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A puma with a recent kill by Neal Wight/Panthera.

The ‘Cougar Conundrum’: Q&A with author Mark Elbroch

John Cannon 20 Aug 2020

Harvard’s half-billion land stake in Brazil marred by conflict and abuse

Maurício Angelo 19 Aug 2020

Singing and whistling cetaceans of southern Africa revealed by bioacoustics

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2020

Agrochemicals and industrial waste threaten Argentina’s Gran Chaco

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 19 Aug 2020

Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Aug 2020

‘We are losing’: Q&A with The Orangutan Project’s Leif Cocks on saving the great ape

Malavika Vyawahare 19 Aug 2020

Elephant shrew ‘lost’ to science for 52 years is ‘rediscovered’ in Africa

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Aug 2020

Qaramta: Chronicle of a jaguar in love

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 18 Aug 2020

What is a capybara? Candid Animal Cam meets the world’s largest rodent

Romina Castagnino 18 Aug 2020

Favoring ayahuasca over hospitals, Indigenous Kokama see COVID-19 deaths drop in the Amazon

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 17 Aug 2020

A genetic map hopes to trace rescued chimps back to their homes

Hannah Thomasy 17 Aug 2020

Scientists urge reassessment of threatened species after Australian bushfires

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Aug 2020

China issues new sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

Elizabeth Fitt 14 Aug 2020

Cameroon halts logging plans in Ebo Forest, home to tool-using chimps

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Aug 2020

Is that ivory from an elephant or a nut? A new guide shows how to tell

Ashoka Mukpo 13 Aug 2020

Pioneer study maps regions of Amazon tree flora and may help in future efforts at species conservation

Jenny Gonzales 13 Aug 2020

Illegal plant trade, tourism threaten new Philippine flowering herbs

Keith Anthony Fabro 13 Aug 2020
A grizzly bear cub in Montana. Creative Commons licensed photo by Marshal Hedin.

In the fight against biodiversity loss, connectivity is key (commentary)

Jodi Hilty 12 Aug 2020

Climate change could put tropical plant germination at risk: Study

Claire Asher 12 Aug 2020

Is Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching?

Rebecca Branford 11 Aug 2020

Sharks contaminated with plastic are ‘cause for concern’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Aug 2020

They outlived dinosaurs, but can glass sponge reefs survive man-made warming?

Francesca Edralin 11 Aug 2020

How social are lions? Candid Animal Cam heads to the savannah

Romina Castagnino 11 Aug 2020

Life among the turtles: Traditional people struggle inside an Amazon reserve

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 10 Aug 2020

Fires in Argentina’s Paraná Delta are burning ‘out of control’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Aug 2020

Traversing Russia’s remote taiga in pursuit of the Blakiston’s fish owl

Gloria Dickie 6 Aug 2020

How do we save charisma-challenged species? Start with a story

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2020

To flourish, Sri Lanka’s whale-watching industry must operate responsibly (commentary)

Ranil P. Nanayakkara 5 Aug 2020

More than 500 dams planned inside protected areas: Study

Liz Kimbrough 5 Aug 2020
This local guide located a Rhododendron in bloom in the Cromwell Mountains of Papua New Guinea. Credit RBG Kew

New Guinea has the most plant species of any island

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2020

New land snail species discovered in Hawaii offers ‘gem of hope’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Aug 2020

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2020

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