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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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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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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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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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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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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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Many moods of the macaque

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

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

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Fallen from the nest

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

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

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