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Burmese roofed turtle moments after emerging from an egg collected from a sandbank along the Chindwin River and incubated at a head-starting facility in Limpha village, Sagaing region, Myanmar. Photo by Myo Min Win/WCS Myanmar (Platt et al 2020).

Back from the brink, baby Burmese roofed turtles make their debut

Liz Kimbrough 28 Aug 2020

Life among the turtles: Traditional people struggle inside an Amazon reserve

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 10 Aug 2020

How do we save charisma-challenged species? Start with a story

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2020

Hellbenders, super-spreaders, and other salamanders face uncertain futures

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2020

Sri Lanka’s hourglass frog is only an hourglass frog 77% of the time

Ifham Nizam 29 Jul 2020

Brazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report

Sharon Guynup 28 Jul 2020

Sea turtles often lose their way, but always reach their destination

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jul 2020

Can policy prevent a North American salamander pandemic?

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2020

Habitat of newly described frog in Sumatra threatened by oil palms, roads

Ahmad Supardi, Rahmadi Rahmad 14 Jul 2020

Can a mine and a community group save the tiny golden mantella frog?

Rivonala Razafison 14 Jul 2020

As COVID-19 curbs patrols in Nicaragua, turtle eggs risk being poached

Monica Pelliccia 13 Jul 2020

After canoe chase, Madagascar authorities seize 144 endangered tortoises

Edward Carver 9 Jul 2020

Turtles and tortoises in trouble: More than half of all species face extinction

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jul 2020

Brazil could dynamite Amazon dolphin, turtle habitat for industrial waterway

Tiffany Higgins 2 Jul 2020

International task force unites North America to protect salamander diversity

Mongabay.com 1 Jul 2020

From New Guinea to Florida, one of these crocs is not like the others

Francesca Edralin 1 Jul 2020

A Sri Lankan herp mystery solved: The snake species that was two

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jun 2020

Will U.S. scientists find a silent salamander killer in time?

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2020

An armada of turtles, caught on drone cam, flocks to the Great Barrier Reef

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Jun 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020

After a century of mistaken identity, a Balinese gecko gets its own name

Fransisca N. Tirtaningtyas, Rahmadi Rahmad 4 Jun 2020

Why are salamanders so diverse in North America?

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2020

Prized as pets, are ball pythons being traded out of wild existence?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 May 2020

‘Don’t let your cat outside’: Q&A with author Peter Christie

John Cannon 26 May 2020

Slow and steady: Sea turtles mount a long-term recovery

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 May 2020

Audio: North America’s looming salamander pandemic: Is the U.S. ready?

Mongabay.com 20 May 2020

A Philippine village on lockdown delivers nearly 300 turtle hatchlings to sea

Erwin M. Mascariñas 15 May 2020

Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction, modeling suggests

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 9 May 2020

Photos: Up close with the saltwater crocs of Sri Lanka’s Nilwala River

Rajiv Welikala 4 May 2020

One point for Slytherin: New Indian pit viper named after Harry Potter character

Liz Kimbrough 29 Apr 2020

Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

What one of the world’s most active volcanoes tells us about missing trees

Malavika Vyawahare 13 Apr 2020

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