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Development of third Sumatran rhino sanctuary advances to save species

Junaidi Hanafiah 25 Jun 2021

Decades of research back the value of marine reserves to Kenya’s fisheries

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Jun 2021

Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jun 2021
Tourists in South Africa's Kruger National Park photograph wildlife. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Private investors look to high-end tourism to fund conservation in Mozambique

Marlowe Starling 24 Jun 2021

Camera trap pics of rare species in Vietnam raise conservation hopes

Michael Tatarski 24 Jun 2021

Not all rescued animals should be released back to the wild (commentary)

Gregg Tully 24 Jun 2021

Amazon dams: No clean water, fish dying, then the pandemic came

Tiffany Higgins 23 Jun 2021

Lear’s macaws threatened by planned wind farm in Brazil, experts warn

Suzana Camargo 23 Jun 2021

Do we love elephants enough to let them live free? (commentary)

Merrill Sapp 22 Jun 2021

New survey nearly doubles Grauer’s gorilla population, but threats remain

Ed Holt 22 Jun 2021

$10 million XPRIZE Rainforest contest announces 33 qualifying teams

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 22 Jun 2021

Cleaning up Cambodia’s kitchens could curb deforestation, climate change

Marissa Carruthers 22 Jun 2021

When it comes to carbon capture, tree invasions can do more harm than good

Liz Kimbrough 21 Jun 2021
China’s ‘wandering elephants’. Credit: Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade via AP.

China’s efforts to accommodate ‘wandering elephants’ is overshadowed by its conflict with elephants elsewhere (commentary)

William F. Laurance 21 Jun 2021

In Scotland, the rewilding movement looks to the past to plan its future

Kieran Dodds 21 Jun 2021

In fight against wildlife trafficking, Brazil police turn to nuclear science

Dimas Marques 21 Jun 2021
Philippine tarsier

Researchers look to locals to fill knowledge gap on Philippine tarsier

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jun 2021

Sri Lankans find a digital helping hand for baby birds fallen from nests

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Jun 2021

Deforestation spikes in Virunga National Park, DRC

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jun 2021
Jade mining, Myanmar

Myanmar junta’s growing reliance on extractives for cash raises concerns

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jun 2021

From common to captive, Javan pied starlings succumb to songbird trade

Anna Nordseth 18 Jun 2021

Rush to turn ‘black diamonds’ into cash eats up Uganda’s forests, fruits

Alex Tumuhimbise 17 Jun 2021

Bigger is badder when it comes to climate impact of farms in the Amazon

Claire Asher 17 Jun 2021

Never too late to save Earth: Q&A with Leuser forest guardian Rudi Putra

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Jun 2021

Will Nevada support renewable energy vs biodiversity & Indigenous rights? (commentary)

Max Wilbert 17 Jun 2021

Tanzania’s “Ivory Queen” denied release after appeal

Lucy Taylor 17 Jun 2021
Elephants, Tanzania. Image by Consuelo Puchades via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND-2.0)

Poaching declines in Tanzania following prosecution of ivory trafficking ringleaders

Lucy Taylor 17 Jun 2021

‘Watered-down’ plan to save Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna disappoints conservationists

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jun 2021

It’s an ‘incredibly exciting’ time for the field of bioacoustics

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2021

Two new Javan rhino calves spotted in the species’ last holdout

Basten Gokkon 16 Jun 2021

New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines

Claudia Geib 15 Jun 2021

Can the Japanese seafood industry reconcile their finances with nature?

François Mosnier 15 Jun 2021

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