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Steve Winter’s Journey to Tigers Forever
This week, wildlife photojournalist Steve Winter’s story about cougars appears in the December issue of National Geographic. He’s become the big cat guy—it’s the fourth species he’s covered for the...
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The Patient Photography of Steve Winter
Photography by Steve Winter/National Geographic National Geographic wildlife photographers have often recounted the painful waiting period that comes with getting the perfect shot. Countless hours are...
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Illegal Tiger Trade: Why Tigers Are Walking Gold
Talking Tigers: Part 2 of a 12-part series In December 2013 at the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in India, we finally got the word: Three confiscated steel-jawed poacher’s traps would be brought to the Forest...
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Kids in India Come Together to Save Tigers
Talking Tigers: Part 3 of a 12-part series We pulled out of the honking pandemonium of morning traffic into the cement schoolyard of Chhotubhai Patel High School. It was only slightly quieter than the...
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Counting Tigers by Their Stripes
Thanks to affordable digital cameras and sophisticated software, conservationists like K. Ullas Karanth of the Wildlife Conservation Society now have powerful tools to accurately monitor tigers in the...
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A Concise History of Tiger Hunting in India
Persian Miniature of Mughal Emperor Akbar hunting tigers in India.(Courtesy exoticindia.com) Talking Tigers: Part 4 of a 12-part series India’s tigers have been in the crosshairs for centuries, with...
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How Much for a Picture With the Monkey? The Real Cost Of Wildlife Tourism
I’ve been extremely fortunate to have spent the past seven months working and traveling in Southeast Asia with support from the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Fulbright program. While my...
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Water-loving cats: Unique Tiger facts
Photograph by Beverly Joubert Tigers are the largest wild cats in the world. Adults can weigh up to 800 pounds – and measure up to 10.8 feet. Photograph by Steve Winter Tigers are carnivores,...
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Implementing SMART to conserve big cats globally
By Drew T. Cronin, SMART Partnership Program Manager Big cats are some of the world’s most iconic and revered wildlife species, and the focus of this year’s World Wildlife Day on March 3. However,...
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“If a tiger kills our cattle, we don’t feel angry”
The Chenchu tribe think of the tiger as their brother. They understand their forest and its wildlife better than anybody else and have shaped, nurtured and protected this environment for millennia. Yet...
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