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Bears up close

Poaching, illegal trade in bears for their body parts, and human-bear conflicts pose a great threat to the sloth bear species, which is endemic to the

Bear facts

Poaching, illegal trade in bears for their body parts, and human-bear conflicts pose a great threat to the sloth bear species, which is endemic to the

Elusive hunter

The leopard is unique in that it can live in every kind of habitat, including human-dominated landscapes, sugarcane fields, rocky outskirts, evergreen

G. Shaheed,Photographs by N.A. Naseer

The king of bhava, the lion-tailed macaque has different expressions for different occasions.-

Many moods of the macaque

On the trail of the lion-tailed macaque in the Nelliampathy forest in Kerala's Palakkad district.

TEXT BY G. SHAHEED & PHOTOGRAPHS BY N.A. NASEER

Salim Ali. He made frequent trips to Kuriarkutty.-THE HINDU PHOTO LIBRARY

Fallen from the nest

IN September 2008, a towering Albizia lebbeck tree that the famous ornithologist Salim Ali never missed to look up whenever he visited the Parambikula

TEXT BY G. SHAHEED & PHOTOGRAPHS BY N.A. NASEER

Close encounters in the wild

The Western Ghats, with awesome sights, form a nature-lover's paradise.

TEXT: G. SHAHEED AND PHOTOGRAPHS: N.A. NASEER & R. SUGATHAN

Monarchs of the mountains. The Nilgiri tahr, once on the verge of extinction, has been restored thanks to the conservation effort of the Eravikulam National Park.-T. ANIL KUMAR

Goat's own country

The Eravikulam National Park in the Western Ghats in Kerala is home to the Nilgiri tahr.