Northern India

A tigress walks into view and quickly disappears into the tall grass. For the next 45 minutes she bats insects away, rolls around, stretches, yawns, watches us, and eventually walks to another closeby meadow. Kanha National Park

The massive Indian bison or gaur is the largest of the world's wild oxen. The calves, until they have reached an age of about two years old, are preyed upon by the tiger.

A major prey species of carnivores, chital live throughout India. A drongo sits on the back of one of the females. Ranthambhore National Park

A ruddy mongoose, an agile and sucessful predator, can even attack an kill the deadly cobra without being bitten himself. When excited the mongoose can bristle its hair, making it seem larger, confusing the enemy. Ranthambhore National Park