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Saving nature by protecting orchids

World Nature Conservation Day on 28 July is a reminder to us to conserve nature and nurture it. Too often, however, our...

Vultures swing back in Pokhara

Monsoon floods usually bring death and destruction, but that is not necessarily bad news for the vultures of Pokhara Valley which feed on carrion...

Nepal leads in snow leopard study

What has helped save the endangered snow leopard thus far is that it lives in the world’s most inhospitable mountain terrain. But...

Nepal leads in snow leopard study

What has helped save the endangered snow leopard thus far is that it lives in the world’s most inhospitable mountain terrain. But...

Sonia Awale

Nepal’s vultures: Between existence and extinction

On the grounds of a college campus in Nawalparasi, the great brown birds lay as if they were taking part in some...

Saving the treasure trove of Nepal’s orchids

Nepal’s unique topographical and ecological diversity gives the country a range of orchids found in a very few places on the planet.  Many of...

Caught on camera: Nepal’s rare fishing cat

Cats generally are not fond of water, and avoid swimming. But not fishing cats.These medium-sized wild cats of South and Southeast Asia...

Freshwater dolphins make comeback in Nepal

It is the annual monsoon season, and despite the rains this would be the time of year when tourists flocked to the...

6 musk deer killed by poachers during lockdown

Poachers have killed six musk deer in the forests inside Sagarmatha National Park using the COVID-19 lockdown period in Nepal, in one of the...

Lesser known endangered species

Saving the last of Nepal's pangolinsLaw enforcement and education, the only way to stop trafficking of endangered animalsSonia AwaleSeizure of pangolin scales...