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‘Yoda bat’ happy to be recognized as new species

Mike Gaworecki 23 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017
An endangered Sambirano mouse lemur (Microcebus sambiranensis), which is found only in two or three small populations in northwest Madagascar, including one on the Ampasindava peninsula. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Aug 2017

The world’s first biotacide (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 22 Aug 2017

Rhino horn on the auction block in South Africa

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017

Modern Fish Act: boon to recreational fishing or risk to U.S. fishery?

Giovanni Ortolani 21 Aug 2017

How animals react to a solar eclipse

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Aug 2017
A male indigo bunting pauses in Texas during

Scientists combine crowd-sourced field observations with land-use and climate models to identify steps for migratory bird protection

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Aug 2017

Leading ivory trade investigator slain in Tanzania

Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor 18 Aug 2017

Kenyans fear proposed Trump cuts could threaten elephants, ranger jobs

Gitonga Njeru 18 Aug 2017

Ever wondered how much your pet’s diet impacts the environment?

Mike Gaworecki 17 Aug 2017

A clouded future: Asia’s enigmatic clouded leopard threatened by palm oil

Sean Mowbray 17 Aug 2017

New study: Bird species blossom in stable climates

John Cannon 17 Aug 2017

The tiger population in Nepal’s Parsa National Park is recovering rapidly

Mike Gaworecki 16 Aug 2017

Mammal numbers high in logged tropical forests, study finds

John Cannon 16 Aug 2017

From tarsiers to cloud rats, scientist strives to save Philippine species

Jacqueline Hernandez 15 Aug 2017

Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig

Christopel Paino 15 Aug 2017

9 rare Siamese crocodiles hatch in Cambodia

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2017

Nearly one-third of bat species in North America are on the decline

Mike Gaworecki 14 Aug 2017

On World Elephant Day, troubling times for African elephants

Mongabay 11 Aug 2017

‘Tango in the Wind:’ New film captures courtship dance of critically endangered Hooded Grebe for first time ever

Mike Gaworecki 11 Aug 2017

High volumes of ivory continue to be sold online in Japan

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Aug 2017

The American pika: A case study in wildlife acclimating to climate change

Mike Gaworecki 10 Aug 2017

U.K. is the world’s biggest exporter of legal ivory, data analysis shows

John Cannon 10 Aug 2017
 Basantes readies his motorcycle as he prepares to lead a group of tourists to one of the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve’s birdwatching areas. Photo by Johnny Magdaleno/Mongabay

Father and son butt heads in decades-long battle over bird tourism site

Johnny Magdaleno 9 Aug 2017

Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years

Christina Selby 9 Aug 2017

Madagascar’s radiated tortoises have personalities, too

Jacqueline Hernandez 9 Aug 2017

New research provides baseline for evaluating effectiveness of US ban on ivory trade

Mike Gaworecki 8 Aug 2017

Canary in the Arctic coal mine: warming harms migrating red knot

Gloria Dickie 8 Aug 2017

Katharine Hayhoe on how to talk about climate change: ‘Share from the heart and then the head’

Mike Gaworecki 8 Aug 2017

Road projects threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Aug 2017

Sixth mass extinction ‘tsunami’ coming, but preventable

John Cannon 4 Aug 2017

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