endemic Island Owls and Other Adventures

Monsoon Makeover: When Rain Transforms the Laterite Plateaus of Goa

For Love of Nectar: The Dazzling Sunbirds of India

Amazing Algae: Uncovering an Invisible World in Keoladeo

Dynamic Dholes: The Power of the Pack

Written in the Stars: A Night with the Leatherback Turtle

Deg Rai Mata Oran: Grove of the Gods and a Changing Landscape

Dune Watching in the Thar: Skinks, Scorpions, and Other Small Wonders of the Desert Ecosystem

Gaping Gharials: River Reptile with the Super Snout

Mum’s the Word with the Desert Fox in the Little Rann

Big Little Lives: The Great Diversity of the Little Rann of Kutch

The Host Killer: Death by Parasitoid Wasp

Moray Eels: Top Predators with an Arsenal of Defences

Sea Turtles: Ancient Mariners of the Indian Ocean

Little Grebe: Little-known Creature of the Wetlands

Narcondam Hornbills: Birds in Exile

Fishing Spiders: Riders of the Swamp

Jewels in the Air: Kingfishers of India

Galloping Through Khur Country: The Asiatic Wild Asses of Gujarat

Bengal Fox: Vanishing Jewel of the Grassland

Great Indian Bustard: Love in the Time of Habitat Loss

Eye on the Tiger: Memories of Photographing the Wild Cat

Coral Reefs: True Treasures of the Andaman Islands

Pink City: When Flamingos take over the Little Rann of Kutch

Raptors and the Fine Art of Fishing

Living Waters: The Resistance and Resilience of the Cauvery

Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary: Where Rare Species Thrive

Tibetan Wolves: Long-ranging Drifters of the Changthang

The Science of Wing Patterns and Colours in Butterflies and Moths

Hiding in Plain Sight: Mumbai’s Tide Pools and the City Beyond the Shore

Meghalaya’s Caves: The Secret World Beneath the Surface

Munnar’s Monsoon Nightlife: The Bush Frog Story

High Life: The Birds of Neora Valley National Park

Fringe Ecosystems: The Rhizophora Mangals

Cyana Moths: The Case of the Curious Cocoon

Small Fish: Thumbelinas of the Sea

Under the Pale Moonlight: The Nightlife of Lakshadweep’s Reefs

Tibetan Sand Fox: High-Altitude Hunter

Secrets of Krem Chympe, Meghalaya’s Mystical River Cave

Lonely Hearts Club: The Hoolock Gibbon Story

The Circle of Life in Bharatpur

Red Fox in the Snow: Competition and Survival in the Himalayas

Mangrove Coast: The Emerald Forests of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

Man and Wild: The Complicated Coexistence of Humans and Hoolock Gibbons in Assam

Life in a Seagrass Meadow

Indian Grey Wolf: Mystique and Misfortune on the Grasslands

The Fish That Quit Horsing Around

A Photographic Journey Through Bharatpur

Wardens of Venom: The Exquisite Vipers of South India

Birding Bonanza on the Chambal

Taking the Sting Out of Paper Wasps

Morphological Mimicry in the Spider World

Frogs Among the Coffee Plantations of Madikeri

Uncontest 2024: A World of Waste

Mating Anurans: Stories of Procreation from the Sahyadris

Spot Me If You Can: Mimicry and Camouflage in Insects

Action Packed Birding in Keoladeo National Park

Indian Skimmer: Fish-Loving River Hunter

Hanle: The Marshy Paradise of Ladakh

Feathers on the Road: Highway Birding and Other Adventures

Deadpool: The Dynamic Cuttlefish Mating System

Magnificent Murmuration: Aerial Acrobatics of Rosy Starlings

Secrets of Survival: Struggle and Strife Between the Tides

Tortoise Beetles: From Tutus Made of Poop to Crystalline Lattice Coats

In a Twitter about Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

Nudibranchs: The Secret Colourful World of Sea Slugs

Arboreal Actors: Tree Dwellers of Dehing Patkai

Narcondam: Wild Island in the Indian Ocean

Mate and Die: Mysteries of Octopus Sex

Tiny But Tenacious: Micro Life on the Andaman Reef

Bamboo Fishing Traps: Keeping Forest Streams Alive

Graze Anatomy: The Elegant Swamp Deer and its Grassland Home

Brown Hornbills: Seven Sisters of the High Canopy

Insect Destroyers: Close Encounters with the Zombie Fungus

Camouflaged Cliffhangers: The Majestic Kashmiri Markhor

The Art of Camera Trapping the Indian Brown Mongoose

Crypsis Unmasked: Marine Masters of Disguise and Their Tools

Neighbours and Friends: A Family and Other Animals

Fragile and Fantastic: The Bird Paradise of Dibru-Saikhowa

Avian Percussionists: The Drumming Woodpeckers of Uttarakhand

Ground Beneath Our Feet: Micro-life on Wayanad’s Forest Floor

Tetraodontiform Fish and the Art of Self-Defence

Four Fantastic Pheasants of Uttarakhand

A Fleeting Symphony: Grassland Birds of the Brahmaputra Plains

Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary: Climbing Upwards Through Forests, Alpine Meadows, Grasslands, and Glaciers

Peering Inside a Pocillopora

Ascending Grace: The Egrets Of India

Water Monitor Lizard and its Many Defence Strategies

The Enchanted Forest: The Love Language of Fireflies in Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Fishing Cat: Elusive Hunter of the Wetland Forest

Shared Spaces: Life Within Blurred Lines

Malabar Pied Hornbill: From Forest to Fragments

Fists of Fury: Predatory Prowess of the Praying Mantis

Miniscule Marvels and their Microhabitats

Green-tinted Glasses: The Monsoon Forests of Goa

In Our Filth: When Wild Animals Forage in Polluted Habitats

Shot of Poison: Kraits of India

Grace and Elegance: Meet the Praying Mantis

Owling in Gujarat’s Dang

Bird Pollinators — Love in the Time of Ornithophily

Odd Shape of You: Atypical Fish in the Ocean

The Curious Lives of Orchids in the Northern Western Ghats

Gods of Scavenging: Vultures of the Indian subcontinent

Seeing Small: The Micro Life of Mizoram’s Dampa Tiger Reserve

The Small Service Providers of Goa’s Western Ghats

Pseudoscorpions: Invisible Hunters

All that Fluff: Elusive Pallas’s Cats and Their Kittens

Acroporid Affiliations in the Lagoons of Lakshadweep

Bengal Monitor: Armoured Carnivores of Asia

Guardians of the Garuda: Greater Adjutants and the Villagers of Bhagalpur

Olive Ridleys: When One in a Thousand Survives

Hangul: Kashmir’s Pride, Headed Towards Extinction

Unsung Guardians: The Vital Wetlands of Kolkata

Insect Pollinators: Matchmakers of the Plant World

Dune Dinos: Laungwala Toad-headed Agama of the Thar Desert

Flash in the Forest: Mysterious World of the Yellow-throated Marten

Delightful Ducks: From the Flamboyant to the Austere

A Secret Forest: The Hidden Lives of Agumbe

Going with the Flow: Tale of the Golden Mahseer

Fathomless Fungi: Monsoon Mysteries on Goa’s Forest Floor

Evading Predators: Lessons from Under the Sea

Under Wraps: Mammals of Singalila

Breaking the Ice: Photographing Siberia’s Elusive Nerpa Seals

Giants of the Caribbean: Face-to-face with American Crocodiles

The Orca Story: Killer Whale or Misunderstood Dolphin?

Ice Age: The Otherworldly Landscapes and Locals of Antarctica

Swift as the Wind: The Guanacos of Patagonia

Shy and Mighty: Gorillas of the Congo

What Lies Beneath: Inside the Freezing Waters of Antarctica

The Crabeater Seal’s Guide to Surviving Antarctica

Tiny Tentacles in the Mighty Kaveri

South American Jaguars: Caiman Hunters of the Pantanal

Road Trip Through Iceland

On the Hunt for the Semi-aquatic Anacondas of Brazil

In Praise of the Pantanal

The Best of Mexico is in the Yucatan

Pride of the Western Ghats: The Elusive Lion-tailed Macaque

For the Love of Nectar: What Makes Hummingbirds Tick

Wading with Whale Sharks: The World’s Largest Fish

Arctic Summer: Where the Sun Never Sets and the Ice Doesn’t Thaw

Hidden Chambers: The Yucatan’s Stunning Cenotes

A Year in the Life of Kaziranga’s Rhinos

Seaside Spectacle in the Valdes Peninsula

Wild Eye: Shaaz Jung on Photographing Kabini

Pumas and Massifs of the Torres del Paine

Coral Gardens: Artworks Under Indian Seas

Fiery Red Glow at Nyiragongo Volcano

When the Big Flood Came to Kaziranga

Ladies Special: The Matrilineal World of Stump-Tailed Macaques

Beneath the Ice: Diving into the Arctic Waters of Svalbard

How the Bengal Florican Charms Its Mate

Ancient Wisdom: Lessons from the Amazon Forest in Ecuador

Head in the Clouds: The Misty Rainforests of Choco, Ecuador

The Dramatic Tale of the Greater Adjutant

Gossamer Wings: Damselflies and Dragonflies of the Western Ghats

The Skin of Many Colours: Morphs of the Malabar Pit Viper

The Big Melt: Snow Leopards and Climate Change

Icy Realm: The Cool Inhabitants of Greenland

Flight of the Amur Falcons: Migration, Conservation, and Great Resilience

Burrow Down, Sleep Tight: The Fascinating Life of the Himalayan Marmot

Running Free: Tibetan Wild Ass of the Trans-Himalaya

Hunters of the Thar: Raptors in Desert National Park

Shared Spaces: The Leopards of Jawai in Rajasthan

Why We Need to Save Amboli from Ourselves

Swoop, Soar, Screech: Owls on the Prowl Across India

Keep Calm and Carrion: The Great Vulture Gathering in Jorbeed, Rajasthan

Risk, Ritual, and Survival: The Honey Gatherers of the Sundarbans

Wet and Wild: Herping in Meghalaya

Western Tragopan: Quest for the Colourful Pheasant

Cracking the Schooling Fish Code: The Andaman story

Ground Control: Tigers Defend Their Territory

Mettle of the Mugger: How the Marsh Crocodile Balances Stealth, Strategy and Surprise

Language of Giants: The Intriguing World of Elephant Communication

Baloo Noir: The Asiatic Black Bear Goes to Town

River Recluse: The White-bellied Heron of Namdapha National Park

Demoiselle Cranes and the Great Kheechan Mela

Waltz on Water: Courtship of the Great Crested Grebe

Sharavathi: Lament of a River

Cleaning Symbiosis: Underwater Hygiene with the Ocean’s Favourite Cleaning Experts

The Secret Life of Squids

Not Just Desert: The Wild, Varied Habitats of Rajasthan

Jack of all Tastes: The Versatile Golden Jackal

Sloth Bears: Ant Eaters of the Ursine World

Gutsy Gulls: Trick or Treating on the Water

Stunners of the Feathered Kind in Singalila National Park

Encounters with the Red Panda, the Elusive Bear-Cat of the Himalayas

Barren Island: India’s Lone Volcano and its Adjacent Underwater World

Drop-Dead Gorgeous: Festoon of Grandalas in the Himalayas

Let the River Run: Smooth-coated Otters on the Cauvery

Tragopans: The Horned Pheasants of India

Pit Vipers of Northeast India

Swaying in Silence: The Hypnotic Beauty of Sea Anemones

The Cooperative Nesting Society of Painted Storks

A Common Rarity: The Elusive Jungle Cat

Pincers and Claws: Crabs of the Konkan Coast

Angaeus: The Resourceful Crab Spider Mother

Shrimp Showcase: Much More Than Small Fry

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: Social Life of the Striped Hyena

In Stages: Metamorphosis in the Insect World

Poltys: Ingenious Camouflage of an Orb-weaving Spider