Western Ghats
A self-portrait in the overwhelming landscape of the Western Ghat mountains of southern India. This image was made in Eravikulam National Park in south India.
A long exposure captures the passage of time over Anaimudi, which is India's highest point south of the Himalayas.
An endangered primate, the Nilgiri Langur Trachypithecus johnii, makes its only home in the dense evergreen forests of the Western Ghats.
Purple Frog or Pig-nosed Frog Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis,spends nearly fifty weeks a year underground. One of the extraordinary finds of the century
A large Malabar gliding frog Rhacophorus malabaricus alights next to its smaller cousin, the Winged gliding frog Rhacophorus lateralis, on a wet coffee plant in southern Coorg
In many parts of southwestern India, humans paint themselves as tigers and dance through villages in an act known as Huli vesha
Nilgiri Tahr, once driven to near extinction by the combined forces of hunting, poaching and habitat loss, their numbers have slowly recovered following two decades of stringent protection.
A mating pair of Rhachophorus pseudomalabaricus - Anamalai gliding frog - in the wet rainforests of the Western Ghats
Dorylus orientalis - one of the ant larvae works its way up a pyramid of mandibles and finds a spot on top of a soldier ants' head.
Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis,the discovery of which led to the formation of a whole new family of frogs - the Nasikabatrachidae - of which it is the only member.
Calotes grandisquarmis, Large-scaled Forest Lizard, an agamid lizard found in the forests of Western Ghats.
Anaimudi: Gentle rolling grassland and shola forest characterise the landscape of Eravikulam National Park in Kerala.
Wild dogs or Dhole, Cuon alpinus, are the master predators of the Indian jungle, far more successful than tigers and leopards.
The forest departments of various states regularly burn and maintain fire-breaks in order to avoid the consequences a major accidental fire could cause.
Huli Vesha - Men painted in the stripes of a tiger, dance through the streets of towns and villages paying homage at temples along the way.
Birds
The National Bird of India, the peafowl (Pavo cristatus), looks through a split in the trunk of a tree.
Wild Art
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Acrchilochus colubris and Black-chinned Hummingbird Acrchilochus alexandri feeding on Red Buckeye Aesculus Pavia.
Artist: Sangeetha Kadur
Black-crested and White-crested Coquette's feeding on Porter weed Stachyturpheta jamaicansis.
Artist: Sangeetha Kadur
Puertorican Emerald Chlorostilbon maugeaus feeding on Snail Orchid Comparettia falcata
Artist: Vydhehi Kadur
