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Indonesian ex-soldier among three jailed for illegal trade in Sumatran rhino, tiger parts

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Jan 2018

Rhino DNA database helps officials nab poachers and traffickers

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2018

Trump puts controversial decision allowing elephant trophy imports ‘on hold’

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Nov 2017

Black rhinos in Tanzania now monitored via sensors implanted directly in their horns

Mike Gaworecki 24 Oct 2017

Questioning militarization is essential for successful and socially just conservation (commentary)

Rosaleen Duffy 16 Oct 2017

Attacks on ‘militarized conservation’ are naive (commentary)

Niall McCann 10 Oct 2017

USAID Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge awards Acceleration Prizes for rapid tech developments

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Oct 2017
Snow leopards (Panthera uncial) in the Sanjiangyuan region of China, a still from “Ghost of the Mountains.” Photo courtesy of Disneynature.

Stalking snow leopards: Q&A with the director of “Ghost of the Mountains”

Rebecca Kessler 20 Sep 2017

North America’s ash trees, Africa’s antelopes face heightened threat of extinction

Mike Gaworecki 14 Sep 2017

Leading ivory trade investigator slain in Tanzania

Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor 18 Aug 2017

On World Elephant Day, troubling times for African elephants

Monagbay.com 11 Aug 2017

Pangolin hunting skyrockets in Central Africa, driven by international trade

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2017

On poaching in South Africa, education “has saved more wildlife than any guard with a gun”

Justin Catanoso 13 Jul 2017

Footprints in the forest: The future of the Sumatran rhino

John Cannon 23 Jun 2017

Wildlife ecologist killed in Rwandan national park by recently translocated rhino

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2017

Conservation group African Parks to look after West African wildlife

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2017

New York detective work saves rhinos in South Africa (commentary)

Axel Hunnicutt 2 Jun 2017
Giraffes roam in Garamba National Park in DRC. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

DRC’s Garamba National Park: The last giraffes of the Congo

Thomas Nicolon 9 May 2017

Rwanda welcomes 20 black rhinos to Akagera National Park

Mongabay.com 3 May 2017

The military family that kept a pet orangutan in Indonesia

Philip Jacobson 29 Mar 2017

Q&A with director of short film on The Black Mambas anti-poaching unit in South Africa

Mike Gaworecki 3 Feb 2017

Increased use of snares in Southeast Asia driving extinction crisis, scientists warn

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jan 2017

Innovative technology creates safe haven for rhinos

Laurel Neme 28 Nov 2016

Off-the-shelf hobby drones are helping save elephants in Tanzania

Mike Gaworecki 18 Nov 2016

Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Nov 2016
An Amur tiger and its prey, a local farmer’s cow, photographed by a camera trap near Hunchun National Nature Reserve in China’s northeastern province of Jilin. Photo courtesy of Hunchun Forestry Bureau

China considers a huge national park for Amur tigers and leopards

Wang Yan 22 Sep 2016
Rangers at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized

William H. Funk 12 Sep 2016

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

Mike Gaworecki 1 Sep 2016

END LOOP: Coding to end wildlife trafficking

Julia John 24 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
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

Can camera traps help stop wildlife crime?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Aug 2016

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