Sandesh Kadur / A summer sun descends beyond the characteristic crown of a moss covered Shola tree in the Anamalais, Kerala, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / In many parts of southwestern India, humans paint themselves as tigers and dance through villages in an act known as Huli Vesha. It depicts man's intrinsic tie to the natural world and shows a deep-ro...

Sandesh Kadur / Men painted in the stripes of a tiger, dance through the streets of towns and villages paying homage at temples along the way as part of Huli Vesha, Tiger Dance, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Nilgiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) feeding in tree, endemic to the Western Ghats south of Coorg, the Nilgiri Langur is one of nearly 16 species of primate found in India.

Sandesh Kadur / Power lines frame the irreversible damage caused by over 30 years of iron-ore mining in Kudremukh National Park, Karanataka, Western Ghats, Southern India. If mining continues, the lives of hundreds...

Sandesh Kadur / Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) at nest with chick, Bandipur National Park, Karnataka, Western Ghats, Southern India.

Sandesh Kadur / Cat snake (Boiga sp) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Bee keeping in Coorg / Kodagu, now famous for its rich honey, Western Ghats, Karnataka, Southern India.

Sandesh Kadur / While mountain slopes are mostly used for plantations of coffee and tea, lowland areas are used to cultivate rice in paddy fields, which requires land that can retain water. Western Ghats, Karnataka,...

Sandesh Kadur / Bush frog (Philautus luteolus) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Yellow striped caecilian (Ichthyophis beddomei) one of 16 species endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / A fig wasp (Waterstoniella masii) explores the surface of the fruit it just emerged from, Western Ghats, Southern India