A tigress strolls down a dusty track with her four cubs walking in a line alongside her as the population of wild tigers is once again on the rise. Deep in the heart of the Indian jungle, 100 kilometers from the nearest village, the family is safe from human interference. 

Normally, tigers only give birth to two or three young at one time so the unusually large litter is a sign that their once diminished numbers are now increasing. The images, captured in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India, show the seven-year-old mother with her newborn cubs. 

(Cover Photo via VCG, credit to Amrut Naik/Solent News)

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