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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

Romi 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

How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire

Victoria Schneider 26 Jun 2020

The first modern-day marine fish has officially gone extinct. More may follow

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 26 Jun 2020
Camera trap image of a wild ass by Kirk Olson/WCS.

Animal crossing: A wild ass makes history

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2020

In Madagascar’s dry forests, COVID-19 sparks an intense, early fire season

Malavika Vyawahare 25 Jun 2020

Did China really ban the pangolin trade? Not quite, investigators say

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Jun 2020

Animals have culture, too, and for some it’s crucial to their survival and conservation

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jun 2020

World’s top tapir expert prepares for unprecedented Amazon mission

Naira Hofmeister 24 Jun 2020

‘Betting on impunity’: Brazilian Amazon under attack despite logging crackdown

Ana Ionova 23 Jun 2020

China and EU appetite for soy drives Brazilian deforestation, climate change: Study

Chris Arsenault 23 Jun 2020

‘It’s a success’: Pangolins return to a region where they were once extinct

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jun 2020

What is a Tasmanian devil? Candid Animal Cam meets the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world

Romi Castagnino 23 Jun 2020

Indonesia resumes release of captive wildlife amid COVID-19

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2020
Shark fins for sale in Hong Kong. Image provided by Demian Chapman.

Mercury with that? Shark fins served with illegal doses of heavy metals

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jun 2020

Marcellus Adi Riyanto: The Indonesian vet who lived for the Sumatran rhino

Julia John 19 Jun 2020

Sri Lanka reopens national parks post-lockdown with strict guidelines

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jun 2020

Palm oil from Indonesian grower that burned forest is still being sold

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Jun 2020

38 endangered Brazilian tree species legally traded, poorly tracked: Study

Jenny Gonzales 18 Jun 2020

‘Rafiki’s trust was betrayed’: Q&A with conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Jun 2020
A chimpanzee munches on a cacao fruit on a plantation in Bossou, Guinea. Image courtesy of Nicola Bryson-Morrison.

Chimps prefer human crops, scientists find — and it’s better for them

Elizabeth Fitt 18 Jun 2020

A Sri Lankan herp mystery solved: The snake species that was two

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jun 2020

From a Philippine conflict hotspot, a new insect-eating plant emerges

Elizabeth Fitt 17 Jun 2020

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