Nepal’s wild elephants once sparked speculation that they were descended from long-extinct mammoths
The Bardia National Park is a jewel of nature in western Nepal, and a birder’s paradise
Rafting and wildlife viewing adventure in western Nepal’s pristine jungles
Nature camp in Bardia reinvents eco-tourism to benefit communities first, while supporting conservation
The latest edition of Nepal’s tiger census began on Sunday in which 300 enumerators will span out across Parsa, Bardia, Banke, Chitwan and…
Sushma Kumari Tharu, former kamaiya, is now working as a a self-employed tailor in the village. All photos: PREM BISWOKARMALooking at Sushma…
Photos: SALIK RAM CHAUDHARYBefore Covid-19 and lockdowns I would be guiding tourists around Bardia National Park this time of year. But the…
The past year will go down in history as one great global disaster with the coronavirus pandemic leading the pack of calamities from fires to…
Nepali workers entering the border from India through Behaliya checkpoint in Rupandehi. Photo: MANORANJAN SHARMAIn July, as the government eased…
Sonja Rusticus and Buddhi Darlami at their Bardia Homestay. They say live virtual tours have allowed them to keep staff employed during the…
Himani Tharu is so frustrated with her job as the only female mahout in a Bardia National Park elephant camp that she mustered the courage to…
6 January, 2004. It was a foggy and cold winter morning in the western Tarai. As secretary of the Gauri Community Forest User Group, Bhadai…
Chitlang, Makwanpur. Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile humans all over the planet are being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has given nature…
To increase tiger numbers, you need prey. Prey need grass. Grass needs water. The tiger may be at the top of the food chain, but its fate is…
JUNGLE LAW: Kanchhi Lama lives in Parsa near the Indian border. She has fortified her goat shed, but still fears leopard attacks.Parsa National…
Kunda DixitAcross the world, human societies are suffering a growing nature deficit. The march of consumerism and economic globalisation has…
Close encounters of a wild kind in Chitwan
After being hunted nearly to extinction, Nepal’s tiger numbers surged in recent decades thanks to a successful conservation program. But with…
A Karnali river patrol shows how difficult it is to balance livelihoods with nature protectionEMBEDDED IN NATURE: The Karnali is Nepal’s longest…
