Himalayan Wolves Project
@himalayanwolvespro.bsky.social
Research and conservation project working to protect large carnivores, their prey, and habitats across the Asian high-altitudes.
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https://www.himalayanwolvesproject.org/donations/
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https://www.himalayanwolvesproject.org/donations/
Did you know? 🐺❄️
Around 25,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum—the coldest phase of the last Ice Age—the modern grey wolf expanded widely across Eurasia, The Himalayan wolf diverged from the common ancestor of Eurasian wolves an astonishing ~750,000 years ago, adapting to high-altitude
Around 25,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum—the coldest phase of the last Ice Age—the modern grey wolf expanded widely across Eurasia, The Himalayan wolf diverged from the common ancestor of Eurasian wolves an astonishing ~750,000 years ago, adapting to high-altitude
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Did you know? 🐺❄️
Around 25,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum—the coldest phase of the last Ice Age—the modern grey wolf expanded widely across Eurasia, The Himalayan wolf diverged from the common ancestor of Eurasian wolves an astonishing ~750,000 years ago, adapting to high-altitude
Around 25,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum—the coldest phase of the last Ice Age—the modern grey wolf expanded widely across Eurasia, The Himalayan wolf diverged from the common ancestor of Eurasian wolves an astonishing ~750,000 years ago, adapting to high-altitude
The Snow Leopard — Ghost of the Mountains 👑❄️
This apex predator is a keystone of Himalayan ecosystems.
Our camera traps play a crucial role in monitoring species distribution and behaviour. Their infrared flash technology allows us to capture wildlife activity even under complete darkness 🐺🐆⛰️
This apex predator is a keystone of Himalayan ecosystems.
Our camera traps play a crucial role in monitoring species distribution and behaviour. Their infrared flash technology allows us to capture wildlife activity even under complete darkness 🐺🐆⛰️
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Snow Leopard — Ghost of the Mountains 👑❄️
This apex predator is a keystone of Himalayan ecosystems.
Our camera traps play a crucial role in monitoring species distribution and behaviour. Their infrared flash technology allows us to capture wildlife activity even under complete darkness 🐺🐆⛰️
This apex predator is a keystone of Himalayan ecosystems.
Our camera traps play a crucial role in monitoring species distribution and behaviour. Their infrared flash technology allows us to capture wildlife activity even under complete darkness 🐺🐆⛰️
🦌✨ Sharing the highlands with the wild Goa — also known as the Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) — is another iconic resident of the Tibetan Plateau. At the southern edge of their global range, small groups occasionally venture into north-western Nepal.
#TibetanGazelle #Goa
#TibetanGazelle #Goa
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🦌✨ Sharing the highlands with the wild Goa — also known as the Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) — is another iconic resident of the Tibetan Plateau. At the southern edge of their global range, small groups occasionally venture into north-western Nepal.
#TibetanGazelle #Goa
#TibetanGazelle #Goa
In this photo, Ven. Gueshe Lobzang Yeshe holds our book The Web of Life, a family-friendly introduction to the food webs of the Himalayan Range and the Tibetan Plateau.
Ven. Gueshe Lobzang served as the reviewer of the Tibetan text, contributing with great enthusiasm and care.
#TheWebOfLife
Ven. Gueshe Lobzang served as the reviewer of the Tibetan text, contributing with great enthusiasm and care.
#TheWebOfLife
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In this photo, Ven. Gueshe Lobzang Yeshe holds our book The Web of Life, a family-friendly introduction to the food webs of the Himalayan Range and the Tibetan Plateau.
Ven. Gueshe Lobzang served as the reviewer of the Tibetan text, contributing with great enthusiasm and care.
#TheWebOfLife
Ven. Gueshe Lobzang served as the reviewer of the Tibetan text, contributing with great enthusiasm and care.
#TheWebOfLife
The Himalayan wolf has roamed the high-altitude pastures of the Tibetan Plateau and the greater Himalayan range for hundreds of thousands of years. 🐺❄️
Nomadic yak herders have lived, migrated, and worked across these mountains while coexisting with the wildlife around them.#HimalayanWolf
Nomadic yak herders have lived, migrated, and worked across these mountains while coexisting with the wildlife around them.#HimalayanWolf
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Himalayan wolf has roamed the high-altitude pastures of the Tibetan Plateau and the greater Himalayan range for hundreds of thousands of years. 🐺❄️
Nomadic yak herders have lived, migrated, and worked across these mountains while coexisting with the wildlife around them.#HimalayanWolf
Nomadic yak herders have lived, migrated, and worked across these mountains while coexisting with the wildlife around them.#HimalayanWolf
Brown bears of Limi Valley are now officially on the map — and the full article is now OPEN ACCESS! 🐻📖 [link in the bio]
Last year, we shared the exciting news of our unexpected brown bear records from Limi Valley, one of the most remote and least-studied regions of north-western Nepal.
Last year, we shared the exciting news of our unexpected brown bear records from Limi Valley, one of the most remote and least-studied regions of north-western Nepal.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Brown bears of Limi Valley are now officially on the map — and the full article is now OPEN ACCESS! 🐻📖 [link in the bio]
Last year, we shared the exciting news of our unexpected brown bear records from Limi Valley, one of the most remote and least-studied regions of north-western Nepal.
Last year, we shared the exciting news of our unexpected brown bear records from Limi Valley, one of the most remote and least-studied regions of north-western Nepal.
The blue sheep — one of the true icons of the Himalayan landscape. 🐏🏔️
In this photo, a young but already majestic male with impressive horns stands in the Annapurna Conservation Area, with Annapurna I in the background.
#BlueSheep #HimalayanWildlife #AnnapurnaConservationArea #SnowLeopardPrey
In this photo, a young but already majestic male with impressive horns stands in the Annapurna Conservation Area, with Annapurna I in the background.
#BlueSheep #HimalayanWildlife #AnnapurnaConservationArea #SnowLeopardPrey
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The blue sheep — one of the true icons of the Himalayan landscape. 🐏🏔️
In this photo, a young but already majestic male with impressive horns stands in the Annapurna Conservation Area, with Annapurna I in the background.
#BlueSheep #HimalayanWildlife #AnnapurnaConservationArea #SnowLeopardPrey
In this photo, a young but already majestic male with impressive horns stands in the Annapurna Conservation Area, with Annapurna I in the background.
#BlueSheep #HimalayanWildlife #AnnapurnaConservationArea #SnowLeopardPrey
🦌 The mysterious musk deer
This is a musk deer, one of the most fascinating herbivores of the Himalayan region. During our fieldwork in the 📍Annapurna Conservation Area, we often record them in lower forested zones, Males are easily recognized by their long, fang-like tusks for fighting rival males
This is a musk deer, one of the most fascinating herbivores of the Himalayan region. During our fieldwork in the 📍Annapurna Conservation Area, we often record them in lower forested zones, Males are easily recognized by their long, fang-like tusks for fighting rival males
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🦌 The mysterious musk deer
This is a musk deer, one of the most fascinating herbivores of the Himalayan region. During our fieldwork in the 📍Annapurna Conservation Area, we often record them in lower forested zones, Males are easily recognized by their long, fang-like tusks for fighting rival males
This is a musk deer, one of the most fascinating herbivores of the Himalayan region. During our fieldwork in the 📍Annapurna Conservation Area, we often record them in lower forested zones, Males are easily recognized by their long, fang-like tusks for fighting rival males
🎥The wild yak, the black giant, Take a look at this short documentary to discover more about our expeditions and our encounters wild yaks. Including the first scientifically documented encounter in Nepal for about 50 years, as it was believed locally extinct.
🎥 [https://youtu.be/YVFFEI7M2sY]
🎥 [https://youtu.be/YVFFEI7M2sY]
The Black Giants
A video-narrative of the journey in relation to the wild yak rediscovery in Nepal and beyond
Script and cinematography
Naresh Kusi and Geraldine Werhahn
Additional footage
Raju Acharya
Research…
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎥The wild yak, the black giant, Take a look at this short documentary to discover more about our expeditions and our encounters wild yaks. Including the first scientifically documented encounter in Nepal for about 50 years, as it was believed locally extinct.
🎥 [https://youtu.be/YVFFEI7M2sY]
🎥 [https://youtu.be/YVFFEI7M2sY]
🐻 In this image, you can see the entrance of a Himalayan marmot burrow 🦫 disturbed by the intense diggingof a brown bear. Check if you can find the claw marks! The brown bear is another elusive top predator that roams the valleys of Upper Humla, Nepal, searching for food in this rugged landscape.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🐻 In this image, you can see the entrance of a Himalayan marmot burrow 🦫 disturbed by the intense diggingof a brown bear. Check if you can find the claw marks! The brown bear is another elusive top predator that roams the valleys of Upper Humla, Nepal, searching for food in this rugged landscape.
📰 New update on wolf protection in Europe
Photo credit: Josip Kusak
A recent decision has changed the protection level of wolves in the European Union.
Explanation on the first comment.
Photo credit: Josip Kusak
A recent decision has changed the protection level of wolves in the European Union.
Explanation on the first comment.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📰 New update on wolf protection in Europe
Photo credit: Josip Kusak
A recent decision has changed the protection level of wolves in the European Union.
Explanation on the first comment.
Photo credit: Josip Kusak
A recent decision has changed the protection level of wolves in the European Union.
Explanation on the first comment.
🌍 Upper Humla — one of the most extraordinary places on Earth
🎥 Watch the video here: youtu.be/FXHsggTFyFA?...
Wildlife thrives here with minimal human influence.
Situated between the towering Himalayas and the vast Tibetan Plateau, these valleys form one of the most fascinating natural laboratorie
🎥 Watch the video here: youtu.be/FXHsggTFyFA?...
Wildlife thrives here with minimal human influence.
Situated between the towering Himalayas and the vast Tibetan Plateau, these valleys form one of the most fascinating natural laboratorie
Wildlife of the Trans Himalayas of western Nepal
The magnificient natural world of the Trans-Himalayas of Humla in western Nepal.
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🌍 Upper Humla — one of the most extraordinary places on Earth
🎥 Watch the video here: youtu.be/FXHsggTFyFA?...
Wildlife thrives here with minimal human influence.
Situated between the towering Himalayas and the vast Tibetan Plateau, these valleys form one of the most fascinating natural laboratorie
🎥 Watch the video here: youtu.be/FXHsggTFyFA?...
Wildlife thrives here with minimal human influence.
Situated between the towering Himalayas and the vast Tibetan Plateau, these valleys form one of the most fascinating natural laboratorie
In the vast Himalayan plains of Upper Humla (Nepal), life follows a delicate energy balance. 🌄
In this rare footage, a Himalayan wolf and kiang share the same space without triggering a chase or an avoidance. 🐺🫏 A silent lesson of efficiency and coexistence in one of the planet’s most extreme lands
In this rare footage, a Himalayan wolf and kiang share the same space without triggering a chase or an avoidance. 🐺🫏 A silent lesson of efficiency and coexistence in one of the planet’s most extreme lands
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In the vast Himalayan plains of Upper Humla (Nepal), life follows a delicate energy balance. 🌄
In this rare footage, a Himalayan wolf and kiang share the same space without triggering a chase or an avoidance. 🐺🫏 A silent lesson of efficiency and coexistence in one of the planet’s most extreme lands
In this rare footage, a Himalayan wolf and kiang share the same space without triggering a chase or an avoidance. 🐺🫏 A silent lesson of efficiency and coexistence in one of the planet’s most extreme lands
Have you ever wondered how we carry out our work? Where do we sleep? 🏔️
We camp. ⛺️
Our team sets up field camps where we recover at night after long days collecting data and exploring vast territories across the Himalayan range
Your help is essential to keep our conservation projects alive.
We camp. ⛺️
Our team sets up field camps where we recover at night after long days collecting data and exploring vast territories across the Himalayan range
Your help is essential to keep our conservation projects alive.
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Have you ever wondered how we carry out our work? Where do we sleep? 🏔️
We camp. ⛺️
Our team sets up field camps where we recover at night after long days collecting data and exploring vast territories across the Himalayan range
Your help is essential to keep our conservation projects alive.
We camp. ⛺️
Our team sets up field camps where we recover at night after long days collecting data and exploring vast territories across the Himalayan range
Your help is essential to keep our conservation projects alive.
🎥 Discover the story of the Himalayan wolf
To truly understand the role of the Himalayan wolf within the vast Himalayan range, take a moment to watch this short documentary on our YouTube channel. 🐺🏔️
What makes the Himalayan wolf so special?
To truly understand the role of the Himalayan wolf within the vast Himalayan range, take a moment to watch this short documentary on our YouTube channel. 🐺🏔️
What makes the Himalayan wolf so special?
The Himalayan Wolf
Insights from research on the Himalayan wolf in Nepal.
www.himalayanwolvesproject.org
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🎥 Discover the story of the Himalayan wolf
To truly understand the role of the Himalayan wolf within the vast Himalayan range, take a moment to watch this short documentary on our YouTube channel. 🐺🏔️
What makes the Himalayan wolf so special?
To truly understand the role of the Himalayan wolf within the vast Himalayan range, take a moment to watch this short documentary on our YouTube channel. 🐺🏔️
What makes the Himalayan wolf so special?
🏔️Honest communication is key to real coexistence.
Our conservation work in Nepal’s Himalayan ecosystems depends on trustworthy, on-the-ground information📑.
🫱🏽🫲🏾 And without embracing coexistence, we cannot speak of true conservation.
#HimalayanWolvesProject #ConservationInAction #Coexistence
Our conservation work in Nepal’s Himalayan ecosystems depends on trustworthy, on-the-ground information📑.
🫱🏽🫲🏾 And without embracing coexistence, we cannot speak of true conservation.
#HimalayanWolvesProject #ConservationInAction #Coexistence
October 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🏔️Honest communication is key to real coexistence.
Our conservation work in Nepal’s Himalayan ecosystems depends on trustworthy, on-the-ground information📑.
🫱🏽🫲🏾 And without embracing coexistence, we cannot speak of true conservation.
#HimalayanWolvesProject #ConservationInAction #Coexistence
Our conservation work in Nepal’s Himalayan ecosystems depends on trustworthy, on-the-ground information📑.
🫱🏽🫲🏾 And without embracing coexistence, we cannot speak of true conservation.
#HimalayanWolvesProject #ConservationInAction #Coexistence
Behind every image we share, there’s a dedicated team working in the field. Here, our collaborators are managing camera traps inside a tent during one of our field missions.
📸 Camera traps are one of the most essential tools for wildlife monitoring
Support the Himalayan Wolves Project
📸 Camera traps are one of the most essential tools for wildlife monitoring
Support the Himalayan Wolves Project
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Behind every image we share, there’s a dedicated team working in the field. Here, our collaborators are managing camera traps inside a tent during one of our field missions.
📸 Camera traps are one of the most essential tools for wildlife monitoring
Support the Himalayan Wolves Project
📸 Camera traps are one of the most essential tools for wildlife monitoring
Support the Himalayan Wolves Project
When used properly, as our director Geraldine Werhahn, also indicates in this video, Foxlights can drastically reduce livestock losses.
Through the Himalayan Wolves Project, we provide Foxlights to local herders across remote Himalayan valleys like this in Upper Humla, Nepal, to prevent conflicts
Through the Himalayan Wolves Project, we provide Foxlights to local herders across remote Himalayan valleys like this in Upper Humla, Nepal, to prevent conflicts
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
When used properly, as our director Geraldine Werhahn, also indicates in this video, Foxlights can drastically reduce livestock losses.
Through the Himalayan Wolves Project, we provide Foxlights to local herders across remote Himalayan valleys like this in Upper Humla, Nepal, to prevent conflicts
Through the Himalayan Wolves Project, we provide Foxlights to local herders across remote Himalayan valleys like this in Upper Humla, Nepal, to prevent conflicts
In this video, our fieldwork collaborator Pema provides devices and explains how Foxlights work — predator-deterring devices designed to keep livestock safe from Himalayan wolves and snow leopards. 🐺🐆
If you’d like to support our work, you’ll find the link in bio. Every contribution helps. 🙏
If you’d like to support our work, you’ll find the link in bio. Every contribution helps. 🙏
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In this video, our fieldwork collaborator Pema provides devices and explains how Foxlights work — predator-deterring devices designed to keep livestock safe from Himalayan wolves and snow leopards. 🐺🐆
If you’d like to support our work, you’ll find the link in bio. Every contribution helps. 🙏
If you’d like to support our work, you’ll find the link in bio. Every contribution helps. 🙏
🐺💫 Ever wondered what coexistence really looks like?
Here, three curious Himalayan wolf pups share a mountain valley with domestic yak–cow hybrids left to graze freely.
In this rare footage, the pups and the yaks meet with mutual respect — curious, calm, and at ease. No tension, no fear.
Here, three curious Himalayan wolf pups share a mountain valley with domestic yak–cow hybrids left to graze freely.
In this rare footage, the pups and the yaks meet with mutual respect — curious, calm, and at ease. No tension, no fear.
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🐺💫 Ever wondered what coexistence really looks like?
Here, three curious Himalayan wolf pups share a mountain valley with domestic yak–cow hybrids left to graze freely.
In this rare footage, the pups and the yaks meet with mutual respect — curious, calm, and at ease. No tension, no fear.
Here, three curious Himalayan wolf pups share a mountain valley with domestic yak–cow hybrids left to graze freely.
In this rare footage, the pups and the yaks meet with mutual respect — curious, calm, and at ease. No tension, no fear.
🎥 This is how a real documentary is made.
Every second of footage shared here carries a story of effort, resilience, and dedication.
Here our incredible filmmaker Kat (@akt_final_final_1.mov ) captures it all — the beauty, the struggle, and the purpose.
#DocumentaryLife #BehindTheScenes
Every second of footage shared here carries a story of effort, resilience, and dedication.
Here our incredible filmmaker Kat (@akt_final_final_1.mov ) captures it all — the beauty, the struggle, and the purpose.
#DocumentaryLife #BehindTheScenes
October 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🎥 This is how a real documentary is made.
Every second of footage shared here carries a story of effort, resilience, and dedication.
Here our incredible filmmaker Kat (@akt_final_final_1.mov ) captures it all — the beauty, the struggle, and the purpose.
#DocumentaryLife #BehindTheScenes
Every second of footage shared here carries a story of effort, resilience, and dedication.
Here our incredible filmmaker Kat (@akt_final_final_1.mov ) captures it all — the beauty, the struggle, and the purpose.
#DocumentaryLife #BehindTheScenes
❄️🐇 Meet the Woolly Hare (Lepus oiostolus) — the mountain survivor.
Living at altitudes up to 5,000 meters, the woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) is one of the highest-dwelling mammals on Earth.In the high Himalayas, every life form is a thread in the same web — even the smallest hare plays a vital role
Living at altitudes up to 5,000 meters, the woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) is one of the highest-dwelling mammals on Earth.In the high Himalayas, every life form is a thread in the same web — even the smallest hare plays a vital role
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
❄️🐇 Meet the Woolly Hare (Lepus oiostolus) — the mountain survivor.
Living at altitudes up to 5,000 meters, the woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) is one of the highest-dwelling mammals on Earth.In the high Himalayas, every life form is a thread in the same web — even the smallest hare plays a vital role
Living at altitudes up to 5,000 meters, the woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) is one of the highest-dwelling mammals on Earth.In the high Himalayas, every life form is a thread in the same web — even the smallest hare plays a vital role
Nature never wastes. When a predator like the Himalayan wolf — or nature itself — ends a life, it becomes the source of life for many others.
In the high, harsh landscapes where life is never easy, nothing is lost — everything is transformed.Himalayan vultures feeding on a kiang carcass, (Nepal)
In the high, harsh landscapes where life is never easy, nothing is lost — everything is transformed.Himalayan vultures feeding on a kiang carcass, (Nepal)
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Nature never wastes. When a predator like the Himalayan wolf — or nature itself — ends a life, it becomes the source of life for many others.
In the high, harsh landscapes where life is never easy, nothing is lost — everything is transformed.Himalayan vultures feeding on a kiang carcass, (Nepal)
In the high, harsh landscapes where life is never easy, nothing is lost — everything is transformed.Himalayan vultures feeding on a kiang carcass, (Nepal)
Wolf pups play a lot. They sleep, eat, cuddle and play all day. Playing tones their muscles and sharpens their instincts which will be helpful for hunting later in their lives. And playing allows them to build their social skills and it is fun!
#himalayanwolf #tibetanwolf #himalayanwolvesproject
#himalayanwolf #tibetanwolf #himalayanwolvesproject
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Wolf pups play a lot. They sleep, eat, cuddle and play all day. Playing tones their muscles and sharpens their instincts which will be helpful for hunting later in their lives. And playing allows them to build their social skills and it is fun!
#himalayanwolf #tibetanwolf #himalayanwolvesproject
#himalayanwolf #tibetanwolf #himalayanwolvesproject
Kiangs are truly fascinating animals 🐴 ✨
As we’ve mentioned before, Kiang play a key role in the ecosystem as important large grazers and they also present as an important resource for predators, such as the Himalayan wolf 🐺, as well as the rich scavenger community.
#Kiang #WildlifeNepal
As we’ve mentioned before, Kiang play a key role in the ecosystem as important large grazers and they also present as an important resource for predators, such as the Himalayan wolf 🐺, as well as the rich scavenger community.
#Kiang #WildlifeNepal
September 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Kiangs are truly fascinating animals 🐴 ✨
As we’ve mentioned before, Kiang play a key role in the ecosystem as important large grazers and they also present as an important resource for predators, such as the Himalayan wolf 🐺, as well as the rich scavenger community.
#Kiang #WildlifeNepal
As we’ve mentioned before, Kiang play a key role in the ecosystem as important large grazers and they also present as an important resource for predators, such as the Himalayan wolf 🐺, as well as the rich scavenger community.
#Kiang #WildlifeNepal