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Palm oil expansion endangering rare frogs in Malaysia

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2013

Monitor lizards vanishing to international trade in pets and skins

Jeremy Hance 4 Jun 2013

Chewbacca bat, beetle with explosive farts among oddities spotted on Mozambique expedition

Rhett A. Butler 4 Jun 2013

Turning up the temperature might save frogs’ lives

Jordanna Dulaney 28 May 2013

Photo: Stunning new pit-viper discovered in Honduras

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2013

Five percent of ploughshare tortoise population perishes after botched smuggling attempt

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2013

Climate change to halve habitat for over 10,000 common species

Jeremy Hance 13 May 2013

Scientists discover that marine animals disperse seagrass

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2013

Featured video: saving sea turtles in Mexico’s Magdalena Bay

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2013

Cobra bust in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2013

Two new frog genera discovered in India’s Western Ghats, but restricted to threatened swamp-ecosystems

Aathira Perinchery 22 Apr 2013

Future generations to pay for our mistakes: biodiversity loss doesn’t appear for decades

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2013

How many animals do we need to keep extinction at bay?

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2013

Market figures out that geckos don’t cure AIDS, but killing continues

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Apr 2013

Mad Max sequel runs over sensitive desert ecosystem in Namibia

Krystal A. Tolley 11 Apr 2013

Saviors or villains: controversy erupts as New Zealand plans to drop poison over Critically Endangered frog habitat

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2013

Madagascar’s chameleons came from African mainland

Mongabay.com 29 Mar 2013

Relative of the ‘penis snake’ discovered in South America (photos)

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Mar 2013

Over ten percent of a species’ total population found in smuggler’s bag

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2013

Scientists discover two new remarkably-colored lizards in the Peruvian Amazon (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Mar 2013

Scientists discover 8 new frogs in one sanctuary, nearly all Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Mar 2013

The beautiful amphibian from Hell: scientists discover new crocodile newt in Vietnam (photos)

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2013

Scientists clone extinct frog that births young from its mouth

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Mar 2013

Crocodilian competition may hinder conservation efforts in Amazon

Lacey Avery 11 Mar 2013

Turtles win greater protection at CITES meeting

Mongabay.com 8 Mar 2013

Captive frogs may be spreading diseases to wild cousins across Southeast Asia

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2013

Starry frog rediscovered after thought extinct for 160 years (photos)

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2013

Frogs radio-tracked for first time in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Mar 2013

Two new species of mini-salamander discovered in Colombia

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2013

Two new species of mini-salamander discovered in Colombia

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2013

Leatherback sea turtles suffer 78 percent decline at critical nesting sites in Pacific

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2013

15 percent of Guyana’s reptiles and amphibians found nowhere else

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2013

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