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Mountain gorilla population up by over 20 percent in five years

Meet Cape Town’s volunteer ‘toad shepherds’

Controversial dam gets approval in Laos

Over 100,000 farmers squatting in Sumatran park to grow coffee

Mysteries surrounding the legendary and vanishing oriental bald ibis

Remarkable comeback: blue iguana downgraded to Endangered after determined conservation efforts

South Africa hits another new record in rhino killings

The world’s 25 most endangered primates: nearly a quarter in Madagascar

The riot over rhinos: how a luxury and illegal commodity is driving the slaughter of one of the world’s iconic megafauna

Dollar General drops APP due to rainforest destruction concerns

NASA satellites catch vast deforestation inside Virunga National Park

In midst of rhino poaching epidemic, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy has happy problem: too many black rhinos

Cute animal picture of the day: new gorilla baby and mom

Featured video: camera traps find rare, mountain animals in Sumatra

Conflict and perseverance: rehabilitating a forgotten park in the Congo

Vote for the world’s seven wonders of vanishing species

Teetering on the edge: the world’s 100 most endangered species (photos)

Private reserve safeguards newly discovered frogs in Ecuadorian cloud forest

Forget-me-not: two new flowers discovered in New Zealand gravely endangered

Animal picture of the day: Critically Endangered macaws

Featured video: a Sumatran rhino love story

Cute animal pictures of the day: gorilla toddler saved from illegal pet trade

Animal pictures of the day: booming captive breeding for Mauritius skinks

Solomon Islands’ export of ‘captive-bred’ birds deemed to be a farce

Turning gorilla poachers into conservationists in the Congo [warning: graphic photos]

Camera traps confirm that Sumatran rhinos still roam Leuser rainforest

Hundreds of hotspots burn Tesso Nilo National Park, threatening elephants

Maui’s dolphins still in danger of extinction despite New Zealand’s protective measures

Camera traps discover new populations of nearly extinct chinchillas

Conservationists pledge to double number of tiny buffalo

Scientists propose a new way forward on orangutan conservation

Cute animal picture of the day: baby bamboo lemur

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