Sandesh Kadur / Wild Gaur (Bos gaurus) with birds on skin, feeding on insects, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus) perched on trees at dawn, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / An elderly Toda woman sits inside her hut preparing a meal of raagi on a traditional wood-burning stove. Todas are strict vegetarians and their diet consists largely of plant and milk products. Wester...

Sandesh Kadur / Large scaled pit viper (Trimeresurus macrolepis) head profile, water droplet below, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / People worshipping gods at Talacauvery, the sacred birthplace of the River Cauvery, Western Ghats, Southern India. No release available.

Sandesh Kadur / Shola grassland plant, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Liontail macaque (Macaca silenus) grooming large male, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Little Green Bee-eaters (Merops orientalis) basking in the sun on red earth, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Indian spotted chevrotain / Mouse deer (Moschiola indica) road kill, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Leopard (Panthera pardus) at night, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Jumping ant (Harpegnathos sp) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / The River Cauvery at dusk. Originating in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala, the Cauvery catchment area requires full protection if it is to sustain the ever-increasing needs of the land it s...

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

Sandesh Kadur / Coffee beans (Coffea genus) drying in sun, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Growing shade Coffee (Coffea genus) can be more environmentally friendly than the monocultural practice of growing tea. Although the flowers last only a few days, the berries take nearly nine months t...

Sandesh Kadur / Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) pods held in hand. Grows wild in the monsoon forests of the Western Ghats, and cultivated for its value in ayurvedic medicine and as a food spice. India.

Sandesh Kadur / Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Coffee (Coffea genus) plants flowering, Western Ghats, India. Growing shade coffee can be more environmentally friendly than the monocultural practice of growing tea.

Sandesh Kadur / Malabar Pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) feeding in tree, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) calf standing under mother, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Asian / Spectacled cobra (Naja naja) rear view of hood, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Malabar coast moist deciduous forests, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) running profile, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Common emigrant butterflies (Catopsilia pomona) gather on old tiger scat to absorb nutrients. The rains bring about an explosion of butterflies all over the Western Ghats. Western Ghats, Southern Indi...

Sandesh Kadur / Sunrise over the Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / This large tree (Euphorbia santapaui) is endemic to the inhospitable slopes of the Agasthyamalais. It grows in this rocky terrain at an elevation of 1,800 metres where rain and wind are constant. West...

Sandesh Kadur / Domestic chicken coop, to protect from wild animals, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Shieldtail snake (Uropeltidae) a small burrowing snakes that live in the soil under rocks and logs and feed mainly on earthworms and insect larva. Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Land snail (Indrella ampulla) one of nearly 270 species of land snails found in the Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / The large Malabar gliding frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) next to smaller winged Gliding frog (Rhacophorus lateralis) Southern Coorg, Western Ghats, Southern India. The winged gliding frog is highly...

Sandesh Kadur / An elephant road warning sign. Many roads were first built roughly following the well-worn pathways of migrating elephants. Today, numerous highways laden with lorries crisscross these ancient migrato...

Sandesh Kadur / Malabar trogon (Harpactes fasciatus) perched, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Praying mantis (Mantidae) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Praying mantis (Mantidae) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Hills silhouetted against a sunset sky, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Liontail macaque (Macaca silenus) feeding from (CUllenia exarillata) Western Ghats, Southern India. Preliminary research has revealed seven species of mammals make use of Cullenia exarillata during t...

Sandesh Kadur / Millipede (Diplopoda) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Bronzed frog (Rana temporalis) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Redslate Ornamental tarantula / Yellow thighed spider (Poecilotheria rufilata) Western Ghats, Southern India.

Sandesh Kadur / Black spined toad (Bufo melanostictus) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Two men painted as tigers. Huli Vesha, tiger dance, is a popular form of folk dance in many parts of Southwestern India. No release available.

Sandesh Kadur / Rock / Malabar pit viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) perfectly camouflaged in roots of a streamside tree, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Frog, unknown species, Western Ghats, Southern India. Out 216 amphibians found in India about half occur in the Western Ghats of which nearly 75 species are endemic.

Sandesh Kadur / Black-crested bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus) perched, this crestless race of the Black-crested Bulbul, commonly called the Ruby-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus gularis) lives primarily in t...

Sandesh Kadur / Beddome's skink (Mabuya beddomei) camouflaged on fallen leaf, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis) male feeding on fruit of Fig tree (Ficus drupacea) Western Ghats, Southern India.

Sandesh Kadur / Rock / Malabar Pit viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Common Vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Panoramic view of tea plantations in the Western Ghats, Southern India. Vast areas of shola grassland habitat were destroyed and used for cultivation of tea to satisfy the British taste for this exot...

Sandesh Kadur / Liontail macaque (Macaca silenus) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Malabar rock pit viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus) and Common vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) found in Western Ghats, Southern India. digital composite

Sandesh Kadur / Jog Falls on the Sharavathy river, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Indian balsam (Impatiens balsamina) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Kalakkad Gliding frog (Rhacophorus caladensis) Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Kalakkad Gliding frog (Rhacophorus caladensis) at night, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Anaimalai spiny lizard (Salea anamallayana) Western Ghats, India

Sandesh Kadur / Kalakkad Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus caladensis) at night, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Frog, unknown species, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Sholas, islands of rainforest in a sea of grass, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) head portrait, Western Ghats, India

Sandesh Kadur / Lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) on branch, Western Ghats, India

Sandesh Kadur / Sunrise over the Western Ghats, India, 2008

Sandesh Kadur / Entire hillside covered with flowers of Kurinji plant (Strobilanthes sp) Eravikulam National Park, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Flowering only occurs once every twelve years. The next flowering of t...

Sandesh Kadur / Entire hillside covered with flowers of Kurinji plant (Strobilanthes sp) Eravikulam National Park, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Flowering only occurs once every twelve years, The next flowering of t...

Sandesh Kadur / Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) family group, Western Ghats, India

Sandesh Kadur / Asian cobra (Naja naja) with hood raised, Western Ghats, Sahyadri, Maharashtra, India