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Nepali scientists deploy drones to count endangered crocodiles

Satellites and citizen science pinpoint migratory bird refueling stops

‘Shocking and worrying’: Selective logging has big, lasting impact on fish

In Jakarta, wildlife monitors find a hotspot for the illegal tortoise trade

In Bali fish die-offs, researchers spot a human hand

More than 40 percent of Madagascar’s freshwater life sliding toward extinction, IUCN finds

Conservationists rush to save Bolivian turtles threatened by egg trafficking

Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong River dolphin habitat

As Northwest salmon economy teeters on brink, Trump gives it a push

Amazonian manatee migration at risk from disruption by proposed dams

Second Irrawaddy dolphin death in Borneo linked to fishing nets

Amazonian city drags down fish stocks in 1,000-kilometer shadow

Field Notes: Pond turtle studies could help sea turtles survive toxic algal blooms

New crab species discovered in Chinese fish market

Tapajós dams may bring fish kills, species loss, mercury contamination

Keeping Amazon fish connected is key to their conservation

Retaining forest patches along streams in palm oil plantations is good for fishes

Guatemalan activist murdered after court suspends palm oil company operations

Happy July 4th weekend: new red, white, and blue species discovered

Conservationists catch-and-release record-smashing freshwater fish

Mercury fish: gold mining puts downstream communities at risk in Peru

Old fishermen document declining range of the Indus River dolphin

Saving the survivor: China scrambles to keep the finless porpoise from extinction

‘River wolves’ recover in Peruvian park, but still remain threatened inside and out (photos)

New species has its anus behind its head

Scientists release odd-looking, Critically Endangered crocodiles back into the wild (PHOTOS)

Fish-terrorizing, prehistoric-looking turtle actually three species

Bangladesh plans massive coal plant in world’s biggest mangrove forest

Endangered chimps and forest elephants found in rainforest to be logged for palm oil

Rare and threatened freshwater fish plundered for aquarium trade in India

Forgotten species: the arapaima or ‘dinosaur fish’

Over 700 species added to the threatened categories on the IUCN Red List (photos)

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