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A tigress in India.

New mapping approach predicts habitat availability for species conservation

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Mar 2026

Loosely social animals at higher risk of decline than social species

Bobby Bascomb 19 Feb 2026

Snakes on a train: King cobras are hitching rides in India

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2026
Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) in southern Namibia. Image courtesy of Alex Sliwa

Rodent burrows offer unusual sanctuary to Africa’s smallest wildcat

María de los Ángeles Orfila 9 Feb 2026
A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).

Critical shark and ray habitats in Western Indian Ocean largely unprotected: Study

Victoria Schneider 6 Feb 2026

Habitat destruction, illegal trade threaten Sri Lanka’s endangered agamid lizards

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 31 Jan 2026
A flowering rainforest tree in the Amazon.

Drone-mounted eDNA hints at richness of life in the rainforest canopy

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Jan 2026

Five detained over alleged hunting in Javan leopard habitat

Basten Gokkon 29 Jan 2026
Fishermen and birds coexist in harmony on almost all mudflats of coastal Bangladesh.

Is South Asia becoming inhospitable for migratory birds?

Sadiqur Rahman 21 Jan 2026

From south to north, Sri Lanka’s cricket dreams undermine fragile ecosystems

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jan 2026
Previously undetected in other protected areas, a tigress known as SWT001F was the first individual tiger captured on camera in Thailand's Sisawat Non-Hunting Area in 2024. Panthera, Thailand's DNP and other partners are working to monitor and protect Indochinese tigers and their prey in this region where camera traps have shown tigers are using Sisawat forest as a corridor. Currently plans exist to propose the adjoining forest area to the east as an extension of Sisawat.

Hope for tigers grows as Thailand safeguards a key link in their habitat

Gloria Dickie 16 Dec 2025
Fledglings of Lesser Adjutant in the Parsa-Koshi Complex. Image by Hem Bahadur Katuwal.

Bird diversity drops in human-dominated habitats, Nepal study suggests

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Nov 2025

As Sri Lanka continues new elephant drive, scientists warn against creating new conflicts

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Nov 2025

IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

Sean Mowbray 10 Oct 2025
An Indochinese leopard (Panthera pardus delacouri)

Indochinese leopards face ‘bleak’ future, but hope persists

Ana Norman Bermúdez 7 Oct 2025
The California jewelflower (Caulanthus californicus) is an endangered species in the state and federally because of habitat loss, overgrazing, urban development, and loss of pollinators.

Timing, not traits, helps California’s jewelflowers adapt to diverse landscapes

Spoorthy Raman 19 Sep 2025
Artist's conception of a manumea, Samoa's 'little dodo.' Image via Samoa Conservation Society fundraising page.

Funding is needed to save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)

Gianluca Serra 18 Sep 2025
A male blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). Image courtesy of Ksuryawanshi via Wikimedia Commons.

Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)

Naresh Kusi / Geraldine Werhahn 17 Sep 2025
A Verreaux’s sifaka dancing.

Madagascar’s dry forests need attention, and Verreaux’s sifakas could help

Mino Rakotovao 15 Sep 2025
A man walks past kelp in the Pacific Ocean at La Jolla Shores, San Diego.

Post-Blob, California’s kelp crisis isn’t going away

David Helvarg 9 Sep 2025

Genetic rescue boosts survival of endangered Pacific pocket mice

Bobby Bascomb 8 Sep 2025

Scientists capture rare video of bumblebee catfish climbing waterfalls in Brazil

Kristine Sabillo 4 Sep 2025

From beavers to bison: England’s rewilding revolution

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Sep 2025
A brilliant blue male Francis’s gorgeous sapphire, euthanized after being reared in captivity. Image courtesy of Jonathan Francis.

Discovery of dazzling blue butterfly underscores peril facing Angola’s forests 

Ryan Truscott 3 Sep 2025

Sparrow Top Gun (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 2 Sep 2025

Rare Javan leopard sighting renews focus on conservation, monitoring efforts

Basten Gokkon, Falahi Mubarok 22 Aug 2025
An ocelot hiding in a tree in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots

Sandra Weiss 20 Aug 2025

Seed-dispersing animals are in decline, impacting forests and the climate: Study

Kristine Sabillo 14 Aug 2025

In India, humans & leopards meet near major cities; preserving habitat is crucial

Shradha Triveni 13 Aug 2025
Spoon-billed sandpiper in Tiaozini, China.

A critical stopover for shorebirds awaits protection in Malaysia

Lee Kwai Han 13 Aug 2025

Conservationists warn of targeted poaching behind Sri Lanka’s leopard killings

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Aug 2025

With nocturnal surveys and awareness building, Sri Lanka steps up to protect its owls

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Aug 2025

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