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Journey to oblivion: unraveling Latin America’s illegal wildlife trade

Laurel Neme 16 Nov 2015

Photos: ‘Shocking’ scale of illegal trade in Indian star tortoise uncovered

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Nov 2015

Chinese Giant Salamander: millions farmed, nearly extinct in the wild

Claire Salisbury 13 Nov 2015

Latin American illegal wildlife trade exploding in scope and scale

Laurel Neme 4 Nov 2015

São Paolo Trafficking: Smuggling Brazil’s Wildlife

Sharon Guynup 28 Oct 2015

Eaten to extinction? India’s purple frog faces another threat

Apoorva Joshi 26 Oct 2015

You know climate change threatens the planet — but your bank account?

Brittany Stewart 23 Oct 2015

New study re-assesses conservation status of Peruvian amphibians

Sean Mowbray 22 Oct 2015

German man arrested in Jakarta with eight earless lizards

Mongabay.com 21 Oct 2015

Cupid’s syringe: A love potion for troubled amphibians

Geoffrey Giller 15 Oct 2015

Tracking the tiny: Harmonic direction finders aid study of small amphibians  

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2015

Biologist finds “we are on pace to create a mass extinction” of frogs worldwide

Mike Gaworecki 7 Oct 2015

Conservation groups buy land from 109 coffee farmers, create reserve for rare salamanders

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Oct 2015

Photos: Hundreds of new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas

Mike Gaworecki 5 Oct 2015

First ever biofluorescent sea turtle discovered in Solomon Islands

Mike Gaworecki 28 Sep 2015

Scientists find a fix for a ‘frog’s worst nightmare’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Sep 2015
Male of the recently rediscovered Azuay Stubfoot-Toad (Atelopus bomolochos) foraging on moss.

Good news: Stunning ‘extinct’ toad rises again in Ecuador (photos)

Mongabay.com 1 Sep 2015

Endangered turtle destined for soup pot gets new start

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2015

Major expedition uncovers new species in Bolivia

Morgan Erickson-Davis 20 Aug 2015

Meet Peru’s new fleshbelly frog

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Aug 2015

Almost Famous Animals

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2015

‘Act before it is too late’: scientists urge ban on salamander imports to avert pandemic

Erin Conlisk 3 Aug 2015

The snake that decapitates its prey

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jul 2015

Conservation win in Madagascar: 7 new reserves established

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jul 2015

Sea turtle conservationists attacked in Costa Rica

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jul 2015

Invasion of Poisonous Asian toad in Madagascar is a greater threat to biodiversity than previously thought

Neelam Pereira 6 Jul 2015

Can a wild fishery be bred? Indonesia’s plan to restock its oceans

Melati Kaye 2 Jul 2015

Chinese turtle heist sends rare Philippine species to brink of extinction, international rescue underway

Glenn Scherer 29 Jun 2015

Up to 11 stunningly colorful chameleon species discovered in Madagascar

Mongabay.com 26 May 2015

New study finds the brilliant-thighed poison frog can learn its way home

Sean Mowbray 12 May 2015

Scientists identify frog through DNA without leaving forest

Jeremy Hance 5 May 2015

Photos: new zoo exhibit dramatically displays real threat to Asian turtle

Jeremy Hance 4 May 2015

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