How can we make conservation genetics accessible to the people working closest to biodiversity? For 12 years, that question has driven Dr. Natalie Schmitt from remote snow leopard landscapes in the H...

Changes like increasing geological and glacial instability driven by the warming climate are a growing concern across the Himalayas. Our hearts go out to the thousands of families across Nepal,…

This is Sukhee, a snow leopard in Mongolia. Since he was fitted by Wildlife Conservation Society Mongolia with a GPS collar earlier this year, he has traveled hundreds of miles across unprotected moun...

ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA, May 1, 2026 — The Asiatic wild ass, known locally as khulan (Equus hemionus), has returned to eastern Mongolia and is showing clear signs of re-establishing a population after more than 65 years of absence from the region. Findings published this Month in the journal Oryx show that khulan are now regularly present in multiple groups east of the Trans-Mongolian Railway (TMR). For decades, fencing along the railway has restricted movement of khulan and other migratory species. Recent efforts to create safe crossing points are now allowing animals to move more freely across this barrier. Maintaining connectivity across this landscape is critical for khulan, allowing them to move between seasonal grazing areas and water sources in a highly variable and arid environment, and supporting the broader functioning and resilience of Mongolia’s steppe ecosystem. Collaborative efforts between WCS and Mongolian government partners have addressed this challenge through several targeted interventions, including testing of temporary unfenced sections along the railway and the formal designation in May 2025 of a monitored “safe passage” zone near the China–Mongolia border kept free of fencing. Together, these measures appear to be helping khulan cross the railway, including during winter. Monitoring shows that crossings occurred...

Snow Leopard Conservancy and their partners in Nepal are expanding the impact of the One Health - One Welfare initiative.

Many already know Zelenogorsk — a manul, or Pallas’s cat, from Russia’s Novosibirsk Zoo — who became an internet sensation in 2022 after a video of him warming his paws on his tail was posted on…