Prasenjeet Yadav
The Curious Case of the Tigers Who Changed Their Stripes
India’s Similipal Tiger Reserve. Male tiger T12 was born with a rare genetic mutation that left him with a predominantly black coat. The Curious Case of the Tigers Who Changed Their Stripes. November 2025. A century ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire new problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic collapse.
Photo edited by Alexa Keefe
National Geographic
