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Turtles and tortoises in trouble: More than half of all species face extinction

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jul 2020

Five years after the death of Cecil the Lion, trophy hunting debate rages on

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jul 2020

The sponge with the secret recipe: A cancer-fighting chemical

Julia John 8 Jul 2020

Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits

Basten Gokkon 7 Jul 2020

Civil war didn’t hurt this Sri Lankan mangrove forest, but shrimp farming might

Malaka Rodrigo 7 Jul 2020

World Bank’s IFC pumped $1.8b into factory farming operations since 2010

Ashoka Mukpo 7 Jul 2020

How Mexican communities are helping to save a fir forest

Agustín del Castillo 7 Jul 2020

What is a dhole? Candid Animal Cam takes you to Asia

Romina Castagnino 7 Jul 2020

Gray areas and weak policies mar lucrative Asian trade in live reef fish

Keith Anthony Fabro 6 Jul 2020

That coconut oil you love? Species have gone extinct over it, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Jul 2020

In Sri Lanka, the hunt is on for alien fish in native lakes

Malaka Rodrigo 6 Jul 2020

For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling

Lauren Evans 6 Jul 2020

Myanmar ponders what to do with its out-of-work elephants

Curtis Segarra 5 Jul 2020

Trafficking of thousands of songbirds highlights rampant trade in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Jul 2020

Discovery of fish never recorded in the Amazon shows richness of Brazil’s Calha Norte

Fernanda Wenzel 3 Jul 2020
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

COVID-19 lockdown precipitates deforestation across Asia and South America

James Fair 3 Jul 2020

Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2020

Brazil could dynamite Amazon dolphin, turtle habitat for industrial waterway

Tiffany Higgins 2 Jul 2020

Treetop cameras capture first known video of a wild roloway monkey

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2020
A herd of elephants gets a drink in Botswana. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

Calls for swift action as hundreds of elephants die in Botswana’s Okavango Delta

Ed Holt 2 Jul 2020

In Madagascar’s capital, pollution threatens an oasis for birds

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 2 Jul 2020

International task force unites North America to protect salamander diversity

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2020

From New Guinea to Florida, one of these crocs is not like the others

Francesca Edralin 1 Jul 2020

COVID-19 halts matchmaking attempt for female Sumatran rhino in Borneo

Yovanda 1 Jul 2020

Indonesia reopens national parks to tourists as COVID-19 cases rise

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2020

‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone

Victoria Schneider 30 Jun 2020

An intrusive killer scorpion points the way to six new species in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Jun 2020

What are the secrets of spotted hyenas? Candid Animal Cam meets the mammal with bone-breaking jaws

Romina Castagnino 30 Jun 2020

Tigers caught on camera lounging in a Jacuzzi-sized watering hole

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Jun 2020

‘Saving sun bears’: Q&A with book author Sarah Pye

John Cannon 29 Jun 2020

This Philippine butterfly had a mistaken identity for years, until its ‘rediscovery’

Keith Anthony Fabro 28 Jun 2020

‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant

Victoria Schneider 26 Jun 2020

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