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Monarchs of the mountains

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

Text by G. Shaheed , Photographs by Dr Jainy Maria Kuriakose

The monarchs of Kashmir's mountains

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

Text by G. Shaheed , Photographs by Dr Jainy Maria Kuriakose

A Pallas’s cat in the Hustai National Park in Mongolia looking as if it is wearing a coat of snow.

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

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

Text by G. Shaheed,Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

Small ghost of the mountain

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

Text by G. Shaheed,Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

A male western tragopan in the Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh.

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

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

Text by G. Shaheed ,Photographs by Jainy Maria Kuriakose

The elusive western tragopan of the Himalaya

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

Text by G. Shaheed ,Photographs by Jainy Maria Kuriakose

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

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