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Gorillas in threatened Cameroon forest caught on film for first time

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Even minor forest disturbance can cause great ape population crashes

Rachel Nuwer 7 Mar 2016

Humans torched Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago, driving mass extinction

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2016

Bringing field surveys into the modern, mobile world

Katie Taylor 4 Mar 2016

DRC announces intent to reopen its rainforests to logging companies

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Mar 2016

Want to keep tabs on that new logging road in Peru? Well, now you can

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Mar 2016

Getting SMART about Wildlife Crime

Julia John 2 Mar 2016

Can privatization save parks?

Josh Davis 26 Feb 2016

Just Text It In: Streamline Survey Collection through SMS

Nathan Hahn 25 Feb 2016

Soil carbon could be key to protecting global biodiversity and climate at same time

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016

A new plan to pull the “forest giraffe” back from the brink of extinction

Mike Gaworecki 23 Feb 2016

Aquaculture comes to Lake Victoria, but will it help wild fish?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Feb 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Feb 2016

Nganyi: The tiny forest in Kenya that predicts the weather

Isaiah Esipisu 19 Feb 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Feb 2016

When poor people pay the price for forest conservation

Mike Gaworecki 18 Feb 2016

After Cecil: lion perturbation, conservation, and value to a global society

Katie Taylor, Caleb O'Brien, Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Feb 2016

Threatened West African rosewood species gets CITES protection

Mike Gaworecki 16 Feb 2016

Study gauges use of tea as buffer crop to curb mountain gorilla raids

Sean Mowbray 16 Feb 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Feb 2016

Scientists see like predators to prove camouflage works

Karen Johnston 15 Feb 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Feb 2016

Can Cutting-Edge Drone Technology Help Answer the Age-Old Question of Bipedalism?

Andrew Lewis 12 Feb 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Feb 2016

As the U.S. bans trans fats, palm oil is poised to take over – but at what cost?

Sarah Hucal 11 Feb 2016

Shocking discovery in Gabon: a new electric fish

Mike Gaworecki 11 Feb 2016

Republic of Congo awards two million hectares of timber concessions

John Cannon 11 Feb 2016

In the rush to reforest, are the world’s old-growth grasslands losing out?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Feb 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Feb 2016

Prospective Congo palm oil plantation wrecking prime great ape habitat

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2016

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