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Deforestation in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

What works in conservation? In-depth series starts next week

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Sep 2017

Ecologist wins Heinz environment prize for airborne mapping that informs policy

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2017

Central Africa’s ivory trade shifts underground, according to new report

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2017

Javan rhinos face human incursions into their last remaining habitat

Donny Iqbal 11 Sep 2017
A snow leopard comes in for a close-up. Photo courtesy of Snow Leopard Trust.

Collateral damage: Snow leopards and trophy hunting in Kyrgyzstan

Katie Arnold 31 Aug 2017

Video: Hatchlings boost hope for extremely rare duck

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2017

Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

Rhino horn confiscated, three alleged traffickers arrested in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2017

Good quality monitoring surveys key to wildlife conservation: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2017

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017
An endangered Sambirano mouse lemur (Microcebus sambiranensis), which is found only in two or three small populations in northwest Madagascar, including one on the Ampasindava peninsula. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Aug 2017

Rhino horn on the auction block in South Africa

John Cannon 22 Aug 2017
A golden tamarin monkey, a species known to use forest corridors. Photo courtesy of Stuart Pimm/SavingSpecies.

Identifying the world’s top biodiversity investment returns

Genevieve Belmaker 21 Aug 2017

Kenyans fear proposed Trump cuts could threaten elephants, ranger jobs

Gitonga Njeru 18 Aug 2017

The tiger population in Nepal’s Parsa National Park is recovering rapidly

Mike Gaworecki 16 Aug 2017

Mammal numbers high in logged tropical forests, study finds

John Cannon 16 Aug 2017

From tarsiers to cloud rats, scientist strives to save Philippine species

Jacqueline Hernandez 15 Aug 2017

Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig

Christopel Paino 15 Aug 2017

9 rare Siamese crocodiles hatch in Cambodia

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Aug 2017

Nearly one-third of bat species in North America are on the decline

Mike Gaworecki 14 Aug 2017

On World Elephant Day, troubling times for African elephants

Mongabay 11 Aug 2017

‘Tango in the Wind:’ New film captures courtship dance of critically endangered Hooded Grebe for first time ever

Mike Gaworecki 11 Aug 2017

High volumes of ivory continue to be sold online in Japan

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Aug 2017

U.K. is the world’s biggest exporter of legal ivory, data analysis shows

John Cannon 10 Aug 2017

Canary in the Arctic coal mine: warming harms migrating red knot

Gloria Dickie 8 Aug 2017
The Mittermeier sportive lemur (Lepilemur mittermeieri) is found only on the Ampasindava peninsula. Researchers warn that its population could be harmed if TREM moves ahead. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

Troubled firm aims to mine Madagascar forest for rare earth elements

Edward Carver 8 Aug 2017

Road projects threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Aug 2017

Sixth mass extinction ‘tsunami’ coming, but preventable

John Cannon 4 Aug 2017

Watch: $8 million worth elephant ivory crushed in New York City

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Aug 2017

Canopy bridges keep rainforest animals connected over gas pipeline

Claire Salisbury 2 Aug 2017

Western Chimpanzee numbers declined by more than 80 percent over the past quarter century

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jul 2017

Conservation community failing to use evidence to make decisions, scientists say

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2017

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