Scent of a Tigress - 18th June, 2026
A male tiger can catch a fresh, airborne whiff of a tigress's scent from up to 1 to 2 kilometres away, depending entirely on wind direction, air humidity and forest density.He uses her scent primarily to identify her reproductive status, track her location and avoid conflict. Because tigers are solitary animals with massive, overlapping territories, they rely heavily on chemical communication to find each other when it is time to breed.
Why do Tigers track the Scent
Mating Readiness: A tigress in estrus (heat) will drastically increase her scent-marking activities. Her marking fluid contains specific pheromones that signal to the male that she is ready and willing to conceive.
Social Identity: The scent tells the male the tigress's identity, approximate age, size, and social standing.
Time Tracking: Pheromones break down over time. By analyzing the scent strength, the male can deduce how recently the tigress passed through the area.
Tigers do not use their sense of smell for hunting, but they have a highly specialized system for social and reproductive communication.
The Deposit: The tigress lifts her tail and sprays a musky "marking fluid"—a combination of urine and lipid secretions from her anal glands—backward onto trees, bushes, or rocks at nose level. She also deposits secretions from glands between her toes via claw scratching.
The Flehmen Response: When the male encounters the mark, he performs a distinct grimace known as the flehmen response. He curls back his upper lip, wrinkles his nose, opens his mouth, and hangs his tongue out.
The Jacobson's Organ: This facial distortion closes the normal nasal passages and forces the scent particles directly into the Jacobson's organ (vomeronasal organ) located in the roof of his mouth. This organ functions like a chemical computer, sending rapid nerve signals to the brain to analyze the pheromones in high definition.
While tigers cannot "sniff out" a stationary animal from miles away like a bear or a hound, the physical spray marks left on trees are incredibly long-lasting. A male tiger patrolling his territory will naturally cross these boundaries and can pull data from a spray mark that is several days old.
This is a magnificent young male tiger known to conservationists as Rudra, cataloged in the Amrabad Tiger Reserves records as M56. He represents the genetic gold standard of the tiger population boom Amrabad is witnessing.
Born in February 2024 in the rugged terrains of the Amrabad range—specifically within the Dhara-Thurkapally-Gajjibandalu area—he was part of a historic three-cub litter. His mother, the formidable tigress F26, and his father, the dominant male M22, both migrated into the region from the neighboring Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve. This cross-river migration across the Krishna River has been crucial, infusing invaluable genetic diversity into the Amrabad gene pool and preventing the risks of long-term inbreeding.
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Dark Skies of Amrabad - 15th June, 2026
The modern world is drowning in a silent, glowing tide. For over eighty percent of humanity, the night sky is no longer a window into the infinite cosmos, but a washed-out shroud of amber and white artificial glare. Yet, deep within Telangana, cradled by the rugged folds of the Nallamala Forest range, exists a sanctuary where the ancient night remains unblemished. This is the Amrabad Tiger Reserve—the largest tiger reserve in the state and a crucial bastion for South India’s native biodiversity.
While travelers trek across the reserve’s deep valleys and gorges during the day, it is the transition into night that reveals Amrabad’s hidden treasure: a pristine, velvet-black canopy where the Milky Way galaxy burns with breathtaking brilliance.
To truly appreciate the sanctuary of Amrabad’s dark skies, one must understand the invisible crisis creeping across the rest of the planet. Light Pollution—the excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive artificial light produced by human civilization—is an environmental pollutant that grows more severe with each passing year. From sprawling cities to rural highways, artificial glow domes blot out the stars, turning the nocturnal sky into a hazy, washed-out grey. This phenomenon is not merely an aesthetic loss for stargazers; it is a profound ecological disruption. For billions of years, life on Earth evolved alongside a predictable, unyielding cycle of day and night. This biological rhythm, embedded deep within the genetic code of nearly every living organism, dictates behavior, reproduction, and survival.
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Celebrating International Tiger Day - 29th July, 2025
Celebrating International Tiger Day 2025 with young warriors at KBR National Park. A HyTiCoS & KBR Park Telangana State Forest Department initiative sponsored by Gland Pharma.
This was a half day event where almost 600 children of 9 different schools from around the city participated in various wildlife and nature themed games and educational sessions conducted by 30 volunteers. They were taught how wildlife was being monitored, protected and rescued with the help of technology and camera trapping. They were shown how to identify various species based on their tracks and scat. The children were also encouraged to talk to their friends and family and spread awareness on the importance of conserving an umbrella species like the tiger. There was active participation and support from the Telangana Forest Department officers and staff including the staff of the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park.
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Thank you for joining us on this incredible journey. Now let's go out there and make everyday a day for Tiger conservation! The future of these magnificent creatures is in our hands - let us make it a bright one!
International Tiger Day - 29th July, 2025
Imagine a world without tigers! No regal stripes cutting through the jungle, no powerful roars echoing across the grasslands, no piercing amber eyes watching from the shadows. This isn’t just a grim fantasy - it is a future we’re racing towards - but today, July 29th, we are fighting back.
Welcome to our special International Tiger Day feature! Through the course of this video we will discover why these magnificent beasts capture our hearts and how close we've come to losing them forever and the cutting edge efforts that are bringing Tigers back from the dead. From high-tech conservation to ancient cultural significance, from heartwarming cub rescues to nail-biting anti-poaching operations, we're diving deep into the world of tigers. By the end you'll not only understand why tigers are worth saving but you'll know exactly how you can help ensure their survival.
Are you ready to join the fight for the future of the tiger? Let's begin!
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The Tipai Leopard, Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
The elusive leopard, a ghost of the forests, is often hailed as its most elegant dweller. The area around the Tipai Mata temple in Tipeshwar is a compact patch of dense forest cover with a number of old and mature trees and is prime habitat for leopards. It was about 7am on the morning of 8th June when we got word of this leopard lazing in a tree just below the mandir.
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In search of the reclusive Teer/ Arrowhead, Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
Each time you enter the jungles of central India, dating back millions of years, you are in the realm of some of the most varied wildlife in India. From bears to boars, monkeys to mongoose, from the forest floor to the tree tops, from the smallest species to the largest, this is Kipling’s Jungle Book made of flesh and blood and home to arguably the earth’s most beautiful killer - the Bengal Tiger.
This time we were out searching for the reclusive Teer/ Arrowhead - named by Ajinder Singh for the distinct arrow or “teer” on his forehead. Teer was born in February 2023 from the 5th litter of the Legendary Talabwali Tigress with Zanjeer. He was one of three cubs.
Our patience and perseverance paid off when, finally, word came, from far away Mangisawargaon, almost at the western fringe of the forest. Teer had been seen, just barely, and was said to be on a cattle kill! The kill itself was not visible - hidden, in line with his reclusive nature and behaviour.
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Kuregad - A Tale of Water
Hidden in the deep recesses of the Kawal Tiger Reserve are a number of Gond villages having a close relationship with nature and its management. Closely linked with each individual of the Gond clan is a lineage of Pardhans, bards and chroniclers, who play a vital role in the worship of the clan deity and many other ritual activities. Today is about one such village which depended on their solitary well for water but when the water started to make them sick, they left to settle at a different location.
Life in the forest isn’t always a bed of roses.
Created in collaboration with Hyticos.
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The Sound of Water - Bansilalpet Stepwell
A short film — in collaboration with The Rainwater Project — on the restoration journey of the 800 year old Bansilalpet Stepwell - narrated by Venkatesh Vinnakota who was there from day 1.
Screened at the Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad on 15 March 2024.
Kangchendzönga - Sunrise, Sunset & Cloud Inversion
Checkered Keelback with a Tilapia kill
In the forests of Kabini
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