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The monarchs of Kashmir's mountains

Text by G. Shaheed Photographs by Dr Jainy Maria Kuriakose

While one side of the Kajinag National Park is home to the markhor, the elusive wild goat with spiralling horns, the other side boasts a variety of bi

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Monarchs of the mountains

Text by G. Shaheed Photographs by Dr Jainy Maria Kuriakose

While one side of the Kajinag National Park is home to the markhor, the elusive wild goat with spiralling horns, the other side boasts a variety of bi

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Saving the greater adjutant stork from extinction

Once loathed as a social menace and a bird of ill omen, the greater adjutant stork has changed the fortunes of a few villages in Assam and Bihar, than

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Different storks

Once loathed as a social menace and a bird of ill omen, the greater adjutant stork has changed the fortunes of a few villages in Assam and Bihar, than

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Great Indian Hornbill

Cry from the Ghats

G. SHAHEED PHOTOGRAPHS by N.A. NASEER

There has been a fall in the number of great Indian hornbills in their Western Ghats home. (Published in the January 29, 2010 issue.)

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The Pallas’ cat: A small wildcat found in the high-altitude snowy wilderness habitats of some of the remotest places on the earth

Text by G. Shaheed Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

The Pallas’ cat inhabits pristine high-altitude snowy wilderness habitats where it can blend with the landscape. This makes it a challenge for anyon

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Small ghost of the mountain

Text by G. Shaheed Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

The Pallas’ cat inhabits pristine high-altitude snowy wilderness habitats where it can blend with the landscape. This makes it a challenge for anyon

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Searching for the elusive western tragopan in the Great Himalayan National Park

Text by G. Shaheed Photographs by Jainy Maria Kuriakose

Braving the cold and hostile terrain of the Himalayan heights, determined birders go in search of the colourful and ground-dwelling western tragopan,

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The elusive western tragopan of the Himalaya

Text by G. Shaheed Photographs by Jainy Maria Kuriakose

Braving the cold and hostile terrain of the Himalayan heights, determined birders go in search of the colourful and ground-dwelling western tragopan,

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Wood ducks: Epitome of beauty

G. Shaheed Photographs by Vineeth Radhakrishnan

Wood ducks are one of the most well-recognised and celebrated species of waterfowl in the U.S. Once threatened with extinction, they are now abundant

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Wood ducks once again flourish in the U.S.

G. Shaheed Photographs by Vineeth Radhakrishnan

Wood ducks are one of the most well-recognised and celebrated species of waterfowl in the U.S. Once threatened with extinction, they are now abundant

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Great Indian hornbill and its habitat

The great Indian air show in the Western Ghats

G. Shaheed Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

The great Indian hornbill in flight is a spectacle to behold. Unfortunately, this massive and elusive denizen of the forests of India, including in th

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Majestic denizen of the forests of India

G. Shaheed Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

The great Indian hornbill in flight is a spectacle to behold. Unfortunately, this massive and elusive denizen of the forests of India, including in th

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Siligi and her seven cubs

G. Shaheed Photographs by Dileep Anthikkad Photographs by Sumesh Sankarathodi

The sighting of a litter of seven cheetah cubs last year at the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya was cause for much cheer. Sadly, only two cubs re

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Alaska: The salmon run and the grizzly bear

G. Shaheed Photographs by Nigil Haroon

Every summer, the salmon run, when the fish moves from the ocean to the rivers of Alaska to breed, is an event eagerly awaited by grizzly bears retur

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Glorious quetzal

G. Shaheed Photographs by John Anthony

A photographic encounter with an elusive bird of the cloud forests of Costa Rica, the resplendent quetzal.

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The glorious quetzal

G. Shaheed Photographs by John Anthony

A photographic encounter with an elusive bird of the cloud forests of Costa Rica, the resplendent quetzal.

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Birding in Costa Rica

Quetzal: Emerald jewel of the Costa Rican forest

G. Shaheed Photographs by John Anthony

A photographic encounter with an elusive bird of the cloud forests of Costa Rica, the resplendent quetzal.

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Cheetah bonding

G. Shaheed Photographs by Padmanabhan Narayanan

A wildlife photographer spent a week on the trail of a cheetah named Malaika and her two cubs in Masai Mara and came away with some stunning visuals.

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Colours of heaven

An Indian team of birders braves the swampy and mountainous terrain of Papua New Guinea to photograph the birds of paradise, in particular the spectac

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Birds of paradise

An Indian team of birders braves the swampy and mountainous terrain of Papua New Guinea to photograph the birds of paradise, in particular the spectac

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Birding in Papua New Guinea

A team of international birders goes to Papua New Guinea to photograph the endemic flame bowerbird and its mating ritual “dance”.

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Papua New Guinea

On the trail of the bowerbird

A team of international birders goes to Papua New Guinea to photograph the endemic flame bowerbird and its mating ritual “dance”.

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A tiger called Noor

Text by G. SHAHEED & Photographs by Aditya Dicky Singh

If the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan is a conservation success story, the tigers of the reserve have remarkable life stories of their own. Th

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