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Raise-and-release program keeping Nepal’s gharials alive can be improved, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 3 Jul 2022

Return of the king? Pakistan moves to bring gharials from Nepal to its rivers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Jul 2022
tiger problem nepal

As Nepal’s tigers thrive, Indigenous knowledge may be key in preventing attacks

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jun 2022
A yellow-breasted bunting seen in a farm in Nepal. Image by Mannshanta Ghimire/Wikimedia. CC by 4.0

Winter sanctuary in Nepal proves a killing field for yellow-breasted buntings

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Jun 2022
Gharial hatchlings

First gharial hatchlings spotted in nearly two decades in Nepal’s Karnali River

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Jun 2022
A king cobra in Nepal.

Nepal conservationists work to overturn ‘all snakes are venomous’ mindset

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Jun 2022
Snow leopard at ease in its high-mountain habitat. Image courtesy of Madhu Chetri.

‘Protecting snow leopards benefits other species’: Q&A with Rinzin Phunjok Lama

Abhaya Raj Joshi 9 Jun 2022
Chinese pond heron

Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Jun 2022
A Bengal tiger sits on a road in neighboring India.

Nepal’s key habitat could lose 39% of its tigers in 20 years, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 May 2022
Proposed model of Nijgadh Airport, Nepal

Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 May 2022
A Bengal tiger in Nepal's Chitwan National Park.

Tiger-centric conservation efforts push other predators to the fringes

Abhaya Raj Joshi 24 May 2022

‘Wildlife-friendly’ infrastructure rules in Nepal and India ignore the birds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 May 2022

As tiger numbers in Nepal and India grow, their freedom to roam shrinks

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Sahana Ghosh 13 May 2022
Himalayan musk deer

Himalayan musk deer talk to each other through poop, but poachers are also listening

Abhaya Raj Joshi 10 May 2022

Wonder on wings: The fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2022
Sonam Tashi Lama from Red Panda Network receives the Whitley Award from Princess Anne, patron of the Whitley Fund for Nature in London.

Q&A with Whitley Award winner Sonam Tashi Lama

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 May 2022
rhino and car

Study finds high prevalence of gut parasites in Nepal’s rhinos

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Apr 2022
A lesser adjutant stork in a farm.

Study: Farmland birds in Nepal, India in dire need of conservation action

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Apr 2022

Carnivore sightings highlight richness of Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan region

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Apr 2022

In media coverage of wildlife crime, ‘feedback loops’ entrench biases: Study

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Apr 2022
A monkey on a tree in Nepa

Monkeys, porcupines team up to destroy crops, Nepal’s farmers say

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Apr 2022
Nepal Chepan Community house razed

Razing of Indigenous hamlet highlights Nepal’s conservation challenge

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Apr 2022
Pokhara Airport in Nepal with the Himalayan range in the background

‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 5 Apr 2022

Bird-counting app kindles interest in Nepal’s rich avian life

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Mar 2022
Traffic on Nepal's highway

Road project threatens to derail Nepal’s conservation gains, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Mar 2022

Behind viral story of bear visiting Nepal hospital lies bigger ailment

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Mar 2022

Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Mar 2022

Globally acclaimed community forest groups in Nepal say new rules threaten their autonomy

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Mar 2022

In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming

Johan Augustin 18 Feb 2022

Bringing back large mammals boosts restoration of entire ecosystems: Study

Carolyn Cowan 17 Feb 2022

Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)

Zach Fitzner 16 Feb 2022

In Kathmandu, a struggle for water amid worsening floods

Johan Augustin 17 Jan 2022

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