An injured leopard has been spotted on the IIT Bombay campus over the past two to three months, prompting the forest department to intensify monitoring and prepare for a rescue operation. The leopard is suspected to have an eye injury and is being tracked through camera traps installed across the sprawling campus.  (Illustrations/ Uday Mohite)

The Maharashtra Forest Department has launched its first-ever leopard population estimation exercise in a non-forest landscape in Junnar taluka, Pune. Using camera traps across sugarcane fields and villages, the study aims to better understand leopard numbers and human-wildlife interactions. (Pics/Maharashtra Forest Department/Wildlife Conservation Society - India)