Most visitors don’t consider the Himalaya a wildlife destination, but the world’s highest mountains hold a surprising amount of diversity. From snow leopards and grumpy Pallas’s cats to blood ...

Panic gripped Srinagar as a Himalayan black bear was sighted at the University of Kashmir and later at SKIMS hospital, nearly ...

Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India, 2nd April 2019—Last month, SECURE Himalaya, a new initiative to document and combat illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas region was launched through a stakeholders’ ...

India’s remotest wildlife parks offer adventure beyond traditional safaris, taking travellers deep into untouched forests, ...

A surge in “helicopter tourism” at Sagarmatha, the Nepali name for Mount Everest, is adversely affecting the local community and wildlife, reports Mongabay contributor Shashwat Pant. Helicopters have ...

The world's smallest deer, a flying frog and catfish that stick to rocks -- as well as more than 350 other species -- have been discovered over the past 10 years in the Himalayas, making them one of ...

The Eastern Himalayas is known for its rich biodiversity, which includes thousands of different species: 10,000 plants, 977 birds, 300 mammals, 269 fresh water fish, 176 reptiles and 105 amphibians.

New Delhi, India: Organised wildlife crime needs an organised response. In light of this, TRAFFIC brought together various law enforcement agencies whose mission it is to stop poaching and illegal ...

This year residential fellowship uses the power of filmmaking to engage youth in environment, wildlife, conservation, climate action, sustainable livelihoods, and social transformation.

As human populations expand and natural habitats shrink, people and animals are increasingly coming into conflict over living space and food. The impacts are often huge - people loose their crops, ...

Mingma Norbu Sherpa, 50, managing director of the World Wildlife Fund in the eastern Himalayas, died Sept. 23 in a helicopter crash in Nepal. He had been a resident of Falls Church, Va., but spent ...