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Fish eggs from the Halda River.

Fish eggs return to Bangladesh’s Halda River following conservation efforts

Abu Siddique 2 Nov 2022

Who let the dogs out? Feral canines pose a threat to Nepal’s wildlife

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Oct 2022
Water line in Kathmandu

In temperate Nepal, climate change paves way for tropical dengue fever

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Oct 2022

Shipping lane change could be sea change for Sri Lanka’s blue whales

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Oct 2022
A scientist waves to a fish in the trapping zone.

Deep dive uncovers previously unknown underwater ecosystem in Maldives

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Oct 2022
Fishermen making hilsa nets.

Saving the economically important hilsa fish comes at a cost to Bangladesh fishers

Abu Siddique 28 Oct 2022
Pits dug by the bears.

It’s no Yeti, but Tibetan brown bear’s presence in Nepal is no longer a myth

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Oct 2022
Budha looking for snails in a cave.

‘A mollusk is as important as a tiger’: Q&A with Prem Bahadur Budha

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Oct 2022
E-waste management.

Bangladesh e-waste rules hang in limbo as electrical goods companies ask for delay

Maksuda Aziz 21 Oct 2022
A family clears overgrown aquatic weeds in a wetland.

Habitat loss, climate change threaten Bangladesh’s native freshwater fishes with extinction

Rafiqul Islam 20 Oct 2022
A cordycep dealer.

Local coverage of Nepal’s ‘Himalayan Viagra’ harvest lacks eco focus, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 19 Oct 2022

Dog shooting highlights Sri Lanka’s need for stricter animal cruelty laws

Hassaan Shazuli 14 Oct 2022

Photos: How Sri Lanka’s forced organic transition crippled its tea industry

Joanik Bellalou 1 Oct 2022
The Umngot River

Better management of shared waterways could benefit economy in Bangladesh, India

Abu Siddique 30 Sep 2022
binturong

Enigmatic binturong photographed in Nepal for the first time

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2022
A lesser adjutant stork in a paddy field

Lesser adjutant stork study in Nepal raises conservationists’ hopes

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2022

New cave bat species in Sri Lanka highlights need for more research

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Sep 2022
A rhododendron tree

Documenting Nepal’s plant-based medical tradition: Q&A with Ram Prasad Chaudhary

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Sep 2022
Women in a garment factory in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi industries explore renewables as power crisis looms

Abu Siddique 26 Sep 2022
A mugger crocodile.

Nepal’s mugger crocs face ‘senseless’ turf war over dwindling fish resources

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Sep 2022
The recently described box jellyfish

Sri Lankan study identifies new jellyfish, sparking interest in the species

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Sep 2022

Rare turtles hatch from eggs rescued from flood-prone Nepal riverbank

Abhaya Raj Joshi 16 Sep 2022

Sri Lanka eyes major compensation case over X-Press Pearl sinking

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Sep 2022
Boats on the Padma River

Latest water-sharing deal between Bangladesh, India is ‘drop in the ocean’

Abu Siddique 14 Sep 2022
Tigers on a forest path.

‘South Asia needs its own tiger plan’: Q&A with Nepal’s Maheshwar Dhakal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Sep 2022
Fishermen going out to the river

For lightning-prone communities in Bangladesh, new warning system may not be enough

Rafiqul Islam 9 Sep 2022

In Nepal, endangered tiger kills critically endangered gharial. What does it mean?

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Sep 2022
A blacktip reef shark swims among smaller fish

Maldives shark-fishing ban tested by ebbing support from small-scale fishers

Malavika Vyawahare 1 Sep 2022
Farmers with freshly harvested paddy.

Lack of finance prevents Bangladesh farmers from diversifying their rice crops

Abu Siddique 31 Aug 2022

In Kathmandu, when the falcon’s away, pigeons come out to play. And poop

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Aug 2022

Engineers bet on a miracle to bring Nepal’s holy river back to life

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Aug 2022
critically endangered white-rumped vulture

No time to keep vultures out of danger as new Nepal airport set to open

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Aug 2022

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