An avalanche of decline: snow leopard populations are plummeting
Snow leopard in the Toronto Zoo. Photo by: John Vetterli. The trading of big cat pelts is nothing new, but recent demand for snow leopard pelts and taxidermy mounts has…
Red Panda Day
Today is International Red Panda Day, which aims help to raise awareness about red pandas. Dozens of zoos around the world are participating in this year's event. This Red Panda…
Tigers and humans can coexist, says study
Humans and tigers can coexist in the same area with minimal conflict, finds a new study that raises hopes for big cat conservation. The research, published in the journal Proceedings…
Wildlife corridor key to conserving tigers, rhinos in Nepal
Wild Rhinoceros unicornis in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Photo by: Bigstock. A single forest corridor links two of Nepal's great wildlife areas: Chitwan National Park and the Mahabharat mountain range,…
Happy rhino news: no rhinos poached in Nepal last year
Greater one-horned rhino in Nepal. Photo courtesy of WWF. As rhinos again fell to poachers in record numbers in 2011, there was one bright-spot: Nepal. Not a single rhino was…
Chemotherapy tree facing extinction
A yew tree in the Himalayas that produces the chemotherapy drug, Taxol, is in danger of extinction. An update to the IUCN Red List, has moved the tree, named Taxus…
Belief and butchery: how lies and organized crime are pushing rhinos to extinction
WARNING: Graphic photos below. Recently cut white rhino horns in Zimbabwe. Photos: © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon. Few animals face as violent, as well organized, and as determined an enemy…
In spite of poaching, Nepal’s rhino population on the rise
One-horned rhinos, or Indian rhinos, in Nepal's Chitwan National Park. Photo by: Praveen Sharma/www.prveen.com . Good news for rhinos is rare recently, but a new census shows that Nepal's one-horned…
Top forest policies recognized
19 forest policies have been nominated for an award by the World Future Council, a global think tank. The policies come from 16 countries: Bhutan, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Finland,…
Red pandas may be threatened by small-scale trade
Two studies investigated the scale and potential threat of continued trade in red pandas and found that while reports are low, the occurrence of isolated incidents may be enough to…
Authorities confiscated over 1000 tigers in past decade
Highlighting the poaching crisis facing tigers, a new report by the wildlife trade organization, TRAFFIC, found that from 2000-2010 authorities have confiscated the parts of 1,069 tiger individuals, many of…
Massive forest loss spurs Nepal to ban logging for two months
Nepal has announced a two month ban on logging throughout the mountainous country, reports the AFP. The ban was issued after officials received reports of alarming deforestation in lowland areas;…
National parks in India and Nepal hit by rhino poachers
The rare Indian rhinoceros is not safe from poachers even in national parks. In Nepal's world renowned Royal Chitwan National Park, twenty-four Indian rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) have been poached since…
In midst of poaching crisis, illegal rhino horn tops gold
Rhino poaching has hit a fifteen-year high, and the rising price for black-market rhino horn is likely the reason why. For the first time in a decade rhino horn is…
Nations vulnerable to global warming present demands: carbon levels below 350ppm and billions in aid
A group of nations especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change have released a declaration calling for developed countries to keep CO2 emission below 350 parts per million (ppm)…
Apple’s Snow Leopard helps real-life cats
Apple's release of its new operating system, dubbed "Snow Leopard", is helping raise awareness of the plight of one of the world's most endangered big cats, reports the Snow Leopard…
Photos: hundreds of new species discovered in Himalayan region, threatened by climate change
Scientists from a variety of organizations have found over 350 new species in the Eastern Himalayas over the past ten years according to a new report by the World Wildlife…
Rhino poaching rises sharply due to Asian demand for horns
Rhino poaching rates have hit a 15-year-high as a consequence of demand for horns for use in traditional medicine, according to new report published by the wildlife trade monitoring network…
UN: Population growth rates fall to 1.1 percent in Asia-Pacific
The population growth rate in the Asia-Pacific region has dropped to 1.1 percent, according to the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2008, compiled by the UN’s Economic and…
How to Save Snow Leopards
How to Save Snow Leopards How to Save Snow Leopards: An interview with Dr. Rodney Jackson of the Snow Leopard Conservancy Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com October 28, 2008 The snow…
14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests
14 countries win first REDD funding from the World Bank to protect forests 14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests mongabay.com July 24, 2008 Related: 1/3 of corals…
Nepal’s tiger population plummets due to poaching
Nepal's tiger population plummets due to poaching Nepal's tiger population plummets due to poaching mongabay.com July 2, 2008 Nepal's tiger population have plummeted due to poaching and a booming trade…
Asia’s tigers could get big boost from small conservation efforts
Asia's tigers could get big boost from small changes Asia's tigers could get big boost from small changes mongabay.com November 5, 2007 Small changes to the management of wildlife reservers…
conservationists killed in Nepal helicopter crash
Conservationists killed in Nepal helicopter crash Conservationists killed in Nepal helicopter crash mongabay.com September 25, 2006 24 people were killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal on Saturday September 23rd.…
Why some Himalayan glaciers aren’t melting due to climate change
New research into climate change in the Western Himalaya and the surrounding Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains could explain why many glaciers there are growing and not melting. The findings…