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Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) takes over the surface of lakes.

Bangladesh survey records invasive alien plants threatening protected forests

Farhana Parvin 17 Oct 2023
Mushrooms

Gone before we know them? Kew’s ‘State of the World’s Plants and Fungi’ report warns of extinctions

Liz Kimbrough 10 Oct 2023

Frogs in the pot: Two in five amphibian species at risk amid climate crisis

Liz Kimbrough 5 Oct 2023

Ken Burns discusses heartbreak & hope of ‘The American Buffalo,’ his new documentary

Liz Kimbrough 3 Oct 2023
The newborn rhino calf with her mother, Ratu, at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas, Indonesia.

Sumatran rhino birth is rare good news for species sliding to extinction

Jeremy Hance 3 Oct 2023
A mother long-tailed macaque with her young

Habitat loss drove long-tailed macaques extinct in Bangladesh, experts say

Rafiqul Islam 29 Sep 2023
PFAS and other chemical pollution are posing a growing threat to the little auk (Alle alle) and other Arctic seabirds.

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ harming wildlife the world over: Study

Sharon Guynup 26 Sep 2023
Rock gecko

For Vietnam’s rare reptiles, lack of captive populations may spell doom

Carolyn Cowan 21 Sep 2023
Orphanage manager Claudia Andrione with older rhino orphans at the orphanage.

African Parks to rewild 2,000 rhinos from controversial breeding program

Jim Tan 11 Sep 2023

Off Mexico’s coast, world’s largest limpet is slipping into extinction

Sean Mowbray 30 Aug 2023
A rhino in the orphanage at the Platinum Rhino project site.

World’s largest private rhino herd doesn’t have a buyer — or much of a future

Jim Tan 11 Aug 2023
The endangered greater green leafbird

Study: More than 900 at-risk species lack international trade protections

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2023
Sumatran rhino calf in Way Kambas, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Amid government inaction, Indonesia’s rhinos head toward extinction (analysis)

Jeremy Hance 27 Jul 2023
A Theocostele alata flower.

Bangladesh orchid losses signal ecological imbalance, researchers say

Farhana Parvin 25 Jul 2023
A fishing cat.

Small wildcats pose big challenges, but coexistence is very much possible

Sean Mowbray 21 Jul 2023
Rafflesia flower.

Philippines research offers hope for conserving enigmatic Rafflesia plants

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco 3 Jul 2023
Magnolia griffithii

Bangladesh’s new red list of plants shows country has already lost seven species

Farhana Parvin 23 Jun 2023

Dam-building spree pushes Amazon Basin’s aquatic life closer to extinction

Sibélia Zanon 22 Jun 2023
A green sea turtle.

A Southeast Asian marine biodiversity hotspot is also a wildlife trafficking hotbed

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Jun 2023
An African elephant.

Global study of 71,000 animal species finds 48% are declining

Sharon Guynup 5 Jun 2023
A domestic cat out in the wild.

Mating game: Survival of some small wildcats at risk due to housecat hybrids

Elizabeth Devitt 25 May 2023
Calotes goetzi

Greater Mekong proves an ark of biodiversity, with 380 new species in a year

Liz Kimbrough 24 May 2023
A black-footed cat.

‘Anthill tiger’: Putting one of Africa’s rarest wildcats on the radar

Petro Kotzé 18 May 2023

One left: British Columbia’s last chance on northern spotted owls

Ruth Kamnitzer 18 May 2023
Sumatran rhinos

‘I’m not distressed, I’m just pissed off’: Q&A with Sumatran rhino expert John Payne

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2023
A depiction of the legend of the Kim Qui and the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem), on mural ceramics in Hoan Kiem temple

Death of last female Yangtze softshell turtle signals end for ‘god’ turtle

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2023
Partula snail reintroductions organized by London Zoo

‘Extinct’ snails return to Tahiti in largest wildlife reintroduction ever

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Apr 2023
A Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis).

Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Abu Siddique 28 Apr 2023

Chilean chinchilla faces new threat from copper mine near national reserve

Michael Lieberherr Pacheco 20 Apr 2023
A small cat.

Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species

Sean Mowbray 19 Apr 2023
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Monarch butterflies become a powerful symbol for justice at the U.S./Mexico border (commentary)

Meg Perret 31 Mar 2023

For Argentina’s ruddy-headed goose, threats grow while population shrinks

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 23 Mar 2023

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