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The iguana man: saving the reptilian kings of the Bahamas

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2013

Booming cashmere trade eating up habitat for snow leopards, saiga, and wild yak

Damian Carrington 25 Jul 2013

Dominican Republic sends bulldozers to destroy wildlife reserve, home to endangered species

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2013

Rare animal species and Buddhist monks in danger of losing their home to cement quarry

Tanya Dimitrova 22 Jul 2013

Yangtze finless porpoise drops to Critically Endangered

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2013

Making movies to save Uganda’s great apes

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2013

Vocal-sac breeding frog possibly extinct

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2013

Over 700 species added to the threatened categories on the IUCN Red List (photos)

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2013

Saving the Raja of India’s grasslands: new efforts to conserve the Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard

Mark Szotek 30 Jun 2013

Tigers, orangutans, rhinos: Sumatra’s big mammals on the edge of extinction

John Vidal 12 Jun 2013

Bird extravaganza: scientists discover 15 new species of birds in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 12 Jun 2013

Syrian bald ibis may be down to a single bird

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2013

Scientist: Australia taking ‘calculated actions’ to push Leadbeater’s possum to extinction

Oliver Milman 6 Jun 2013

Saving the Tenkile: an expedition to protect one of the most endangered animals you’ve never heard of

Jordanna Dulaney 5 Jun 2013

The comeback kids: the role of zoos in saving species from oblivion (photos)

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2013

Snowy tigers and giant owls: conservation against the odds in Russia’s Far East

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2013

Scientists capture one of the world’s rarest big cats on film (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 May 2013

Five percent of ploughshare tortoise population perishes after botched smuggling attempt

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2013

Why responsible tourism is the key to saving the mountain gorilla

Anne-marie Weeden With Journeys Discovering Africa 13 May 2013

All the world’s rarest birds in one book: photo contest enlivens new guide

Gabriel Thoumi 6 May 2013

World’s rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

Hannah Lindstrom 1 May 2013

Featured video: time to meet The Lonely Dodo

Jeremy Hance 24 Apr 2013

The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

Rhino horn madness: over two rhinos killed a day in South Africa

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2013

Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world’s most degraded river may soon claim another extinction

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2013

How many animals do we need to keep extinction at bay?

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2013

Saviors or villains: controversy erupts as New Zealand plans to drop poison over Critically Endangered frog habitat

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2013

Amur leopard population rises to 50 animals, but at risk from tigers, poachers

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2013

Sumatran rhino population plunges, down to 100 animals

Jeremy Hance 8 Apr 2013

New giant tarantula that’s taken media by storm likely Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Sumatran rhino found in Kalimantan after unseen in region for 20 years

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2013

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