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A dangerous, illegal necessity: charcoal reform comes to Virunga

Sophie Mbugua 2 Aug 2016

Chew on this new way to detect disease in primates

Julia John 28 Jul 2016
Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016

Ivory poaching kingpin gets 20 years in jail

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2016

Massive relocation of 500 elephants begins in Malawi

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jul 2016

New video emerges of wildlife abuses by safari company in Tanzania

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jul 2016

Wildlife Law Enforcement in Sub-Saharan African Protected Areas: A Review of Best Practices

Taylor Robb-McCord 15 Jul 2016

Forest conservation can offset emissions from palm oil expansion in Africa: Study

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2016

DRC declares first new national park in 40 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Jul 2016

Protecting the animal that eats lemurs — why it’s important to conserve Madagascar’s largest carnivore

Samuel D. Merson 5 Jul 2016

Can public-private partnerships preserve the dwindling biodiversity of Lagos?

Kolawole Talabi 5 Jul 2016

Bringing Star Trek tricorder analysis to the 21st century

Hina Alam 4 Jul 2016

UK takes action against companies importing timber from Cameroon tied to illegal logging

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jul 2016
Olarro Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya flickr ninara

Bridging the Gap between Land and Space

Taylor Robb-McCord 1 Jul 2016

Benefits of Community Forest Management in Madagascar not evenly distributed: report

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jun 2016

Reserve with rare gorillas finally protected

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jun 2016

CITES proposals by African countries aim to end the ivory trade

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jun 2016

Sub-Saharan African countries most vulnerable to invasive crop pests

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2016

In search of Madagascar’s “marine primates”

Mike Gaworecki 17 Jun 2016

In unprecedented move, Michelin adopts zero deforestation for rubber sourcing

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2016

U.S. to enforce strict elephant ivory ban

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2016

The dark side of China’s foreign fishing boom

Cory Rogers 2 Jun 2016

The assassinations of Mother Nature’s guardians (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 24 May 2016

Five technologies help thwart illegal logging by tracing wood’s origin

Emily Kaldjian, Loretta Cheung, Ruth Nogueron 23 May 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

Reducing human-wildlife conflict in the blink of a light

Sammi Dowdell, Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 20 May 2016

Gabon moves to share forestry profits with local forest communities

Mike Gaworecki 18 May 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

Conservation today, the old-fashioned way

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2016

Biologist Carl Jones wins top prize for saving many rare species from extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2016

There are only three Saharan addax antelope left in the wild

Mike Gaworecki 6 May 2016

Want to identify that bug or beetle in your photo? Ask the crowd.

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 May 2016

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