wildlife

wildlife · birds

Lovely audio of a group of vocalizing Grey Francolin or safed teetar at Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India.

wildlife · snow

A snow leopard falls down from a cliff and walks it off. The snow leopard’s powerful build allows it to scale great steep slopes with ease. Its hind legs give the snow leopard the ability to leap six times the length of its body.

wildlife · birds

These homes in India have metal bars and grills to protect the houses inside from unwanted visitors as well as from macaques who raid their fridges and homes.

Assam·wildlife · forest

This is THE famous Tiger Attack video! A tiger attacked forest rangers in Kaziranga National Park, in the north-eastearn state of Assam of India, in 2004.

forest · wildlife

A posse of forest department personnel patrol a forest area, with guns in hand, looking for poachers. They come across a large elephant with tusks, while seated on a forest watch tower.

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The 'Prince of the Jungle' comes for a drink at a wildlife park in North India. Armed with its perfect camouflage, it roams these dry grassland alone.

wildlife · village

In a typical human-animal conflict situation, a leopard made its way into a village in India, and had to be tranquilised to be taken out and re-located into a nearby forest.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Jim Corbett illustration from 1987, as presented by Satyapal Verma of 34 N block, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. Bird books by Hume and Marshall.

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A leopard gets itself trapped inside a house in India, and then in sheer panic, it attacks the residents.

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A leopard gets trapped inside a well full of water. Drenched, hungry and agitated, the leopard sits on the edge of the well. Volunteers and forest officials get to work to pull the cat out safely.

forest · wildlife

A female Sambhar deer looks out warily before proceeding to drink at a Kabini waterhole in south India. She lifts her head and listen out for possible sounds of predators such as big cats.

hills · village

Lovely mid-winter views of Mahla, Srikantha and Lamkhaga pass and peak in Garhwal Himalaya above Harsil in Uttarakhand state. The fields and apple orchards are above Mahla village and Dharali gaon. The peak is of Mahla near Srikantha.

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A panicked leopard ran through the streets of Jalandhar in northern India as residents thronged and scattered, if not to help catch the big cat then to capture a cellphone image of the scene.

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Wildlife photographers take pictures of a snake and then a leopard. The leopard (Panthera pardus) does not look like it wants its pictures taken. It stalks among the dry bushes and the sandy and rocky terrain and moves farther away.

Rajasthan·wildlife

A striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) emerges from the bushes to the dry grassland in the evening. Striped Hyenas are scavengers and solitary in nature except while mating. Later, a leopard moves with caution among the rocks and settles down.

river · wildlife

A herd of chital or spotted deer (Axis axis) loiters around a serene lake in the afternoon sun. These are the most common species of deer in India and are easily recognised with the spots on their bodies.

wildlife · desert

A large leopard emerges from behind the sparse tree growths in the arid terrain inside a national park in India. The leopard seems to be sniffing out something and is alert. It scouts its surroundings and walks on.

wildlife · livestock

A big herd of elephants (Elephas maximus) crosses a patch of grassland as humans chase after them. Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals and are herbivorous in their diet.

Jawai, Rajasthan·wildlife

A leopard relaxes on a rock near a cactus bush in Jawai. It grooms itself by licking its spotted coat. Leopards are usually nocturnal, hunting after sunset and relax and sleep in the daytime.

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Swamp Deer (Cervus duvauceli) is a vulnerable species of antlered deer found in protected areas in India. They are diurnal grazers and are named as the Barasingha in India for its antlers.

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A leopard leaps over a concrete structure and slips to the other side under the fence as it goes looking for a drink. The alert leopard stalks to the water hole in front of the safari vehicle and crouches down for a drink.

Karnataka·wildlife

An Indian Elephant family enjoys gathering at a water-hole, for feed and water. Mother ele teaches her young one to upturn the wet earth clods with her feet, around the pond, and look for tubers and other feed.

wildlife · river

As a Common Hawk Cuckoo or Brainfever bird calls, a large group of Sambhar deer forage around and drink from a forest stream in south India's Kabini reserve.