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Confiscated illegal wildlife parts.

Elite appetite turns Bangladesh from source to consumer of tiger parts

Mahadi Al Hasnat 9 Jan 2024
leopard ntnc Nepal

Leopards, Nepal’s other, other big cats, face unprecedented threats

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Dec 2023
Nepal nearly tripled its tiger population in 12 years.

For Nepal, 2023 changed course of tiger conservation efforts

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Dec 2023

Brazil’s mammals help humanity, but those services are at risk, study says

Liz Kimbrough 15 Dec 2023

Where do illegal lion parts come from? A new tool offers answers

Malavika Vyawahare 13 Dec 2023

Smallholders and loggers push deeper into Sumatra’s largest park

Jeremy Hance 29 Nov 2023

In Brazil’s Amazon, a clandestine road threatens a pristine reserve

Ana Ionova 24 Nov 2023
Clouded leopard

Clouded leopards face alarming decline amid ‘genetic crisis,’ study warns

Carolyn Cowan 23 Nov 2023

Crime analysis sheds light on tiger poaching in Malaysia

Sean Mowbray 14 Nov 2023
A domestic yak grazing in the open.

‘Predator-proof’ husbandry could help curb human-leopard conflict in Nepal: Study

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Oct 2023
Snow leopards, because of their shy nature, size, and style of hunting, stand to lose the most as the wolves move in. Image by Tambako The Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Return of the wolf to Nepal’s Himalayas may threaten snow leopards

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2023
A sub-adult Bengal tiger on the river bank.

Sundarbans tiger and prey numbers rise amid Bangladesh conservation efforts

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 11 Sep 2023

Nepali researchers yet again photograph snow leopard, leopard in same place

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Aug 2023

For Caatinga’s last jaguars and pumas, wind farms are the newest threat

Suzana Camargo 22 Aug 2023
A tiger (Panthera tigris) recorded on a camera trap in Bhutan during the national tiger census 2021-2022. Image courtesy of WWF-US.

As Bhutan reports big boost in tigers, coexistence strategies become necessary (commentary)

Dechen Dorji 8 Aug 2023

Researchers detect two of Suriname’s most powerful jaguar trafficking networks

Astrid Arellano 7 Aug 2023
Nepal nearly tripled its tiger population in 12 years.

Nepal won’t set fresh tiger number goal, to focus on coexistence, connectivity

Abhaya Raj Joshi 3 Aug 2023
Three Bengal tigers in India.

Critics decry Nepal minister’s ‘terrible idea’ of ‘sport hunting’ tigers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Jul 2023

In Sri Lanka, humans mistakenly attempt to ‘rescue’ leopard cubs

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Jun 2023
Tigers in Nepal. Photo credit: DNPWC/NTNC/Panthera/WWF/ZSL

Tigers cross borders but struggle to move safely within Nepal, study suggests

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Jun 2023
An Asiatic wildcat in Gujarat, India.

Lucky No. 13? Latest images could add to Nepal’s 12 wildcat species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Jun 2023
A lioness with cubs

Return of the lions: Large protected areas in Africa attract apex predator

Petro Kotzé 13 Jun 2023
A tiger in the Sundarbans.

Bangladesh tries fences to tackle growing human-tiger conflict in Sundarbans

Rafiqul Islam 31 May 2023
Tiger on a rock.

Lack of large prey may be feeding rise in Nepal’s human-tiger conflicts

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 May 2023
Snow leopard at ease in its high-mountain habitat. Image courtesy of Madhu Chetri.

Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan

Monica Pelliccia 10 May 2023
A juvenile Javan leopard on the road in Baluran National Park.

Study shows Javan leopard habitat shrinking, but real picture may be worse

Sean Mowbray 4 May 2023

Pumas create nutrient-rich ‘kill gardens’ to attract prey: Study

Liz Kimbrough 17 Apr 2023

Counting dead cats on Costa Rica’s highways: Q&A with Daniela Araya Gamboa

Astrid Arellano 5 Apr 2023

India cheetah births spark interest in fast felines in neighboring Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 3 Apr 2023
A tiger in water.

Do tiger-dense habitats also help save carbon stock? It’s complicated

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Mar 2023

Human migration to Nepal’s tiger capital adds to conservation challenges

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Mar 2023
A swimming cougar in British Columbia.

Island-hopping cougars redraw boundaries of big cats’ potential range

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Mar 2023

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