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A herd of Asiatic wild elephants gather at a national park in Minneriya, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)

Snow leopard quenches its thirst on the riverbank of the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo Yash Adukia @snowleopards @wildlifeInd #India #SnowLeopards #Himalayas

New Himalayan pheasant sightings in Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, in NE India dulled by potential threats to the birds from habitat loss and climate change @mongabayindia @Mongabay #Himalayas india.mongabay.com/2021/06/excite…

Research: Dung Beetles as Biological Indicators #SriLanka @susl_official @wnpssl

Development plans for India's Lakshadweep Islands, north of the Maldives could impact it's pristine ecology #Lakshadweep #India #IndianOcean

In Central India, the state animal of Chhattisgarh, the majestic Wild Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) is on the brink of extinction. Photo R.P.Mishra (WTI) @mongabayindia @mongabay india.mongabay.com/2021/06/wild-b…

An endemic freshwater fish species known as the “stone sucker” (Garra ceylonensis), aka 'Spa Fish' has six genetically different populations spread in different river basins in Sri Lanka despite similar looks. New study @MongabaySL @mongabay #SriLanka news.mongabay.com/2021/05/geneti…

Why Sri Lanka’s climate is so diverse, despite its small size theguardian.com/news/2021/jun/…

Algal bloom around the wrecked ship is attributed to the leak of nitric acid from ship’s cargo

Close-up view, female Colopsus jumping spider. Hanthana Mountain Range, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka @ThilinaHA #Spiders #SriLanka

'Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) is very attractive and commonly seen in the pristine forests of Andaman and Nicobar islands' @Kothiala #Birds #Andaman #Nicobar #IndianOcean

Climate change adversely impacting arctic wildlife @RAN #Arctic #ClimateChange theguardian.com/environment/20…

Tiger hidden in tall grass #Tigers #India @rohitvaarma @PantheraCats

Pangolin predation by mugger crocodile Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Photo credit: Jean Michel Probst #Pangolins #Crocodiles #Yala #SriLanka

With fire contained, Sri Lanka faces toxic pollution and plastic pellet problem from stricken ship. MT via @Mongabay @MongabaySL news.mongabay.com/2021/05/with-f…

Snow Leopard selfie Kyrgyzstan @snowleopards @SteveBackshall #Kyrgyzstan

Sri Lanka Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) Public Lecture By the Legendary Dr Jane Goodall

Rainforests are easy to destroy but difficult to re-grow. WNPS ROAR Project will encourage generations of schoolchildren to track the progress  from ‘planting to completion’ by maintaining & keeping records of fauna & flora that inhabit the plots bit.ly/3fQXrOU

'The Himalayan monal – the national bird of Nepal and state bird of India's Uttarakhand region – is emblematic of the vast biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. (Image: Hira Punjabi / Alamy)'

Taking stock of biodiversity protection in the Hindu Kush Himalayas #Biodiversity #Himalayas thethirdpole.net/en/nature/opin…