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Severe drought and other climate impacts are driving the platypus towards extinction

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2020

Our growing footprint, wildlife extinctions, and the importance of contraception (commentary)

Sarah Baillie 28 Jan 2020

As we act on climate, we mustn’t neglect nature (commentary)

Charlie Gardner, Matthew Struebig, Zoe Davies 14 Jan 2020

Cost-effective conservation: Study identifies key ‘umbrella’ species

John Cannon 14 Jan 2020

Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Jan 2020

Ami Vitale on how meeting Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, changed her life

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

The long goodbye: Study declares ancient Chinese paddlefish extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2020

Love triangle complicates efforts to breed Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 27 Dec 2019

Action plan for red colobus

Esther Nakkazi 26 Dec 2019

EU/Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study

Sarah Sax 24 Dec 2019

10 noteworthy books on conservation and the environment from 2019

John Cannon 23 Dec 2019

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

Mountain gorilla census reveals further increase in numbers

John Cannon 17 Dec 2019

Indonesian dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole

Justin Catanoso 12 Dec 2019

Encoded in the genes: Scientists devise a ‘lifespan clock’ for vertebrates

Malavika Vyawahare 12 Dec 2019

Indonesia to capture 3 wild Sumatran rhinos to add to breeding population

Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Dec 2019

Time is running out for Southeast Asia

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2019

Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation

Nanditha Chandraprakash 9 Dec 2019

Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound

Jenny Gonzales 6 Dec 2019

‘A crisis situation’: Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique

David Njagi 5 Dec 2019

World is fast losing its cool: Polar regions in deep trouble, say scientists

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2019
Bramble Cay melomys. Photo by Queensland Government

Bramble Cay Melomys: requiem for a small brown rat

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2019

Why you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary)

Gianluca Serra 25 Nov 2019
The reed frog (Hyperolius molleri) is endemic to the island of São Tomé off the coast of Central Africa and was one of the species sampled in the study. Photo by Andrew Stanbridge

Rapid genetic test traces spread of fungus that kills frogs, reveals new strain in Southeast Asia

Jonathan Wosen 25 Nov 2019

New assessment method finds close to one-third of tropical Africa’s plants are potentially facing extinction

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2019

Indonesia plans IVF for recently captured Sumatran rhino

Basten Gokkon 5 Nov 2019

Finding hope in ‘extreme conservation’ (Insider)

John Cannon 31 Oct 2019

Study finds massive reorganization of life across Earth’s ecosystems

John Cannon 21 Oct 2019

Photos: Meet the surprisingly diverse day geckos of Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Oct 2019

Biodiversity ‘not just an environmental issue’: Q&A with IPBES ex-chair Robert Watson

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2019

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