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Cameroon convicts activist campaigning against palm oil company

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2015

Singapore court: illicit timber trafficking through our ports not our problem

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Nov 2015

Key forest countries’ climate pledges fall short on emissions from land use and deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2015

Mauritius to start culling 18,000 bats from November 7

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Nov 2015

Most wanted elephant poacher and ivory trafficker in Tanzania arrested

Mike Gaworecki 5 Nov 2015

Mystery whale known only from specimens found living in the wild

Rebecca Kessler 3 Nov 2015

Running Wild with Cheetah Expert Laurie Marker

Nathan Hahn 31 Oct 2015

Sung te giac ethics: New wealth brings new responsibilities (commentary)

Mic Smith 30 Oct 2015

Half of Africa’s lion populations could disappear in next 20 years

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Oct 2015

Partnerships are key to The Wildlife Conservation Society’s new conservation strategy

Mike Gaworecki 21 Oct 2015

Mauritius to kill 18,000 threatened native bats in ‘disgraceful’ cull

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Oct 2015

Illegal logging decimating birds in Ghana: ‘These numbers are shocking’

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2015

Scientists discover bird in Madagascar that evolved in reverse

Mike Gaworecki 12 Oct 2015

Queen of elephant ivory trafficking arrested in Tanzania

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

Hidden cameras, prosecutions, and passion: confronting the corruption at the heart of Africa’s illegal wildlife trade

Nadia de Souza 4 Oct 2015

HORN looks at rhino poaching through a different lens

Marie Frei 3 Oct 2015

Photos: watch Africa’s annual wildebeest migration live online

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2015

Norway pledges $47M/yr to help Congo countries save forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2015

Can Liberia succeed in balancing palm oil with conservation?

Sara Jerving 29 Sep 2015

Africa’s unloved vultures headed for extinction?

William H. Funk 28 Sep 2015

China and U.S. commit to end ivory trade

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Sep 2015
Armand Marozafy dismantling a poacher's trap within Masoala National Park in Madagascar in 2004. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nature guide freed in Madagascar 5 months after arrest for exposing rosewood trade

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Sep 2015

Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Sep 2015

The best defense is a good bee-fence

Caleb O'Brien, Sammi Dowdell 23 Sep 2015

2015 Equator Prize winners span 19 countries

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2015

Cargill commits to removing deforestation from supply chain by 2030

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2015

Will community management help save the black rhino from extinction? (Photos)

Nika Levikov 17 Sep 2015

Activist arrested while illegal loggers chop away at Madagascar’s forests

Rowan Moore Gerety 15 Sep 2015

‘Measured in human lives’: report finds EU and logging companies complicit in funding war

John Cannon 15 Sep 2015
Giraffes at sunset. Photo by Francois Deacon.

Disappearing giraffes

Fred Bercovitch 13 Sep 2015
Illegal logging in Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula, a protected area where rosewood is commonly targeted

5 African countries agree to combat illegal timber trade

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2015

Investment in small-scale farmers ‘could have big payoff’ in the fight against climate change, poverty

John Cannon 9 Sep 2015

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