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Hema Sane. Image courtesy of Vision Publications

Hema Sane, botanist who lived without electricity, died on September 19th

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Sep 2025

As Sri Lanka struggles with ghost nets, volunteer youth lead seabed cleanup

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Sep 2025
Solar panels at Madhya Dhalpur school in Assam’s Darrang district. Image by Shailesh Shrivastava/Mongabay India.

From chalkboards to e-learning, solar boosts schooling in an Indian floodplain

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2025
A male blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). Image courtesy of Ksuryawanshi via Wikimedia Commons.

Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)

Naresh Kusi / Geraldine Werhahn 17 Sep 2025
Free-roaming hog deer (Axis porcinus) found on Honduwa Island in southern Sri Lanka

An elusive deer species clings to survival in Sri Lanka’s south

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Sep 2025
Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica

Controlling wildlife crime saves more than species (commentary)

Kumar Paudel 10 Sep 2025
Tourists making their way to the Muktinath temple in Mustang (left). Buses ferrying tourists parked near the Muktinath temple (right). Images by Abhaya Raj Joshi/Mongabay.

Tourism surge and climate change threaten Nepal’s Mustang

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2025
Volunteers evacuate villagers from a flooded area following heavy rains and raising water in rivers, in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)

Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding

Associated Press 8 Sep 2025

Sri Lanka monkey survey sparks skepticism & oddball ideas for deterring crop raiders

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Sep 2025
The newly described Himalayan long-tailed myotis. Image courtesy of Rohit Chakravarty.

New bat species described from Western Himalayas

Mongabay.com 1 Sep 2025
Bengal Florican Nep

Nepal looks to Cambodia’s breeding model as Bengal florican numbers plunge

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Sep 2025

Nepal’s Supreme Court halts industrial development in Buddha’s birthplace

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 29 Aug 2025
A rhino in South Africa.

Tracking rhino horn trade: Interview with International Rhino Foundation’s Nina Fascione

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Aug 2025

Data debunks spike in Sri Lanka’s elephant killings, points at media hype

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Aug 2025
An Indian pond heron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii) in a pond in Nepal.

In Nepal, artificial ponds offer drought relief despite lingering doubts

Mukesh Pokhrel 28 Aug 2025
Flowers and leaves of the Vanda thwaitesii.

After 160 years, an old drawing leads scientists to a long-lost Sri Lanka orchid

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Aug 2025
Hoolock gibbons in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh retreating from development activities planned in forest lands

Abu Siddique 27 Aug 2025

Social media post sparks rediscovery of endemic Sri Lanka rainforest plant

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Aug 2025
Prayer flags in Mustang.

Escalation in tourism, climate change leaves Nepal’s Mustang in fragile state

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Aug 2025
A common leopard drinking water in a forest in Sri Lanka. Image by Udayan Dasgupta/Mongabay.

Suspected rise in targeted leopard killings worries conservationists in Sri Lanka

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2025
Magar people stage protest against the Tanahun Hydropower project. Image by Sanjog Laapaa Magar, INWOLAG.

Development banks under fire for backing disputed Nepal hydropower project

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 Aug 2025

Respite, for now, for bird migration hotspot at heart of Sri Lanka’s wind power dispute

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Aug 2025
Satellite images comparing Dharali in June 2024 and on Aug. 7, 2025, after the flash flood. Image courtesy of National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad.

Increased construction in the Himalayas risks more deadly flash floods

Mongabay.com 18 Aug 2025

As fast-spreading mussel sweeps across Asia, Sri Lanka faces new invasive threat

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Aug 2025

Conservationists warn of targeted poaching behind Sri Lanka’s leopard killings

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Aug 2025
Wild elephants drinking from a stream near Bardiya National Park in Nepal. Image courtesy of Bardiya National Park.

In western Nepal, farmers switch to growing turmeric; elephants stay away

Deepak Adhikari 13 Aug 2025
A female elephant with her calf on agricultural land in northeastern Bangladesh.

World Elephant Day: Stories of conservation progress

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2025

With nocturnal surveys and awareness building, Sri Lanka steps up to protect its owls

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Aug 2025
A flock of Himalayan griffon vultures photographed on the runway of the Pokhara International Airport. Image courtesy of Hemanta Dhakal.

The man fighting to keep vultures and planes safe from each other in Nepal’s Pokhara

Mongabay.com 11 Aug 2025

Sri Lanka plans restoring revoked protection for an important mangrove patch in the island’s North

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Aug 2025
Banner image of motorists riding through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rain in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 10, 2025. Image by AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary.

Deadly monsoon rains in Pakistan made worse by climate change: Study

Kristine Sabillo 7 Aug 2025
Deforestation for oil palm plantation in Borneo, Indonesia.

Reversing deforestation relies on resource ownership (commentary)

Douglas Southgate and Brent Sohngen 5 Aug 2025

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