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Saving nature by protecting orchids
The highly protected Pachale orchid bulbs in Gorkha. Photo: RESHU BASHYAL/GREENHOOD NEPALWorld Nature Conservation Day on 28 July is a reminder…
Vultures swing back in Pokhara
All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALMonsoon floods usually bring death and destruction, but that is not necessarily bad news for the vultures of…
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 this is…
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 this is…
Nepal’s vultures: Between existence and extinction
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…
Saving the treasure trove of Nepal’s orchids
The Gastrochilus calceolaris orchid is popular in homes, hotels and office, but is absent from the government’s own Checklist of CITES Listed…
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 thrive…
Freshwater dolphins make comeback in Nepal
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…
6 musk deer killed by poachers during lockdown
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…
Lesser known endangered species
Saving the last of Nepal's pangolinsLaw enforcement and education, the only way to stop trafficking of endangered animalsSonia AwaleFAR FROM…
Protecting pangolins from being eaten to extinction
Photo: TULSHI LAXMI SUWALThey may not be as cute, and do not make headlines like tigers, elephants or rhinos, but Nepal’s pangolins are…