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rhino in Nepal

Nepal’s rhinos are eating plastic waste, study finds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 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

Annual Adam’s Peak pilgrimage leaves Sri Lanka biodiversity site littered

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Jun 2023
A silkworm farmer from Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Extreme temperatures and erratic weather disrupt Bangladesh’s famous Rajshahi silk industry

Abu Siddique 26 Jun 2023
Mining the Seti River.

Climate of fear persists among Nepal’s eco defenders as threats rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jun 2023
Magnolia griffithii

Bangladesh’s new red list of plants shows country has already lost seven species

Farhana Parvin 23 Jun 2023
Seized teak logs in Myanmar, 2020. Image courtesy of Environmental Investigation Agency.

Is Jeff Bezos’s $500 million yacht made with ‘blood timber’ from Myanmar? (commentary)

Paul Woolwich 22 Jun 2023
Mynas on an overhead wire.

Bangladesh’s ‘bird restaurant’ serves up snacks with a side of conservation

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 22 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 Bengal whipping frog (Polypedates taeniatus).

In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming

Farhana Parvin 21 Jun 2023
A fisherman carries a basketful of hilsa.

Climate change, human pressures push Bangladesh’s ‘national fish’ into decline

Abu Siddique 19 Jun 2023
A traffic jam in Dhaka.

Not so fast, experts warn as Dhaka tries to clear the air with car tax and bus ban

Kamran Reza Chowdhury 16 Jun 2023
A river in Nepal.

Seeking environmental DNA in Himalayan rivers: Q&A with Adarsh Man Sherchan

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Jun 2023

In Nepal, Chepang take up the challenge to revive their cultural keystone tree

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 May 2023
A tiger in the Sundarbans.

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

Rafiqul Islam 31 May 2023

Landmark Nepal court ruling ends impunity for wealthy wildlife collectors

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 May 2023
Elephants and humans sharing space

In north Bangladesh, human-elephant conflicts signal need for greater protection

Abu Siddique 29 May 2023

Sri Lanka researchers amp up mushroom studies and find new species

Malaka Rodrigo 27 May 2023

Nepal’s hydropower boom is killing birds via power lines

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 May 2023

Sweltering heat wave hits Sri Lanka; climate change will likely bring more

Malaka Rodrigo 24 May 2023
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), an ancient species that lived during the dinosaurs, calls small crevices around rocky streams home. Landslides can alter their habitats drastically. Image by David V Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

As tourism booms in India’s Western Ghats, habitat loss pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Spoorthy Raman 22 May 2023
Olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings on their way to the sea.

Record year for olive ridley turtles in Bangladesh as conservation work pays off

Farhana Parvin 22 May 2023
rhino calves in Chitwan

Low-key return for rescued rhino calves to Nepal’s Chitwan National Park

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 May 2023
A northern pintail takes flight in the Tanguar Haor wetland.

Fewer migratory birds stopping at key Bangladesh wetland amid human disturbances

Abu Siddique 15 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
Flooded road.

Dhaka faces manifold problems as water bodies diminish

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 10 May 2023

After Sri Lanka, Nepal debates exporting its ‘problematic’ monkeys

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 May 2023

One elephant a day: Sri Lanka wildlife conflict deepens as death toll rises

Hassaan Shazuli 5 May 2023

Activists slam Sri Lanka’s bid to seek X-Press Pearl compensation in Singapore

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Apr 2023

Proposal to export 100,000 crop-raiding macaques sparks outcry in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Apr 2023
A man in the western Chuadanga district splashes water on his face from an irrigation pump to get relief from the heat.

‘Alarming’ heat wave threatens Bangladesh’s people and their food supply

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 28 Apr 2023
A Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis).

Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Abu Siddique 28 Apr 2023

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