Nature & Wildlife
5 Apex Predators and Where to Find Them
An apex predator is the hardcore animal at the top of its food chain, the baddest of the bad, with few or no natural predators in its ecosystem.
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Asia & The Pacific
Snow Leopards & 6 More Animals You Can See in the Himalayas
Many adventurers are drawn to the Himalayas of northern India either for the challenging mountain climbing or for the rich Tibetan Buddhist culture. But among sheer cliffs, snowfields and whitewashed monasteries flying their primary-colored prayer flags live some of the most elusive, tough and fascinating creatures on Earth.
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Asia & The Pacific
How to Get a Picture of a Wild Himalayan Snow Leopard
In the autumn of 1973, wilderness writer and naturalist Peter Matthiessen joined preeminent field biologist George Schaller high in Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains on a journey that would soon become legendary.
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Conservation
The Unprecedented Presence of People Weighs on Wildlife
In our human-dominated world, Earth’s most iconic and imperiled wildlife are facing tough decisions. Two lion brothers recently illustrated that fact when they undertook a long, record-breaking swim across a predator-infested African river in search of homes and mates.
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Asia & The Pacific
100 Years of Snow Leopard Research
The snow leopard has captured the interest of wildlife biologists, conservationists and the communities around northern and central Asia’s high mountains for centuries. This big cat has adapted to thrive in one of the world’s tallest mountainous regions, the Himalayas. The shy and solitary snow leopard is an elusive creature.
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Asia & The Pacific
What Does a Snow Leopard Researcher Do?
Samundra Subba is a research officer at WWF Nepal with a focus on large carnivores—primarily tigers and snow leopards. He’s joined six satellite telemetry expeditions of snow leopards. The mountains are calling and I must go For as long as I can remember, I’ve had an affinity for the wild—a love affair, if you must.
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Conservation
The Nat Hab Earth Day Species Count
It’s a typical spring afternoon in Montana’s Glacier National Park, and the wildlife is buzzing. Grizzly and black bears have awoken from their winter slumber and are feeding on grasses and the carcasses of elk and moose that have not pulled through the season.
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Conservation
10 Species to Celebrate this World Wildlife Day
World Wildlife Day allows us a moment to reflect on the beautiful flora and fauna that make up our ecosystems. It is also a chance to reflect on the many risks that face the natural world and how we can come together and protect them for years to come.
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Asia & The Pacific
Video: The Somewhat Noble Call of a Snow Leopard
We’re all familiar with this movie scene: a bald eagle soars overhead in a wild, Western-type, wide-open landscape, and we hear the iconic, piercing, strong screech of America’s most majestic bird.
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Asia & The Pacific
Snow Leopards and Conservation Travel in Ladakh, India
Insights from India Expedition Leader Surya Ramachandran Ladakh, the Indian trans-Himalaya, is one of the last bastions of Tibetan Buddhism in the 21st century.
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Asia & The Pacific
Snow Leopards and Sacred Mountains: Buddhist Monks Lead the Way in Conservation
In Search of the Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen The now across the river glows, and the rocks and peaks, the serpentine black stream, and snows, sky, stars, the firmament—all ring like the bell of the universal Buddha. –Dharma Rain In the Himalayas, Buddhist monasteries are saving snow leopards.
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Nature & Wildlife
Animal Privacy Rights: Monitoring Wildlife Out of Existence
As the field of electronic wildlife-tracking has grown, so has our knowledge about the lives of animals.