EXPLORE WILD HOPE

In Madhya Pradesh, renowned as India’s “tiger state,” a team installs AI-integrated camera traps to reduce conflict and safeguard lives in a vital wildlife corridor home to 2 million people – and 300 wild tigers.

Dr. Himmat Singh Negi is a retired Indian Forest Service Officer who has spent more than three decades in the field of Tiger Conservation and related conflict mitigation.

Hrishita Negi is a Ph.D. candidate at Clemson University undertaking her research in the globally recognized tiger landscape of Central India.

AI-enabled cameras are being deployed in a part of India that has the highest concentration of tigers on Earth. These trail cams don’t just take a photo of whatever passes by, but analyze it to identify whether it’s a tiger.

Dr. Hrishita Negi grew up watching wild tigers. Her father, Himmat, worked in tiger conservation for decades, contributing to India’s success in doubling its tiger population over the past 50 years.

Tigers are one of the most iconic faces of wildlife conservation worldwide. These species are still endangered, but indeed on the rise — although it wasn't long ago that tiger populations teetered on the edge of extinction.

It took 15 long months of trial and error to photograph mountain lion P-22 walking in front of the famed Hollywood sign.

The Santa Monica mountains near Los Angeles are home to a wide range of wildlife—including coyotes and mountain lions—all cut off from the rest of the world by the city’s massive freeways.

A lifelong advocate for wildlife, Beth Pratt has worked in environmental leadership roles for over thirty years.

Jeff Sikich is a wildlife biologist for the National Park Service researching the impacts of urbanization and habitat fragmentation on mountain lions in Southern California.