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Vietnam grapples with ‘alarming popularity’ of online illegal wildlife trade

Carolyn Cowan 27 Jan 2025
A close-up image of a Cheetah in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Image by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.

Do cheetahs scavenge? Yes, research says, but also not really

Dann Okoth 24 Jan 2025
Domesticated yaks ferry essential supplies on the Sagarmatha trekking trail. Image by Shashwat Pant.

Helicopters slash the trek to Earth’s highest peak, but leave Sherpas grounded

Shashwat Pant 21 Jan 2025
Banner image of a Eurasian Lynx by Böhringer Friedrich via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5).

1 lynx dead, 3 quarantined after suspected illegal release in Scotland

Kristine Sabillo 16 Jan 2025
Camera trap image of snow leopards feeding on a domestic yak in Limi Valley, northwestern Nepal. Photo: Himalayan Wolves Project.

The paradox of balancing conservation efforts for Himalayan wolves and snow leopards (commentary)

Naresh Kusi 15 Jan 2025

Conservation corridors provide hope for Latin America’s felines

Antonio José Paz Cardona 2 Jan 2025

Camera traps reveal first jaguar in northwestern Ecuador forests in years

Kristine Sabillo 31 Dec 2024

A deadly parasite turns jaguar conservation into a human health priority

Sarah Brown 30 Dec 2024

Nepal PM sums up 2024 shift away from conservation: ‘Fewer tigers, less forest’

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Dec 2024
Traffic on Nepal's highway

Still no sweet spot in 2024 for Nepal in balancing conservation & development

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Dec 2024

Jaguar tracks still stained with blood in Bolivia

Iván Paredes Tamayo 24 Dec 2024
Banner image of a Ranthambore tiger by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

In 2024, Nepal faced old & new challenges after tripling its tiger population

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Dec 2024
A snow leopard photographed in Nepal. Imagine by Sanjog Rai/WWF Nepal

In 2024, Nepal’s elusive snow leopards pounce into spotlight

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Dec 2024
Banner image of a Ranthambore tiger by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

‘Missing’ tigers in India: Tracking gaps or oversight?

Mongabay.com 2 Dec 2024

Satellite data show bursts of deforestation continue in Indonesian national park

Spoorthy Raman 30 Nov 2024
Juvenile one-horned rhinos at a rescue center in Chitwan. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi

Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Nov 2024
Sumatran tiger

Camera traps reveal little-known Sumatran tiger forests need better protection

Carolyn Cowan 20 Nov 2024

Killing of jaguar pushes species’ survival in Argentina’s Gran Chaco to the brink

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 11 Nov 2024

Paraguay’s pumas adapt, with some help, to a ranch-filled landscape

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 8 Nov 2024
Clouded leopard.

Study shows, via clouded leopards, how to better protect forests

Carolyn Cowan 8 Nov 2024
A snow leopard photographed in Nepal. Imagine by Sanjog Rai/WWF Nepal

As Nepal counts its snow leopards, even the best estimate is still a guess

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Oct 2024
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Local reps should lead Nepal’s conservation education: Interview with Anil Adhikari

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Oct 2024
A leopard pauses in front of one of Tossens' camera traps, set in an FSC-certified logging concession in the northern Republic of Congo. Her research found that leopards live at the same density in this carefully-managed concession as a nearby national park. Image by Sarah Tossens.

Elusive wildcats may hold the key to healthier forests in Africa

Claudia Geib 22 Oct 2024
Jaguars in Mexico. Image courtesy of Andrea Reyes/Jaguars in the Wild Foundation.

At Mexico’s school for jaguars, big cats learn skills to return to the wild

Juan Mayorga 21 Oct 2024
A tiger in the Sundarbans.

Tiger population census in Bangladesh shows a hopeful upward trend in the Sundarbans

Abu Siddique 17 Oct 2024

Search for new territory led Nepal’s ‘low-altitude’ snow leopard to get lost

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Oct 2024
Snow leopard in Nepal

Nepal’s snow leopard conservation shifts focus from research to conflict mitigation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Oct 2024
A serval photographed in the area by camera trap with the Sasol plant behind it in 2019. Image by Dan Loock.

Follow the prey: How servals adapt to an industrialized landscape

Juliette Portala 3 Oct 2024

For ranchers in Costa Rica, jaguars and pumas become unexpected allies

Darío Chinchilla 3 Oct 2024
leopard ntnc Nepal

Canine distemper likely infecting & killing Nepal’s leopards, study shows

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2024
A leopard in India.

Experts call for urgent leopard conservation efforts in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 23 Sep 2024
Tiger in India. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

As in India, tigers in Nepal may seek refuge in sugarcane fields

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Aug 2024

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