Ripan Biswas / Fish-eating spider (Nilus sp.) feeding on fish, West Bengal, India, October.

Ripan Biswas / A bag confiscated from a poacher containing dead birds including Red-headed swamp hen (Porphyrio sp.), Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus), Cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus), Eurasia...

Ripan Biswas / Volunteers from the Human & Environmental Alliance League (HEAL) holding up nets removed from nearby lake. The nets are used by bird poachers. Murshidabad, West Bengal. December, 2022. Bird Photograph...

Ripan Biswas / Volunteers from the Human & Environmental Alliance League (HEAL) cutting free an Asian pied starling (Gracupica contra) entangled in net, Murshidabad, West Bengal. December, 2022. Bird Photographer of...

Ripan Biswas / Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) in the hands of volunteer from the Human & Environmental Alliance League (HEAL), rescued after being entangled in nets used by farmers to protect their crops....

Ripan Biswas / Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii) entangled in gill net spread across a lake. Volunteers from the Human & Environmental Alliance League (HEAL) cut down the net and released the heron, Murshidabad, We...

Ripan Biswas / Galaxy frog (Melanobatrachus indicus) portrait, Munnar, Kerala, India.

Ripan Biswas / Bombay night frog (Nyctibatrachus humayuni) egg cluster, with tadpoles visible inside translucent eggs, on leaf, Amboli, Maharastra, India.

Ripan Biswas / Paper wasp (Ropalidia marginata) hunting at night, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.

Ripan Biswas / Common Eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) in flight at night, displaying its bioluminescent light trail, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.

Ripan Biswas / Two Blue spotted mud skippers (Boleophthalmus boddarti) fighting at water's edge, Sunderban tiger reserve, West Bengal, India.

Ripan Biswas / Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) in flight, Sunderban tiger reserve, West Bengal, India.