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An orangutan.

Fears for academic freedom as Indonesia doubles down on scientists’ ban

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 9 Dec 2022
A howling wolf

Animating the Carbon Cycle: Earth’s animals vital allies in CO2 storage

Mark Hillsdon 8 Dec 2022

Indonesian authorities nip island auction in marine reserve in the bud

Basten Gokkon, Mahmud Ichi 7 Dec 2022
puma

In Patagonia, a puma’s life is decided by political borders

Ryan Biller 7 Dec 2022
animals

Population cycles explain white-lipped peccary’s ups and downs, study shows

Mark Hillsdon 6 Dec 2022

Rare, critically endangered gecko making dramatic recovery in Caribbean

Maxwell Radwin 2 Dec 2022

‘It was a shark operation’: Q&A with Indonesian crew abused on Chinese shark-finning boat

Philip Jacobson and Basten Gokkon 2 Dec 2022
A Humboldt’s woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) explores the forest floor in Colombia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Some tree-dwelling primates may adapt more easily to life on the ground, massive study shows

Elise Overgaard 2 Dec 2022

‘Europe’s rarest fish’ numbers spawn hopes for species’ survival

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 1 Dec 2022
Yellow eared parrot, (Ognorhynchus icterotis) photographed in Jardin, Antioquia, Colombia. Image by Félix Uribe via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Biodiversity credit market must learn from carbon offset mistakes (commentary)

Francisco Benedito, Mariana Sarmiento 30 Nov 2022
A red panda.

New standard brings best practices to bear in Nepal’s red panda conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Nov 2022
Mother and baby orangutans.

What can Half or Whole Earth conservation strategies do for orangutans?

John Cannon 28 Nov 2022
A tiger in the Sundarbans.

Forest management tool could help rein in rampant wildlife trade in Bangladesh

Mahadi Al Hasnat 28 Nov 2022
A tusker in the wild.

In Nepal, officials defend detusking to reduce human-elephant conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Nov 2022

As shark numbers plummet, nations seek ban on devastatingly effective gear

Philip Jacobson 26 Nov 2022

New protections for sharks, songbirds, frogs and more at CITES trade summit

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Nov 2022

Indonesia’s orangutans declining amid ‘lax’ and ‘laissez-faire’ law enforcement

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2022

Mountain gorilla reproduction slows with female transfers, study shows

Ini Ekott 24 Nov 2022

New app transforms data gathering for wildlife in Papua New Guinea

Abhishyant Kidangoor 24 Nov 2022

Conservationists play matchmaker to boost Argentina’s jaguar gene pool

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Nov 2022
Wader chick

Probe finds Vietnam faltering in bid to curb wildlife trade, animal suffering

Carolyn Cowan 23 Nov 2022

Will shipping noise nudge Africa’s only penguin toward extinction?

Leonie Joubert 21 Nov 2022
Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon caught on camera, likely a second individual. Photo: Doka Nason/American Bird Conservancy

In PNG, researchers find a large pigeon lost to science for 140 years

Liz Kimbrough 21 Nov 2022

Tunnel collapse at dam project in orangutan habitat claims yet another life

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Nov 2022

If there’s an elephant in the room, that’s because it’s not in a protected area

Jim Tan 21 Nov 2022
Long-tailed macaques roam free across the Angkor Wat temple complex

Alleged macaque-smuggling ring exposed as U.S. indicts Cambodian officials

Gerald Flynn 18 Nov 2022
Infinity pool from the original Shompole Lodge. Image byDavid Orgel via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

In Kenya, a Maasai community burned by ecotourism gives it another shot

Eve Driver 16 Nov 2022

It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a killing field at Brazil’s airports

Dimas Marques/Fauna News 16 Nov 2022

Critics cite threats to communities, mangroves from El Salvador airport plans

Maxwell Radwin 15 Nov 2022
An African penguin standing sleepily in a patch of green. Image by Alberto Ziveri via Flickr (BY-SA 2.0)

Breeding success raises hopes for future of endangered African penguin

Ryan Truscott 15 Nov 2022

Stem cells may make ‘impossible possible’ for near-extinct Sumatran rhino

Basten Gokkon 15 Nov 2022

Should more wildlife trade be legal and regulated? It’s complicated, say scientists

James Fair 11 Nov 2022

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