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Hundreds of unexpected species found in Mexican UNESCO site slated for gold mine

Martha Pskowski 5 Aug 2016

Peru’s new environmental policies: What are they and will they work?

Justin Catanoso 5 Aug 2016

Tadpoles found living in Japanese streams with hottest water ever recorded for an amphibian

Mike Gaworecki 5 Aug 2016

New, undescribed species of Scops owl documented on Príncipe island

Mike Gaworecki 5 Aug 2016

Humpback whales rescue seals and other animals from killer whales

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Aug 2016
Google Earth image showing the site for the São Luiz do Tapajós dam.

Environmental licence for São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric dam denied

Sue Branford 4 Aug 2016

Indonesian fisheries czar promises to end subsidized fuel scam

Mongabay.com 4 Aug 2016

Field Notes: Scientist seeks long-term stress trends in Africa’s hyenas

Elizabeth Devitt 3 Aug 2016

Manatees to make a comeback in Guadeloupe for the first time in over a century

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2016

India floods kill more than 200 animals, including rare rhinos

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2016

A dangerous, illegal necessity: charcoal reform comes to Virunga

Sophie Mbugua 2 Aug 2016

Tapajós dams may bring fish kills, species loss, mercury contamination

Tatiana Farah, from Repórter Brasil 2 Aug 2016

Study uncovers illegal bird trade in Thailand’s weekend market

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Aug 2016

Malayan Sun bear: bile trade threatens the World’s smallest bear

Claire Asher 1 Aug 2016

This island plans to remove invasive rats and goats to save its native wildlife

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Aug 2016

Like Indonesia, Malaysia to sink illegal foreign fishing boats: minister

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2016

Grim reality behind tiger selfie tourism: speed breeding, cruelty

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2016

International Tiger Day: How are tigers faring now?

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2016

Chew on this new way to detect disease in primates

Julia John 28 Jul 2016
Shade grown coffee in Nicaragua. Image courtesy ICRAF/World Agroforestry

“Carbon farming” good for the climate, farmers, and biodiversity

Erik Hoffner 28 Jul 2016

New species of orange-red scorpionfish discovered in the Caribbean

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jul 2016

Video: Endangered baby tapir plays with his father

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jul 2016

The ‘raven’ whale: scientists uncover new beaked whale

Jeremy Hance 27 Jul 2016

Indonesia declares national park in top palm oil-producing province

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2016
A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Study concludes conservation NGOs might be better off working outside the RSPO

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jul 2016

Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jul 2016

Fish farms need not be outlawed in Indonesia’s Lake Toba: minister

Aria Danaparamita 25 Jul 2016
Levita holds a layer of dried crude oil from her farmland along the Marañon River. Photo by Brett Monroe Garner.

Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills

Kevin Floerke, Rebecca Wolff 25 Jul 2016
Deforestation for a rubber plantation in Laos. While scientists have been pointing for years to the problems caused by natural forest conversion to rubber plantations, activist groups had been slow to target rubber relative to other commodities like soy, palm oil oil, timber, and wood-fiber.

“Ecological recession”: Researchers say biodiversity loss has hit critical threshold across the globe

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2016

Ivory poaching kingpin gets 20 years in jail

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2016

Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba

Aria Danaparamita 22 Jul 2016

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