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Banner image: Tourists interact with birds at the Bouddhanath shrine in Kathmandu. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi

As Kathmandu’s birds get used to humans, biodiversity suffers, studies show

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Oct 2024
Banner image of tropical storm Trami via PAGASA.

Tropical cyclones pummel Philippines, India

Kristine Sabillo 25 Oct 2024
Oracle in Rumtse village, Ladakh, India, where decision-making involves spirits of the land and water.

If all life mattered, what would decision-making look like? (Analysis)

Shrishtee Bajpai and Ashish Kothari 25 Oct 2024
The genetically confirmed hybrid (right) with its capped langur mother at Satchari National Park.

Langurs in Bangladesh face extinction as hybridization between species escalates

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 25 Oct 2024

Four of a kind: King cobra is a quad of species, not one, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 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

Mongabay India wins Greenaccord award for environment journalism

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Oct 2024
Tourists on St. Martin's Island.

New tourism restrictions to protect Bangladesh’s unique wetlands and coral-rich island

Abu Siddique 14 Oct 2024

Nepal’s deadly floods trigger calls for climate adaptation

Shanna Hanbury 9 Oct 2024
In five years since the 2018-19 fiscal, Khulna, Bagerhat, and Satkhira districts recorded increased production of Aman rice. Image courtesy of BARCIK

Coastal farmers in Bangladesh give up shrimp farming for agriculture to combat salinity

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2024
Snow leopard in Nepal

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

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Oct 2024
Two workers sift through plastic waste collected for recycling.

Bangladesh’s new government implements strong measures to eliminate single-use plastic

Abu Siddique 2 Oct 2024
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In the battle against plastic pollution, Asia’s informal workers are critical allies (commentary)

Annerieke Douma 2 Oct 2024
leopard ntnc Nepal

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

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2024
A vehicle stands in front of a gate outside Chitwan National Park. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi

Eminent Nepali conservation NGOs demand repeal of controversial law

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Sep 2024

Fears of big, bad wolves behind India attacks are without evidence, experts say

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2024
A leopard in India.

Experts call for urgent leopard conservation efforts in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 23 Sep 2024
River Bagmati flowing through a religious site.

Supreme Court decision on saving Kathmandu rivers stirs up heated reactions

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Sep 2024

In Sri Lanka, election day is time for firecrackers — to ward off elephants

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 20 Sep 2024

Climate change could threaten newly described ‘shiny’ North American bees

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Sep 2024
A tusker with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka completes first elephant census since 2011 amid uncertainty

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Sep 2024

In Nepal, conservation battles head to Supreme Court amid civil society silence

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Sep 2024
Tightly coiled ferns of Matteuccia struthiopteris.

In Nepal, a humble edible fern is at heart of human-tiger conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Sep 2024
Bhuddhist prayer flags ib Pachu Community Tourism center.

Ecotourism offers new hopes for Bhutanese youth — and local environments

Choki Wangmo 6 Sep 2024

Maldives drops plan to reopen longline tuna fishing following protests

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Sep 2024
A fruit seller with peeled papaya in a market in Bangladesh.

Crop fields make way for profitable orchards in Bangladesh, imperiling food security

Abu Siddique 3 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
Painted woolly bat

‘Senseless’ U.S. trinket trade threatens distinctive Asian bat, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 30 Aug 2024
Red panda

Nepal’s first community-based red panda conservation area sparks hope 

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Aug 2024
Nakphul (Lantana camara L.),

Government inaction leaves Nepal without strategy to tackle invasive species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Aug 2024
A blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis) in a cage.

CITES suspends Bangladesh as illegal wild bird trade continues

Abu Siddique 27 Aug 2024

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