23 November, 2025 – 29 November, 2025. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week. Image copyright of the photographer.
Mugger crocodiles bask on a sunlit rocky island at Jawai Dam, Rajasthan — an important habitat for this Vulnerable species that depends on freshwater ecosystems across India.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Photograph: Laxman Parangi / Facebook
The Nature in Focus Awards for 2025 were announced last week. Special Mentions from the Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award for this endangered Fishing Cat looking into a camera trap amid tide-washed litter.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Photograph: Pallavi Laveti / Instagram
A Black-headed Ibis lifts a frog from the grasslands, capturing the split-second drama of predator and prey.
Conservation Status: Near Threatened
Photograph: Kalyan Acharya / Instagram
In a first for the Dahanu coast, Maharashtra, the Mangrove Cell of the forest department has fitted a satellite tag on an Olive Ridley turtle to track its journey from the shoreline. Named Dhaval Lakshmi, the turtle was found entangled in a fishing net sometime back in August. The department treated the turtle and released it back into the sea to get valuable information about its migration routes, foraging grounds etc.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Photograph: Mid-day
A Hoolock Gibbon hangs effortlessly from a fruiting tree in Kaziranga, Assam — India’s only ape, and now an Endangered species facing rapid habitat loss.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Photograph: Banhisikha Banerjee / Facebook
An Indian Wolf moves quietly through the scrublands of Bhigwan, Maharashtra. Once widespread, this grassland specialist now survives in fragmented landscapes.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Photograph: Jayaraj_TP / Instagram
A shy Red Panda peers down from the mossy branches of a temperate forest in West Bengal. These arboreal specialists spend most of their lives hidden among the treetops.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Photograph: Dr. Abhijit Bagui / Facebook
A sloth bear climbs down a boulder while a peacock struts below, perfectly capturing Hampi’s surprising coexistence of species.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (sloth bear)
Photograph: Dhiman Adhikari / Facebook
The Nature in Focus Awards for 2025 were announced last week. Special Mentions from the Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award image shows an elephant moving through a landfill, a cut on its trunk revealing the hidden dangers of human-altered spaces.
Conservation Status: Endangered
Photograph: Lalith Ekanayake / Instagram
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