In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, when he witnessed an unusual scene: a fishing cat jumped on an adult monitor ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A group of red-wattled lapwings are confronting an Indian monitor lizard that has stumbled on their nest. With little regard for their safety, ...

There is a variety of ways that monitor lizards hunt and obtain food. Sometimes they actively hunt for food, during the day, searching for prey; other times they will wait patiently and sabotage prey ...