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The love for momos in Nepal is threatening endangered wild water buffaloes

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Apr 2023
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in the town of Darjeeling, is the largest high-altitude zoo in India. The new Bill exempts 100 kilometres of forest along the international border from any legal protection. Photo by Syed Sajidul Islam

Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects

Kundan Pandey 6 Apr 2023
The Pallas’s cat.

Manul, the ‘grumpiest cat,’ confirmed on the world’s highest mountain

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Mar 2023

Habitat preservation in the Western Ghats can help enhance biodiversity in the hotspot

Archita Bhatta 17 Mar 2023
A snow leopard.

Climate change and catfight in the Himalayas: tigers, leopards venture into snow leopard land

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Mar 2023
Shankar, a farmer.

What protecting the slender loris could mean for forest communities in Tamil Nadu

Catherine Gilon 13 Dec 2022
A Miniopterus phillipsi.

A newly described cave bat in Sri Lanka indicates presence of more species

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Nov 2022
Image shows a giant squirrel on a tree branch

How preserving forests could save the Indian giant squirrel

Sneha Mahale 23 Nov 2022
Three elephants.

[Interview] Author Karen Bakker tunes in to the world of non-human sounds

John Cannon 1 Nov 2022

Rajasthan is getting wetter and it’s not good news for the desert ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Oct 2022
A Royal Bengal tiger

[Interview] “South Asia needs its own regional plan to sustain Bengal tiger population”

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Oct 2022

All eyes on the next chapter: India prepares to host cheetahs after 70 years

Manish Chandra Mishra 16 Sep 2022
A Sikkim grass lizard

The elusive and endangered Sikkim grass lizard makes a rare appearance in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Sep 2022

Sri Lanka fuel shortage takes a toll on wildlife treatment, conservation

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Aug 2022
A tiger using an underpass on NH44.

Monitoring crossing structures in tiger reserves offers insights into species movement, behaviour

Gana Kedlaya 25 Jul 2022
A gharial on the banks of the Rapti River

New gharial hatchlings in Nepal a hopeful sign for the critically endangered reptile

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jun 2022

Global illegal trade and farming flourish amid tiger conservation efforts

Sharon Guynup 17 Jun 2022

Farmer unions demand vermin status for wild boars, Centre highlights their role in forest habitat

K.A. Shaji 9 Jun 2022

Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022
Tamil Nadu maintains that the neutrino observatory project and allied activities could impact the movement of tigers. Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Tiger movements between India and Nepal become increasingly restricted, even as numbers rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Sahana Ghosh 17 May 2022