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The spider Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) and Chiasmocleis royi. Photo by Emanuele Biggi.

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Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2020
Female golden rocket frog perched and listening to a male call. Photo credit: Beth A. Pettitt/University of Minnesota

Female golden rocket frogs know a good father when they hear him

Lara Streiff 19 Dec 2019

A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare

Arnel Murga 16 Dec 2019

Canaries in the coal mine? North Atlantic right whale use of key habitat changing rapidly

Mongabay.com 6 Dec 2019
A white-nosed saki (Chiropotes albinasus) in the Amazon rainforest canopy. Climate change will shrink the habitat of these endangered primates and deforestation may limit their ability to find new homes, a new study reports. Photo by João Paulo Krajewski.

Amazon primates face barriers in responding to climate change

Erin Malsbury 3 Dec 2019
Glass eels are a juvenile form of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), a species that undergoes an incredible 10,000 kilometer (6,200 mile) migration. Photo courtesy of Alessandro Cresci.

Moon and Earth’s magnetic field guide European eels on their epic migration

Amanda Heidt 2 Dec 2019

It takes a school, and a community, to save this rare Philippine hornbill

Leilani Chavez 28 Nov 2019
A yaws-infected adult gorilla with red lesions mainly located on its face. Photo by Céline Genton/Université de Rennes 1

Female gorillas recognize and respond to contagious disease

Lara Streiff 25 Nov 2019

This toad from central Africa impersonates a deadly viper to avoid predators

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2019

Amazon’s male white bellbird has the loudest recorded call

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2019

Why is Europe rewilding with water buffalo?

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2019

These rare pigs can dig it. With a tool, that is. And moonwalk too

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2019

As climate crisis deepens, wildlife adapts, maybe with lessons for us

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2019

Manta rays are social creatures who are choosy about their friends

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2019

World’s largest frog moves heavy rocks to build nests, study finds

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2019

Tests show multi-rotor UAVs can improve cetacean behavioral studies

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Aug 2019

Recreational divers help researchers track movements of rare stingray

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2019

Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2019

Leopards get a $20m boost from Panthera pact with Saudi prince

John Cannon 14 Jun 2019

Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo

Nina Finley 12 Jun 2019

Tiny tracking tags help decode how echolocating bats navigate

Lakshmi Supriya 30 May 2019

In a first, chimps found bashing tortoises against trees to get at the meat

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

For migrating songbirds, ‘baby shark’ is more than just an annoying tune

Shreya Dasgupta 22 May 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Social media enables the illegal wildlife pet trade in Malaysia

John Cannon 9 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

Hippos poop a lot of silica, and that’s critical for Africa’s rivers and lakes

Shreya Dasgupta 2 May 2019

Killer whale vs. great white? No contest — the shark always flees

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

John Cannon 22 Apr 2019

Rise in crocodile sightings linked to habitat degradation in Indonesia

Nurdin Tubaka 18 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

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