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Majestic denizen of the forests of India

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

G. Shaheed,Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

The five-year-old cheetah, Siligi, with her litter of an unprecedented seven cubs in the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya.

Siligi and her seven cubs

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

G. Shaheed,Photographs by Dileep Anthikkad ,Photographs by Sumesh Sankarathodi

Bald eagle in flight.

Alaska: The salmon run and the grizzly bear

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

G. Shaheed,Photographs by Nigil Haroon

The glorious quetzal

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

G. Shaheed,Photographs by John Anthony

Glorious quetzal

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

G. Shaheed,Photographs by John Anthony

Resplendent quetzal (male).

Quetzal: Emerald jewel of the Costa Rican forest

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

G. Shaheed,Photographs by John Anthony

This photograph of a cub lying with his forelegs on the shoulder of a sibling at the
Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya was featured in the 2019 calendar of “BBC Wildlife” magazine.

Cheetah bonding

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.

G. Shaheed,Photographs by Padmanabhan Narayanan

Raggiana bird of paradise.

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

Raggiana bird of paradise.

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

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”.

The flame bowerbird.

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”.

A tiger called Noor

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

Text by G. SHAHEED & Photographs by Aditya Dicky Singh