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Rhino horn seizure taps into Southeast Asian trafficking ring

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2018
A Kenyan ranger guards poached elephant tusks in preparation for the destruction of 105 tons of ivory and a ton of rhino horn in April. Photo by Mwangi Kirubi via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Ivory trade in China is now banned

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2018
A close relative of Geckolepis maculata, Gecklolepis megalepis, a new species of fish-scale gecko, was described earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Frank Glaw

Our 10 most popular conservation stories of 2017

Mongabay.com 31 Dec 2017
The newly documented frilled giant Pacific octopus. Photo courtesy of David Scheel

‘New’ giant octopus discovered in the Pacific

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

New checklist catalogs every vascular plant in the Americas

Mongabay.com 28 Dec 2017
Prince Harry (right) and Roy Hensberg translocating a rhinoceros in Malawi with African Parks. Photo courtesy of Frank Weitzer / African Parks.

Prince Harry becomes president of conservation group

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017
A Gonatus squid eating another squid. Photo © MBARI

Videos unlock secrets of jellyfish as deep-sea killers

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2017

Indonesia seeks to slap money-laundering label on illegal fishing

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2017

Zanzibar’s red colobus monkeys much more numerous than thought

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2017

Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino falls ill

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2017

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017

Scientists call for cheetahs to be listed as Endangered

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2017

Forest Code falls short in protecting Amazonian fish

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2017

Petition for Indonesian government to save Sumatran rhino garners global support

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2017

RSPO tops among certification schemes, though all must improve: report

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2017

Indonesian mosques to take up the mantle of fighting climate change

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2017

Jane Goodall interview: ‘The most important thing is sharing good news’

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2017

4 sperm whales dead after mass stranding in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 14 Nov 2017

Indonesian agribusiness giant APRIL outed in Paradise Papers

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2017

Top 10 most widely traded animals in the Golden Triangle identified in new report

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2017

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017

Parks and reserves ‘significant’ force for slowing climate change

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2017

Lemur species losing favorite food to climate change, new study says

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2017

First vaquita ‘rescued’ in bid to save the porpoise from extinction

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

Rhino poacher sentenced to 18 years in prison

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017

Seychelles home to new species of caecilian, a legless amphibian

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2017

Study maps out reptiles’ ranges, completing the ‘atlas of life’

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2017

When a rhino calls in the forest, this guy hears it: Q&A with a Javan rhino researcher

Mongabay.com 16 Oct 2017

Mexico takes ‘unprecedented’ action to save vaquita

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2017

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