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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

Tool-using, ground-nesting chimp culture discovered in DR Congo

Mike Gaworecki 16 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019

Hunting pumas to save deer could backfire, new research suggests

John Cannon 9 Apr 2019

Unusual lizard lays eggs, then births a live baby — in the same pregnancy

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2019

Those kicks were fast as lightning: Kangaroo rats evade deadly snake strikes

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 Apr 2019

Crab season to be cut short in California to protect whales and turtles

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Widespread tool-using chimp culture discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo

Mike Gaworecki 25 Mar 2019
A juvenile Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Tapirs have been found to disperse seeds in disturbed Amazon forests. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tapirs could be key in helping degraded rainforests bounce back

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

Sea otters leave behind unique archaeological traces, study finds

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

What underwater sounds can tell us about Indian Ocean humpback dolphins

Mike Gaworecki 19 Mar 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

Wildlife conservation strategies must take animals’ social lives into account: Researchers

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019
The spider Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) and Chiasmocleis royi. Photo by Emanuele Biggi.

Video: scientists capture giant spider eating an opossum

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

We know why zebras got their stripes, but how do they work?

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2019

Blue whales remember best times and places to find prey

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2019

The odor side of otters: Tech reveals species’ adaptations to human activity

Visvak P. 25 Feb 2019

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