Booming legal Amazon wildlife trade documented in new report
14 million Amazon animals and plants — caiman skins, turtles, parrots, orchids and more — are legally exported annually. Illegal trafficking levels are unknown.
Forgotten Species News
Field Notes: Finding Jacobo; an Andean cat captivates conservationists
When an Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita) suddenly showed up in the middle of a synthetic soccer field in Bolivia, the wild feline was far from anywhere that should have been home.…
The Spirit of the Steppes: Saving Central Asia’s saiga
The beauty of the saiga belies first impressions. It may be hard to look beyond the big nose — a bulbous schnozz that looks like a chunk of an elephant’s…
The clouded leopard: conserving Asia’s elusive arboreal acrobat
If quizzed on what we know about Asia’s clouded leopard, most of us would be stumped. But ask an expert who works with these wild cats, and you’ll get an…
Resurrected Jeypore ground gecko faces second death sentence
The Jeypore ground gecko (Geckoella jeyporensis) was first noted and described by a British colonel in 1877, but was not seen again for more than 130 years, and presumed extinct.…
Bright lights, big city, tiny frog: Romer’s tree frog survives Hong Kong
Romer's tree frog is, in every respect, an animal that keeps out of the way. Start with its size: averaging just 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters (0.6 to 1 inches) in…
Forgotten species: the exotic squirrel with a super tail
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the nearly extinct primate that can be shot on sight
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the arapaima or ‘dinosaur fish’
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the overlooked Sumatran striped rabbit
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten Species: the wonder-inducing giant clam
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the wild jungle cattle called banteng
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the rebellious spotted handfish
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the endearing Tenkile tree kangaroo
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the plummeting cycad
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the nameless giant forest snail
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the cryptic Jerdon’s courser
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten species: the subterranean Gekko gigante
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten Species: the marooned pygmy three-toed sloth
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Forgotten Species: the fiery Luristan Newt
Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and…
Special series
Endangered environmentalists
- Indigenous group scores legal victory as dam floods their lands
- Yasuni indigenous peoples’ fight for survival depicted in new documentary
- Leading ivory trade investigator slain in Tanzania
Global forest reporting network
- Communities struggle to save Sabah’s shrinking mangroves
- Saving the Serranía de San Lucas, a vital link in the ‘jaguar corridor’
- Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years
Indonesian coal
- ‘Queen of Coal’ named corruption suspect in Indonesia
- Activists spy silver lining as officials warn of financial clouds over coal-fueled grid
- Lawsuits test local governments’ ability to clean up Indonesia’s coal mining sector
Amazon infrastructure
- Munduruku standoff against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive
- Record Amazon fires stun scientists; sign of sick, degraded forests
- Amazon deforestation linked to McDonald’s and British retail giants
Asian rhinos
- When a rhino calls in the forest, this guy hears it: Q&A with a Javan rhino researcher
- Audio: Is forest certification an effective strategy? Plus acoustic ecology of the Javan rhino
- A rhino called hope
