Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Dotty’s Cub

Dotty the tigress was born in 2012 at Bandhavgarh National Park. She is Spotty’s sister and named Dotty due to ‘D’ mark on the right side above her eye.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

The velvet-fronted nuthatch is a small passerine bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae found in southern Asia from Nepal, India, Sri Lanka ‍and Bangladesh east to south China and Indonesia.

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Photography by Prakash Maharana, Odisha, India

The Chital

Known as spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a species of deer that is native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Photography by Sovan Das, Odisha, India

Bengal Tiger

Bengal tigers live in India and are sometimes called Indian tigers. They are the most common tiger and number about half of all wild tigers.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Human–wildlife Conflict

Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) refers to the negative interactions between human and wild animals, with undesirable consequences for both people and their resources and wildlife and their habitats (IUCN 2020).

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Photography by Neelima M Reddy, Odisha, India

Morning Glory at Hampi

You cannot escape the magic of the magnificent city of ruins – Hampi! It’s poetry carved in stone!

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Enjoying the Rain

The Himalayan black-lored tit, also known as simply black-lored tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The yellow-cheeked tit is probably its closest relative, and it may also be related to the yellow tit.

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Photography by Kiran Rawal, Gujarat, India

Nature

This image was taken at Kutch, Gujarat

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Photography by Suvradeep Mitra, Odisha, India

Bolt

Female blackbuck sprinting through the grassland.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Bactrian Camel

The Bactrian camel, also known as the Mongolian camel or domestic Bactrian camel, is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. It has two humps on its back, in contrast to the single-humped dromedary camel.

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Photography by Sathyanarayana CR, Karnataka, India

Winnowing Pair

After thrashing of fresh harvest these women were busy winnowing. I was captivated golden rays; it made the scene magical.

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Photography by Santanu Bose, West Bengal, India

Spotted Dove

The spotted dove is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

A Perfect Background

The blue-winged parakeet, also known as the Malabar parakeet is a species of parakeet endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

A Beautiful Flight

The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia.

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Photography by Biswaranjan Mishra, Odisha, India

Monitor Lizards

Monitor lizards are large lizards in the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species.

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Photography by Dinesh Ranjan Mishra, Odisha, India

Indian Paradise Flycatcher

The Indian paradise flycatcher is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia, where it is widely distributed. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004.

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Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Tower Of Africa

Giraffes are virtually the towers of Africa, with a magnanimous presence, even the tallest mammals are dwarfed by the bushy vegetation in the Savannah.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

The Tiny King on its Throne

The common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Grey Heron with Catch

Mainly seen as singles or in small groups, standing quietly in or at the edge of water, less often hunting in fields.

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Photography by Sathyanarayana CR, Karnataka, India

Stone Chariot

This chariot was built by King Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire, who got fascinated with the Konark Sun temple!

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Photography by Simson Das, Assam, India

Flow of Nature

Waterfalls are also called cascades. The process of erosion, the wearing away of earth, plays an important part in the formation of waterfalls.

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Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Bottom Up

A small pod of wood mushrooms on an aracanut palm tree. As they say, life will find it’s way.

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