The highly protected Pachale orchid bulbs in Gorkha. Photo: RESHU BASHYAL/GREENHOOD NEPALWorld Nature Conservation Day on 28 July is a reminder…
All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALMonsoon floods usually bring death and destruction, but that is not necessarily bad news for the vultures of…
What has helped save the endangered snow leopard thus far is that it lives in the world’s most inhospitable mountain terrain. But this is…
69 vultures were found dead in Nawalparasi last month.On the grounds of a college campus in Nawalparasi, the great brown birds lay as if they…
The Gastrochilus calceolaris orchid is popular in homes, hotels and office, but is absent from the government’s own Checklist of CITES Listed…
Cats generally are not fond of water, and avoid swimming. But not fishing cats.These medium-sized wild cats of South and Southeast Asia thrive…
A pod of dolphins at the confluence of the Mohana and Karnali Rivers recently. The endangered mammals swim upstream from India to breed in Nepal…
Three of the musk deer found dead in traps laid by poachers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Sagarmatha National Park on Sunday. Photo: DAWA NURU…
Saving the last of Nepal's pangolinsLaw enforcement and education, the only way to stop trafficking of endangered animalsSonia AwaleFAR FROM…
Photo: TULSHI LAXMI SUWALThey may not be as cute, and do not make headlines like tigers, elephants or rhinos, but Nepal’s pangolins are…
