ENTANGLED IN THE GANGES
A Gangetic dolphin rises from the depths of West Bengal’s murky Hooghly river to scoop up a fish caught in a gill net. These freshwater dolphins once flourished Read More
THREE'S A CROWD
Every monsoon in Kerala, adult purple frogs emerge from their burrows for just one day of reproduction. The male frog calls for a mate, and when she arrives, he Read More
COLLISION COURSE
Limbs flailing, three men on a motorbike try desperately to maintain balance as they collide with a wild leopard in Rajasthan’s Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. Seco Read More
WHAT KATY DID
Aerial view of paddy fields? A wetland? No. Look a little closer and you see the protagonist. A katydid nymph, devouring the soft portions of a leaf. In doing s Read More
WATER WAR VETERANS
In Matheran, Maharashtra, a skirmish unfolds in a nondescript waterbody. A battalion of whirligig beetles converge to attack a water strider. This dreamy image Read More
EYES WIDE SHUT
The livid light trails from passing trucks rip across the top half of the image. Below, the unseeing eyes of a dead jackal bore into the lens. The young canid w Read More
NIGHT PROWLER
Concealed in a drain in Mungeli, Chhattisgarh, an Asian palm civet waits patiently for the bustle of day to settle into the quiet of night. Across the road is t Read More
SAFE HAVEN
She may not have the peacock’s razzle-dazzle, but she’s no push over. On the peeling branch of a tree in Rajasthan’s Jhalana Leopard Reserve, a mama pea hen gat Read More
A HAIRY DEFENSE
A bristling army of prominent moth caterpillars moves en masse in the Bengaluru University campus. These fuzzy fellows intuitively know that there’s safety in n Read More
NIGHT FLIGHT
Its protective wing case or elytra opens, and its crumpled-tissue wings unfurl as a longhorn beetle prepares to take flight in the photographer’s backyard in Sa Read More
