Amateur Photographer

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WHEN Sergey Gorshkov was named 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for this remarkable photo, it was the culmination of a dream that began two winters before. Back in January 2019, in the Land of the Leopard National Park, Gorshkov installed the f

Shooting Times & Country

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There are few things more satisfying than achieving a lifetime’s ambition — I did that in 2016 when I visited the hill country of northern India described so evocatively in the books of Jim Corbett. Born in 1875 in the town of Nainital in the foothil

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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CHAMPIONED BY VIVEK MENON founder & executive director of Wildlife Trust of India/senior advisor to IFAW Tigers are the kings and queens of Asian forests. Everything about the tiger is majestic. It’s a keystone species of temperate and tropical fore

Australian Photography

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Photographer Sergey Gorshkov has been named as this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his image, The Embrace, featuring an Amur tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir in the Russian Far East. Amur, or Siberian, tigers are only found in

Overland Journal

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Regular readers may recall that I have spent a great deal of my flexible time as an amateur poisonous snake wrangler and own a Ford F250 that was purpose-built for this task. I know this will come as a shock to many, but I’m considering giving it up.

PEARL

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At first glance, the immeasurably rich diversity in nature sometimes seems to be utterly inordinate, as, for example, the jumbled, swirling array of organisms that we can observe through a microscope in a drop of water appears to confirm at first gla

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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Radio may not be the first medium that springs to mind for a show-and-tell format but, for the most part, this new programme really makes it work. Sue Perkins chairs a changing panel of comedians and naturalists – including BBC Wildlife regulars Hele

NPR

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The country counted a total of 2,967 wild tigers, an increase of more than 30% in four years.

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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New analysis casts doubt on official claims that tiger numbers have doubled in India over the last decade. Last July, the Indian government announced that the country had fulfilled its pledge, made at the 2010 Tiger Summit in St Petersburg, to double

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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MYANMAR The Myanmar Government confirmed its place as a tiger country with a new minimum national number of 22 tigers, as well as recent evidence of tigers breeding in the wild. INDIA The 2018 census surveyed 381,400km² of forests for tiger signs an

Travel & Leisure India & South Asia

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Do you have a favourite among the big cats? The tiger is my number one, because I have spent more time photographing tigers than any other cat. I feel they have a magical quality and majesty that perhaps only one other cat can match—the jaguar. The

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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The sun was getting low over Bardia National Park, Nepal. As wildlife photographer Emmanuel Rondeau and his guide made their way back to camp, they spotted a group of chital deer not far from the park’s border. Huddling tightly and casting furtive gl

Singapore Tatler

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Simon Clinton’s affinity with tigers started while he was growing up in Malaysia in the early 1970s, and became familiar with the country’s national symbol—the Malayan tiger. This early exposure, along with a passion for conservation issues, stirred

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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Support for tigers in the wild could be given a further boost thanks to legislative changes currently afoot in the USA, where numbers of tigers in captivity (estimated at 5,000–10,000) far outnumber those in the wild. The Big Cat Public Safety Act is

Creative Steps

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STORE CUPBOARD ■ Cardboard tubes ■ White, black & orange paints ■ Paint brush ■ Fine liner pen ■ Thin card ■ Scissors ■ Wiggly eyes ■ Strong glue 1 Paint a short cardboard tube white and leave to dry. 2 When dry, paint the tube orange, leaving the tu

Amateur Photographer

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It’s always a treat to see the winning images from the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Now in its 56th year, once again the final images from the prestigious contest represent the best of the best when it comes

Getaway

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Launched in April last year, a group of more than 250 international photographers, conservationists and global wildlife charities came together to support theNew Big 5 project, with wildlife lovers around the world voting on theNew Big 5website for t

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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In 2015, Myanmar’s 70-year armed political conflict was replaced by a brittle ceasefire agreement and tensions remain between the government and the Karen people. Anyone protecting the environment has their work cut out for them, but to do so under t

Futurity

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New research is among the first to interview the buyers of pressure-cooked tiger bones, known as “tiger bone glue,” which, in parts of Asia, is perceived as a remedy for a variety of ailments. Thousands of tigers, bred on farms like pigs and raised i

NPR

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A humble farmer from a marginalized tribal community takes on a solo mission to reforest an island in the northeastern state of Assam.

Man Magnum

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THIS HUNT TOOK place in a very interestin ea known as the Duaars, situated between the independent former Royal State of Cooch Behar to the South, and Bhutan, an independent Hill State lying between Tibet and the Northern oundary of Bengal. The Duaar

Wanderlust

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Although many travellers think that the ‘Big Five’ refers to Africa’s most beautiful, most popular or largest wildlife, it’s actually an old term with a grim history. It was used by trophy hunters in Africa for the five most-prized and dangerous anim

Digital Camera World

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Global population: 447,500 (in the wild). Endangered The largest living land mammals on Earth, elephants are intelligent and emotional, often working together to help teach and look after their young. There are an estimated 447,500 elephants left on

Futurity

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Nearly 15,000 miles of new Asian roads will be built in tiger habitat by mid-century, deepening the big cat’s extinction risk, according to a new study. Researchers say the findings highlight the need for bold new conservation measures now. Researche

NPR

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By Tuesday, the tiger was headed to a sanctuary outside the city, while officials have launched a criminal probe in search of its owner.

Literary Hub

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At first I was merely charmed. A tigress at the Louisville Zoo gave birth to a litter of cubs, and I visited weekly, watching them grow from tottering fuzzballs into leaping, pouncing youngsters. The best visits yielded stories: the day little Leela

You South Africa

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A Canadian woman is ecstatic after getting her teddy bear back – a week after it was stolen. Widespread publicity of Maria Soriano’s missing teddy bear followed after celebrities – including actor Ryan Reynolds – started offering rewards for the retu

You South Africa

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30 That’s how many years the Hubble Space Telescope has been around. The telescope takes amazing pictures of space, helping to improve our understanding of the universe. That’s why many believe the Hubble is one of the most significant scientific too

Travel & Leisure India & South Asia

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FOR ACCLAIMED WILDLIFE photographer Sudhir Shivaram, the love affair with Corbett National Park started in 2013 on a family trip. He had heard a lot about the forest, but the trip still managed to amaze him. Ever since, he has visited his favourite f

Literary Hub

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In the first decade of the 20th century, the most prolific serial killer of human life the world has ever seen stalked the foothills of the Himalayas. A serial killer that was not merely content to kidnap victims at night and dismember their bodies,