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Rare and threatened freshwater fish plundered for aquarium trade in India

Jemma Smith 25 Jul 2013

Forgotten species: the arapaima or ‘dinosaur fish’

Jeremy Hance 15 Jul 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 2 Jul 2013

Pesticides decimating dragonflies and other aquatic insects

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2013

Conserving the long-neglected freshwater fish of Borneo

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2013

China approves another mega-dam that will imperil endangered species

Jonathan Kaiman 21 May 2013

World’s rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

Hannah Lindstrom 1 May 2013

The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world’s most degraded river may soon claim another extinction

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2013

Mekong dam spree could create regional food crisis

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2012

Chinook salmon return to Olympic National Park after dam demolished

Jeremy Hance 21 Aug 2012

North American freshwater fish going extinct at rate over 800 times the fossil record

Jeremy Hance 14 Aug 2012

Featured video: restoring rivers in the Tongass Rainforest

Jeremy Hance 8 Aug 2012

Cute animal pictures of the day: smooth-coated otter cubs

Jeremy Hance 7 Aug 2012

Conservationists successfully hatch world’s fourth most endangered turtle

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2012

Wildlife in the tropics plummets by over 60 percent

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2012

Over 30 Yangtze porpoises found dead in China as population nears extinction

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2012

Eye-popping purple crabs discovered in the Philippines

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2012

Hail Mary effort aims to save the world’s most endangered turtles

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2012

How tiny otters survive in agricultural India

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2012

Photo: new blue, red, yellow lizard discovered in the Andes

Jeremy Hance 13 Feb 2012

Saving the world’s biggest river otter

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

Picture of the day: nearly-extinct turtle released into the wild in Cambodia

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2012

Florida loses two species to extinction

Jeremy Hance 6 Oct 2011

Opposition rises against Mekong dam as governments ponder decision

Jeremy Hance 13 Apr 2011

Giant fish help grow the Amazon rainforest

Jeremy Hance 12 Apr 2011

More biodiversity equals cleaner water, but why?

Jeremy Hance 7 Apr 2011

Photos: two new freshwater stingrays discovered in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 9 Mar 2011

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