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A black bear family cautiously attempting a road crossing. Photo by Bridget Donaldson, Virginia Transportation Research Council.

Carnivores avoid rush hour by taking to roads at night

Elyse DeFranco 17 Nov 2021

Think that GIF of the smoking chimp is funny? The chimp wasn’t laughing

Tina Deines 17 Nov 2021

Study evaluates role of rivers in creating the Amazon’s rich biodiversity

Luís Patriani 17 Nov 2021

‘Superstitious belief kills pangolins’: Q&A with biologist Elisa Panjang

Caitlin Looby 16 Nov 2021

The last spotted ground thrush on Malawi’s lonely mountain

Liz Kimbrough 15 Nov 2021

Ambitious English rewilding project aims to give 20% of land ‘back to nature’

Rebecca Branford, Sue Branford 15 Nov 2021

Indigenous mine opponents targeted in raids during state of siege in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 15 Nov 2021

Countries fail to agree on Antarctic conservation measures for fifth straight year

Richa Syal 15 Nov 2021

In rural Nigeria, the magic of cinema builds support for ape conservation

Orji Sunday 15 Nov 2021
Worker bees cluster on the honeycomb to eat and deposit nectar. Photo by Jude Coleman

Honey bees find food more easily in cities, thanks to abundant urban gardens

Jude Coleman 15 Nov 2021

‘Standing with your feet in the water’: COP26 struggles to succeed

Justin Catanoso 12 Nov 2021

New study helps cattle ranchers monitor ecological impact on U.S. rangelands

Maxwell Radwin 12 Nov 2021

Hospital waste, not masks, are plastic scourge of pandemic: Study

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Nov 2021
Sumatran rhinos in Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Work starts on new sanctuary for captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2021

Côte d’Ivoire braces to save what’s left of its single-digit forest cover

Mongabay.com 12 Nov 2021
Elephant

You can move an elephant to the jungle, but it won’t stay there, study says

Carolyn Cowan 12 Nov 2021

COP26: Are climate declarations and emission reduction pledges legally binding?

Justin Catanoso 11 Nov 2021

In Nepal, doubling down on tiger conservation looks to pay off

Johan Augustin 11 Nov 2021

Despite deals, plans and bans, the Mediterranean is awash in plastic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Nov 2021

In Indonesia, a coastal town rejects ‘metropolitan’ model for mangroves

Mahmud Ichi 11 Nov 2021

In Mozambique, mystery of tuskless elephant points to poaching as the culprit

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Nov 2021

Top Brazil gold exporter leaves a trail of criminal probes and illegal mines

Guilherme Henrique, Ana Magalhães for Repórter Brasil 10 Nov 2021

Police bust 2 men selling hornbills on Indonesian Facebook

Ahmad Supardi 10 Nov 2021

Starving and injured Sumatran tiger dies in captivity, Indonesian officials report

Lili Rambe 10 Nov 2021

‘A leap of faith’: Q&A with Robin Radcliffe on airlifting rhinos upside down

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Nov 2021

After a pandemic reprieve, loggers return to a unique Madagascar forest

Rivonala Razafison 10 Nov 2021

UNESCO reiterates road project’s dangers to Papua park as Indonesia doubles down

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Nov 2021

Planned copper mine raises fears for biodiversity hotspot in Jordan

Marta Vidal 9 Nov 2021

What’s stopping some countries from keeping up with tiger conservation promises? (commentary)

Chris Slappendel 9 Nov 2021
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

New restoration “Playbook” calls for political, economic, and social change

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021
New York, NY - January 7, 2020: Former Vice President & Democratic hopeful Joe Biden made foreign policy statement at Current on Pier 59, Lev Radin for Shutterstock

Scientists urge Biden to remove logging, fossil fuels, biomass from budget bills

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021

FARC peace deal in Colombia sparked war on forests, report says

Maxwell Radwin 8 Nov 2021

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