Shreya Dasgupta

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Shreya Dasgupta is a Newswire editor at Mongabay. She's a writer, editor and podcast producer, focusing on science and the environment.

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A forest full of beetles: an interview with bug researcher Caroline Chaboo

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Mar 2016

‘Status symbols’: Japan emerging as major hub for illegal trade in slow lorises due to their popularity as pets

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Feb 2016

‘Biogeographical oddity’: New monitor lizard is the only large predator on remote Pacific Island

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Feb 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

Eight newly discovered species of whip spiders could soon become extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Feb 2016

Survival International files formal complaint against WWF for allegedly violating human rights of Baka ‘Pygmies’

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Feb 2016

It’s World Pangolin Day again. What can you do to help?

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Feb 2016

Recovery of Island foxes a ‘historic success’; officials recommend removing them from endangered species list

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Feb 2016

‘Fluorescent flashlights’: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Feb 2016

Toxic beetles and poisonous plants: Study reveals how southern Africa’s ‘bushmen’ make deadly poison arrows

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Feb 2016

Focus on great apes, draws attention from other species, finds study

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Feb 2016

Photos: ‘Extremely rare’ baby albino turtle spotted in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Feb 2016

Why is Tasmania burning, and why are scientists worried?

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Feb 2016

Illegal gold mining pushes deeper into protected Peruvian reserve

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Feb 2016

‘Where Have All the Animals Gone?’ – a journey through Africa and Asia

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Feb 2016

Two new jewel-eyed tree frog species discovered in Taiwan, display strange reproductive behavior

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Feb 2016

Previously undiscovered lion population found in Ethiopia

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Feb 2016

India has most cases of social and environmental conflict, according to environmental justice atlas

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2016

Elephant poachers kill British helicopter pilot, 5 suspects arrested

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Feb 2016

Myanmar emerging as a major hub for smuggling pangolins to China

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jan 2016

‘Sounds like Adele’: Melodious song leads to discovery of new bird species in India

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jan 2016

Sri Lanka crushes and destroys over 350 ivory tusks

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jan 2016

Man selling monkey heads on eBay sentenced, supplier in Indonesia arrested

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2016

China to shut down 4,300 old coal mines, ban new coal mines

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jan 2016

32 million metric tons of global fish catch goes unreported every year, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jan 2016

Scientists survey 50 Americans homes, find more than 500 kinds of arthropods

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jan 2016

India, China, Indonesia score lowest when it comes to tropical forest protection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jan 2016

Release herpes virus to kill invasive carp in Australia, groups urge

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jan 2016

Deforestation increasing cases of ‘monkey malaria’ in humans, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jan 2016

Why should I care about endangered species?

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

Groups plan to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

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