Tiger
This iconic tiger Panthera tigris, rests on a hillside, framed by rolling tea estates and scattered hamlets. Home to one of the highest tiger densit Read More
Nilgiri Chilappan
Many of the plants and animals found in the Nilgiris are endemic, existing nowhere else on Earth. Among them is the Nilgiri Chilappan Montecincla cachinn Read More
Nilgiri salea
Just a stone’s throw from the bustling market of Ooty lies another world — an idyllic garden alive with bees, where the roses aren’t the on Read More
Tiger of the River
Often called the ‘Tiger of the River’, the humpback mahseerTor remadevii is now found only in fragmented river stretches of Karnataka an Read More
Rock Art Caves
The oldest evidence of humans in the Nilgiris dates back nearly 10,000 years. A handful of well-preserved rock art caves, hidden in remote valleys and on cli Read More
Natures Fireworks
Often taken for granted or just considered as fallow land or wasteland, or simply stretches of grass, grasslands are powerhouses of life and climate resi Read More
Close to the Summit
A wide swathe of water cuts across a shola grassland, reflecting serene skies in the Eravikulam National Park, Kerala. A shola is the local Read More
Spot the Tiger
With their bold black and orange stripes, tigers Panthera tigris melt into the grass, ambushing their prey with relative ease. While working on a bo Read More
Hide and Seek
The smallest of the bustard family, the Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus, is disappearing on account of degrading habitats and increasingly intru Read More
Resplendence
The resplendent frog Raorchestes resplendens is found exclusively in the high-altitude montane grasslands (shola) of the Eravikulam Nationa Read More
