A key component of wildlife photography is to know you subject. Knowing more about your subject will allow you to preempt situations and shots rather than reactively taking them.

Shreejata Gupta, an expert on monkey'ing around shares her research expertise with us.

The IUCN is known for it's Red List of endangeroed species, but more recently it has developed a Green List... 

Kabini is one of my favourite wildlife destinations, and a location I have visited many times. It always has something to offer, but for me, the monsoon is a fantastic and highly underrated time to visit...  the vibrant colours and greens are sensational! It is harder to spot the big game, but when you do, wow...  the pics pop!

Knowing your subject is pivotal to meaningful wildlife photography. It makes the differences between a pretty picture and significant image. So, who better to ask about a subject than an expert.

Here I interview Dr Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants (ATE) about her research and love for the big-eared, long nosed soap opera stars of her life! :)

The Ranganthittu bird sanctuary is a cluster of islands and one large island in a crocodile infested part of the Kaveri river. It is because of the lurking danger of the crocodiles that the birds thrive, as they are the guardians of the island which is so precious for the birds to nest on. The treat of the crocodiles is far less than the threat of the other predators that the crocodiles scare off (eat). Symbioses.

We have long known that some frogs are poisonous, excreting toxins from their skin to deter preditors from snacking on them. However, two are now considered venomous! 

Jared et al. (2015) describe two Brazilian frogs, Greening's frog (Corythomantis greeningi) and Bruno's casque-headed frog (Aparasphenodon brunoi), that don't only produce toxins, but also have spikes...

BRT hills (Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary), located South-east of Mysore is another Karnataka tiger reserve. I've only been the once  for a couple of wet days during the monsoon nearly 2 years ago. Despite it not being the most prolific of wildlife trips, being in the jungle when it is so lush is such a pleasure, and inexplicably very memorable! :) Low light, mist and clouds, hills, tall undergrowth...  it all adds the the mystic of the jungle.

Today (29th July) is International Tiger day! The point of this day is not to raise money (although that is nice), but to raise awareness! So, celebrate your tiger shots, share them and share the awareness!

Early this month I posted about a decree by the French ecology and agriculture ministry addressing the concerns of farmers and resulted in relaxed hunting laws for wolfs and increasing the number that could be killed this coming season. The news is not getting any better, with the french government landing on the side of livestocks. [LPO reports]

Thankfully, I have never seen any real conflict, but I have seen many animals on the state highways around and running through national parks.

Infra-red flash reveals the panthers spots!

Hear me being interviewed about wildlife photography and Bandipur Tiger Reserve!

A while ago now I was interviewed by a good friend of mine, Shreejata Gupta, about my love for wildlife photography and Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, India. For me it is cringworthy, but hopefully you'll enjoy it!