Photo Stories

River and Rain: Accidental Birding Along the Beas

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

Taking the Sting Out of Paper Wasps

Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary: Fragile Forest of Apes

A Tale of Two Reefs: The Changing Seas of Pamban Island

Waltz on Water: Courtship of the Great Crested Grebe

In Stages: Metamorphosis in the Insect World

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

For Love of Nectar: The Dazzling Sunbirds of India

The Giving Tree: A Mighty Oak Ecosystem

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

Hangul: Kashmir’s Pride, Headed Towards Extinction

Sharing Spaces: The Indian Farmer and the Sarus Crane

Net Gains: How Irrawaddy Dolphins Fish in Chilika

Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park: Aquatic Eden of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Tea Stall Trails: Birdwatching in Dehradun

Nature’s Palette in Flight

Spot Me If You Can: Mimicry and Camouflage in Insects

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

Gorgonian Corals: Sea Fans and Sea Whips

Great Indian Bustard: Love in the Time of Habitat Loss

Gutsy Gulls: Trick or Treating on the Water

Indian Skimmer: Fish-Loving River Hunter

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

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

Under the Euphorbia: The Secret Lives of Asiatic Wildcats

The Cooperative Nesting Society of Painted Storks

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

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

Demoiselle Cranes and the Great Kheechan Mela

Not Just Desert: The Wild, Varied Habitats of Rajasthan

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

Tiny But Tenacious: Micro Life on the Andaman Reef

Monsoon Makeover: When Rain Transforms the Laterite Plateaus of Goa

Mate and Die: Mysteries of Octopus Sex

The Host Killer: Death by Parasitoid Wasp

Jack of all Tastes: The Versatile Golden Jackal

Common Venomous Reef Creatures of the Shallow Seas

Green-tinted Glasses: The Monsoon Forests of Goa

Colours of the Sea: A Light Show Under the Waves

Fishing Spiders: Riders of the Swamp

Lakshadweep Islands: Radiant Speckles in the Sea

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

Meghalaya’s Caves: The Secret World Beneath the Surface

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

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

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

Night Shift: Chasing Endemic Island Owls and Other Adventures

Written in the Stars: A Night with the Leatherback Turtle

Swaying in Silence: The Hypnotic Beauty of Sea Anemones

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

The Tree-Dwellers of Namdapha National Park

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

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

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

Winged Wonders of Uttarakhand

Home Alone: Nesting Curiosities of the Great Hornbill

Big Five: The Stars and Stripes of Kaziranga National Park

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

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

Amazing Algae: Uncovering an Invisible World in Keoladeo

Dynamic Dholes: The Power of the Pack

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

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

Jewels in the Air: Kingfishers of India

Galloping Through Khur Country: The Asiatic Wild Asses of Gujarat

Bengal Fox: Vanishing Jewel of the Grassland

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

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

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

Action Packed Birding in Keoladeo National Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sharavathi: Lament of a River

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

The Secret Life of Squids

Sloth Bears: Ant Eaters of the Ursine World

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

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

Poltys: Ingenious Camouflage of an Orb-weaving Spider