Two decades ago, the village of Amlasole in West Midnapore, now part of Jhargram district, was synonymous with tragedy.

Long-legged and lithe, they so aggressively dominate huge territories in the forest canopies that locals simply call them the tree ants. Or weaver ants, because they make their soccer-ball-size ...

Revealing the personality of an individual or an intimate group of animals in a thought-provoking or memorable way. Ripan was photographing a red weaver ant colony when he spotted this slightly ...