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Calls for increased anti-poaching efforts to protect African forest elephants

Mike Gaworecki 1 Sep 2016

657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Sep 2016

NOAA establishes final rule on marine mammal bycatch for seafood imports

Mike Gaworecki 31 Aug 2016

Tasmanian devils are rapidly evolving resistance to deadly cancer

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Aug 2016
A fresh tilapia from Lake Toba, where the fish are raised by small farmers and large companies, for local consumption and for export to countries like the U.S. Photo by Drriss & Marrionn/Flickr

Why did millions of fish turn up dead in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba?

Aria Danaparamita 30 Aug 2016

Field Notes: Expedition to Cuba seeks out new and endemic species

Elizabeth Devitt 30 Aug 2016

More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Aug 2016

The biologist terrifying the US Forest Service and the timber and forest fire-fighting industries

Derek E. Lee 29 Aug 2016

US creates world’s largest marine reserve off Hawaii

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

Detector Dogs sniff out illegal ivory, help nab poacher in Tanzania

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

New species of extinct, kitten-sized marsupial lion named after David Attenborough

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Aug 2016

New ‘sleeping beauty’ frog discovered in fragmented Peruvian forest

Apoorva Joshi 25 Aug 2016

Pet trade’s “cute” and “adorable” label endangers the slow loris

Linda Lombardi 25 Aug 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

Endangered species often wait 12 years or more to be listed for protection

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Aug 2016
Tanzanian women carry new beehives into the forest. Photo by Felipe Rodriguez/APW

Can helping women achieve financial freedom help the environment, too?

Roz Evans 24 Aug 2016

Human impact on environment may be slowing down: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2016

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016

What conservation isn’t: Eating endangered lemurs to save them

Kim Reuter, Marni Lafleur, Tara Clarke 23 Aug 2016

Dams inevitably result in species decline, losses on reservoir islands

Claire Salisbury 23 Aug 2016

Atauro island has highest average reef fish diversity in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2016

Scientists have just discovered the first endemic bird species to go extinct on the Galápagos Islands

Mike Gaworecki 22 Aug 2016

Two new species of glowing spook fish discovered

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Aug 2016

Watch how corals ‘violently’ bleach as sea temperatures rise

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Aug 2016

Sarawak establishes 2.2M acres of protected areas, may add 1.1M more

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016

New species of extinct dolphin discovered in museum collection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Aug 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016

China jails 7 people, including airport employee, for smuggling rare tortoises

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Aug 2016

Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink

Diane Toomey 17 Aug 2016

In search of a lost species: the Santa Marta Toro

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Aug 2016

‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats

Sibi Arasu 16 Aug 2016

Climate change pledges not nearly enough to save tropical ecosystems

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2016

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