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Chinese poachers caught with 555 marine turtles, most dead (PHOTOS)

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2014

Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2014

Scientists release odd-looking, Critically Endangered crocodiles back into the wild (PHOTOS)

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2014

Riddled with tumors: another blow to the Sumatran rhino species

Jeremy Hance 14 Apr 2014

Giant ibis, little dodo, and the kakapo: meet the 100 weirdest and most endangered birds

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Connecting deforestation to disease

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Apr 2014

Death of young Sumatran rhino shouldn’t discourage captive breeding efforts say conservationists

Jeremy Hance 1 Apr 2014

Europe approves vet drug that killed off almost all of Asia’s vultures

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 25 Mar 2014

Meet Iman: the Sumatran rhino’s newest hope for survival

Jeremy Hance 24 Mar 2014

Panda lemur making a comeback

Jeremy Hance 20 Mar 2014

Conservationists catch wild Sumatran rhino, raising hope for world’s most endangered rhinoceros

Jeremy Hance 12 Mar 2014

Javan rhino population jumps by over 10 percent

Jeremy Hance 4 Mar 2014

Palm oil plantations allegedly poison seven Critically Endangered elephants in Sumatra

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2014

Will tigers march ahead? Scientists find surprising connections between isolated populations in Central India

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Feb 2014

The lemur end-game: scientists propose ambitious plan to save the world’s most imperiled mammal family

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2014

Shoot to conserve: Corey Knowlton’s rhino hunt escalates the debate over trophy hunting and environmentalism

Analysis Jenny Isaacs 20 Feb 2014

Tracking one of the world’s last Great Indian Bustards to save the species

Manasi Vaidya 17 Feb 2014

Incredible encounter: whales devour European eels in the darkness of the ocean depths

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2014

Cambodia protects forest for giant ibis

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2014

On edge of extinction, could drones and technology save the Little Dodo?

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2014

Proposed rail and road projects could devastate Nepal’s tigers and rhinos

Jeremy Hance 6 Feb 2014

Trophy hunters auction off life of Critically Endangered black rhino

Jeremy Hance 13 Jan 2014

Not seen in over 130 years, ‘extinct’ frog rediscovered in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 10 Jan 2014

Requiem or recovery?: the Sumatran rhino 200 years after its description

Bill Konstant 8 Jan 2014

Scientists uncover new crocodile in Africa

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2014

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2013

Sky islands: exploring East Africa’s last frontier

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2013

86 percent of big animals in the Sahara Desert are extinct or endangered

Jeremy Hance 3 Dec 2013

Reversing local extinction: scientists bring the northern bald ibis back to Europe after 300 years

Federica Di Leonardo 2 Dec 2013

Camera traps reveal Amur leopards are breeding in China (photos)

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2013

Consumer report uncovers why people buy rhino horn

Andrew Mann 26 Nov 2013

Over 350 species added to the IUCN Red List’s threatened categories in the last six months

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2013

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