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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

Two businessmen arrested for ivory trafficking

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Aug 2016

Wildlife Law Enforcement in Sub-Saharan African Protected Areas: A Review of Best Practices

Taylor Robb-McCord 15 Jul 2016

CITES proposals by African countries aim to end the ivory trade

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jun 2016
Yu Jiahua poses in front of a small portion of the wire loops collected by the anti-poaching patrol team during the past two decades. Photo by Wang Yan.

PHOTOS: On a Chinese mountain, an aging anti-poaching hero ponders the future

Wang Yan 16 Jun 2016

e-Eye of the tiger: Complex surveillance system extends watch over India’s wildlife sanctuaries

Julia John 10 Jun 2016

International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect

Alexandra Ossola 3 Jun 2016

Now Swaziland has submitted a proposal to CITES to legalize trade in rhino horn

Mike Gaworecki 28 Apr 2016

Eavesdropping on Cameroon’s poachers to save endangered primates

Claire Salisbury 20 Apr 2016

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

Cory Rogers 6 Apr 2016

Getting SMART about Wildlife Crime

Julia John 2 Mar 2016

Thailand’s efforts to protect wild tigers starting to pay off, but recovery slower than expected

Mike Gaworecki 26 Feb 2016

Forest rangers killed in Cambodia while patrolling for illegal loggers

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2015

Most wanted elephant poacher and ivory trafficker in Tanzania arrested

Mike Gaworecki 5 Nov 2015

U.S. House passes ‘Global Anti-Poaching Act’ that puts wildlife trafficking on par with drug and weapons trafficking

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Nov 2015

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