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Mapping the evidence: Researchers urge use of new tools to better understand impacts of conservation and sustainability programs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2015

Palm oil expansion triggers ecological cascade, boosting pigs but hurting other species

1 Dec 2015

To kill or not to kill? Scientists debate specimen collection

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Nov 2015

Dare to explore the spookier side of nature

Brittany Stewart 31 Oct 2015
Mark Hebblewhite and Kelly Proffitt use an ultrasound to measure an adult female elk's body condition in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. The elk was captured via a helicopter net gun and sports a GPS collar around her neck. Photo courtesy of Mark Hebblewhite.

Wildlife biology in the 21st century

Caleb O'Brien 20 Oct 2015

Cupid’s syringe: A love potion for troubled amphibians

Geoffrey Giller 15 Oct 2015

Tracking the tiny: Harmonic direction finders aid study of small amphibians  

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2015

Studying the unloved through the wisdom of crowds

Roz Evans 11 Sep 2015

Wildlife forensics unmask poachers and traffickers

Laurel Neme 10 Jul 2015

Brazilian police and scientists team up to crack down on illegal timber trade

Jonathan Mason 1 Jul 2015

Taking technology out in the cold: working to conserve snow leopards

Suzanne Palminteri 30 Jun 2015

Real-time monitoring: How timely location data can keep wildlife out of danger zones

Nadia de Souza 18 Jun 2015

Drone Herders: Tanzanian rangers and researchers use UAVs to protect elephants and crops

Mike DiGirolamo 27 May 2015

Using freely available tools to monitor forest cover in critical chimpanzee habitat

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 May 2015

Borneo’s rainforest may get high-tech 3D scan to boost conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2015

Tapping into evolutionary responses to guard crops against elephants

Nathan Hahn 30 Apr 2015

Rainforest communities can now report illegal logging with their mobile phones

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Apr 2015

To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 10 Dec 2014

How remote sensing could change conservation forever

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2014

Discarded cell phones to help fight rainforest poachers, loggers in real-time

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jun 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Maps for the masses

Dr Liz Kimbrough 18 Apr 2014

Howard G. Buffett puts $24M toward saving rhinos

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Using drones to catch poachers, monitor forests

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Jan 2014

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2013

Using stories to connect people to biodiversity: an interview with Tara Waters Lumpkin, PhD

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 18 Dec 2013

Big data shows tropical mammals on the decline

Jeremy Hance 12 Dec 2013

Video: the conservation drone revolution

Mongabay.com, Mongabay.com 29 Nov 2013

Wildlife drones could revolutionize aerial surveys of animal populations

Jeremy Hance 30 Sep 2013

Scientists build app to automatically identify species based on their calls

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2013

Using drones to monitor wildlife in India

Akhila Vijayaraghavan 9 Apr 2013

Google Earth to monitor deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2009

Elephants get Photo IDs for Protection

Wcs 15 Aug 2007

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