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Treetop cameras capture first known video of a wild roloway monkey

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2020

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

Yovanda 1 Jul 2020

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

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 26 Jun 2020

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

Malavika Vyawahare 25 Jun 2020

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

Jenny Gonzales 18 Jun 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020

When the world’s rarest primate couples up, it’s a win for the species

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 May 2020

A new sanctuary for the Sumatran rhino is delayed amid COVID-19 measures

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 May 2020

Slow and steady: Sea turtles mount a long-term recovery

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 May 2020

A Philippine village on lockdown delivers nearly 300 turtle hatchlings to sea

Erwin M. Mascariñas 15 May 2020

For world’s rarest great ape, COVID-19 is latest in a litany of threats

Ayat S. Karokaro, Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2020

In the Philippines’ Boracay, flying foxes are going, going, gone

Jun N. Aguirre 27 Apr 2020

Poachers kill 3 near-extinct giant ibises amid pandemic pressure in Cambodia

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Apr 2020

COVID-19 forces Sea Shepherd to suspend patrols to protect last vaquitas

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Apr 2020

Malaysian authorities seize record 6 tons of African pangolin scales

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Apr 2020

In Madagascar, revived environmental crime hotline leads to tortoise bust

Edward Carver 6 Apr 2020
Pangolin scales seized in Cameroon. Image by Keith Cameron/USFWS via Wikicommons (CC BY 2.0)

As pangolin trade heats up, Nigeria urged to do more to crack down

Linus Unah 2 Apr 2020
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Inside the fight to save the Niger Delta red colobus

Orji Sunday 31 Mar 2020

National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to great apes

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Mar 2020

Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2020

Tiger on the highway: Sighting in Sumatra causes a stir, but is no surprise

Suryadi 13 Mar 2020
Hooded vultures eating a dog carcass in the Gambia. Image by Paul Walter via Wikicommons (CC BY-2.0)

As Guinea-Bissau records mass vulture deaths, poisoning is main suspect

Ed Holt 9 Mar 2020

Coronavirus outbreak may spur Southeast Asian action on wildlife trafficking

Imelda Abano 4 Mar 2020

Fallout: Threatened species in Australia continue to struggle after fires

Nick Rodway 28 Feb 2020

Camera traps confirm presence of lowland gorillas in central mainland Equatorial Guinea for first time in over a decade

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2020

Philippine fruit bats may be entirely new species of their own, DNA suggests

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2020

Rare baby Chinese pangolin born to rescued mom makes surprise debut at Vietnam sanctuary

Liz Kimbrough 14 Feb 2020

Lucky ducks: Once thought extinct, rare pochards take steps toward recovery

Edward Carver 6 Feb 2020

Sandpipers on an arduous migration now have a rest stop all their own

Nanditha Chandraprakash 6 Feb 2020

Indonesia-WWF split puts rhino breeding project in Borneo in limbo

Basten Gokkon 3 Feb 2020

Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

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