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The Alta Floresta titi monkey is the symbol of Alta Floresta bridges program. Image courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and Projeto Reconecta.

Amazon canopy bridges enable 15,000 wildlife crossings without a single roadkill

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2026
Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum)

Why a New England city is building tunnels to protect an imperiled salamander

Alex Megerle 22 Jul 2026
For some animals, roadways act like fences, and they don’t even attempt to cross. Others, like bears, moose and bighorn sheep, and some smaller species, may attempt to cross, though it may prove deadly. Image by Jane Palmer.

How to stitch a massive wildlife corridor through the Rocky Mountains

Jane Palmer 22 Jul 2026
A black-faced black spider monkey (Ateles chamek) crossing one of the multilayered bridges. Image courtesy of Sergio Leal.

Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings

Suzana Camargo 21 Jul 2026

A win-win, animal crossings make roads safer for wildlife and people

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2026
These sheep, photographed on a highway in Canada, may have been drawn to the road by deicing salt. Image by Ben Goldfarb.

The long and winding road to safe highways: Inside the global movement to reconnect habitat

Ben Goldfarb 10 Jun 2026
The Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) frequents the western side of Cawleys Bridge, and it is hoped the bridge will reinforce the wombat population in Royal National Park. Image courtesy of Simone Cottrell / DCCEEW.

Above an Australian highway, a bridge reconnects wilderness for quolls, koalas and other animals

Starre Vartan 22 May 2026
Koalas have been declared an endangered species in many states in Australia. The marsupial faces several threats to its survival. Image courtesy of Griffith University.

Koala on the road? AI signs could alert drivers in real time

Abhishyant Kidangoor 30 Mar 2026

Stricter rules adopted to protect sloths from pet trade and selfie tourism

Fernanda Wenzel 9 Dec 2025

Sloth selfies are feeding a booming wildlife trafficking trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Nov 2025

Virus outbreak deepens rift over return of Spix’s macaw to Brazil

Miguel Monteiro 28 Oct 2025
The critically endangered Alta Floresta Titi monkey (Plecturocebus grovesi) crossing one of the bridges in February 2025. Image courtesy of NZCBI.

Rare monkeys cross new sky bridges

Shanna Hanbury 5 Aug 2025

Study finds fast traffic noise is infuriating Galápagos warblers

Spoorthy Raman 20 May 2025

Budget constraints limit wildlife protection in major Nepali road project

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Aug 2024
A wild boar at Parsa National Park.

Nepal’s youngest national park looks to elevated lanes to prevent roadkill

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jul 2024
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) are one of several species of roadkill snakes examined for microplastic in this study. They are listed as vulnerable on the endangered species list. Credit: Image by Dr. Anand Titus and Geeta N Pereira via Wikimedia Commons (CC license)

Scientists in Thailand collect roadkill to learn about microplastics

Bobby Bascomb 20 Jul 2024
Manu Road Peru

Road paving in a Peruvian bird paradise threatens wildlife and ecotourism

Erik Iverson 19 Mar 2024
An endangered Texas ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

Texas ocelot breeding and reintroduction may offer new route to recovery

Erik Iverson 21 Nov 2023
A wildlife crossing over Highway 1 in Israel. Image by Hagai Agmon-Snir via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can ‘road ecology’ save millions of animals?

Mike DiGirolamo 19 Sep 2023
red panda

Roads, human activity take a toll on red pandas: Q&A with researcher Damber Bista

Abhaya Raj Joshi 10 Apr 2023

Counting dead cats on Costa Rica’s highways: Q&A with Daniela Araya Gamboa

Astrid Arellano 5 Apr 2023
Jake Strouf and his wife were driving in the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge when they got the rare sighting of ocelots crossing the road. Image courtesy of Jake Strouf.

In South Texas, watch out for ocelots crossing roads (commentary)

Sharon Wilcox 13 Mar 2023
A Bengal tiger crossing a road.

For tigers in Nepal, highways are a giant roadblock best avoided

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Feb 2023
A capped langur crosses a canopy bridge.

Wildlife at risk in Bangladesh as roads run rampant through protected forests

Maksuda Aziz 21 Dec 2022

As Brazil ramps up rail projects, wildlife kills remain understudied

Dimas Marques 13 Sep 2022

As roads and railways threaten primates, Brazil is a global hotspot

Dimas Marques 2 Aug 2022
A Bengal tiger sits on a road in neighboring India.

Nepal’s key habitat could lose 39% of its tigers in 20 years, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 May 2022

For wildlife on Brazil’s highways, roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg

Dimas Marques 25 May 2022

Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul mobilizes to reduce wildlife massacre on its roads

Dimas Marques 25 Apr 2022

How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species

Shannon Kelleher 17 Dec 2021

A buffer zone for Thailand, last great hope for wildlife in Southeast Asia (commentary)

Gregory McCann 7 Jun 2021

Conservation actions see Iberian lynx claw back from brink of extinction

Johan Augustin 12 Mar 2021

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