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A herd of deer in Bardiya National Park.

Nepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Apr 2024
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Sean Mowbray 5 Apr 2024

‘The Javan tiger still exists’: DNA find may herald an extinct species’ comeback

Christopel Paino, Rahmadi Rahmad 4 Apr 2024
A mountain biker.

Adventure tours with tigers? Nepal’s proposed policy changes raise alarm

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
A Bengal tiger in neighboring India.

Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Mar 2024
jaguar cub

Jaguar release offers a lifeline to Gran Chaco’s lonely big cats

Sarah Brown 27 Mar 2024
A tiger in Sundarbans.

Despite investment in conservation, Bengal tigers still struggling in Bangladesh

Farhana Parvin 25 Mar 2024

Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers

Nelfi Fernández Reyes 6 Mar 2024

Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation

Iván Paredes Tamayo, Nelfi Fernández Reyes 1 Mar 2024
Tiger rescue Nepal

Conservation success leaves Nepal at a loss for dealing with ‘problem tigers’

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Feb 2024
Dholes (Cuon alpinus) hunting a spotted deer in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India.

Dholes latest wild canids likely making comeback in Nepal, study shows

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Feb 2024
A Bengal tiger in neighboring India.

UN award for Nepal’s tiger range restoration spurs euphoria amid challenges

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Feb 2024

Nepal’s ‘low-altitude’ snow leopard would face big hurdles in return to wild

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jan 2024
Snow leopard found in Nepal's plains

Rare snow leopard sighting in Nepal’s ‘home of tiger’ puzzles conservationists

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Jan 2024

Uncovering the illegal jaguar trade in Bolivia

Romi Castagnino 11 Jan 2024
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
Dholes (Cuon alpinus) are wild canids that range throughout South, Central, East and Southeast Asia. They are listed as endangered, with fewer than 2,500 adults remaining in the wild. Image by Davidvraju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

In 2023, Nepal’s ‘uncelebrated’ wildlife continued wait for attention

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 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
Chittal, as spotted deer are known in Nepali

Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s besieged Tesso Nilo National Park hit hard by yet more deforestation, satellites show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 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

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