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Drying fish on raised racks instead of the sand reduced the fish waste, a success of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Photo by Robert Bociaga for Mongabay.

Human pressures strain Lake Tanganyika’s biodiversity and water quality

Robert Bociaga 9 Sep 2022

In Nepal, endangered tiger kills critically endangered gharial. What does it mean?

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Sep 2022
A female gharial basking on the banks of Chambal River

Gharials, most distinctive of crocs, are most in need of protection, study shows

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Aug 2022

Sri Lankan researchers bring little-studied ‘flowerpot’ snake to light

Malaka Rodrigo 22 Aug 2022
sikkim lizard in Nepal

An elusive lizard thought to live only in India makes an appearance in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Aug 2022

Return of the king? Pakistan moves to bring gharials from Nepal to its rivers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Jul 2022
Gharial hatchlings

First gharial hatchlings spotted in nearly two decades in Nepal’s Karnali River

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Jun 2022
West African slender-snouted crocodile, Tano River basin, Ghana. Image courtesy Threatened Species Conservation Alliance

Slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah

Mohamed Fofanah 13 May 2022

Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2022

Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)

Zach Fitzner 16 Feb 2022

Guinea-Bissau turtle hatchery addresses unusual problem of too many eggs

Ricci Shryock 12 Jan 2022

‘I feel obligated to protect them’: A lifelong love affair with Guinea-Bissau’s turtles

Ricci Shryock 11 Jan 2022
Asian giant tortoises

Wild release marks return of giant forest tortoises to Bangladesh hills

Carolyn Cowan 10 Jan 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

‘Tis the season’ for cold-stunned sea turtles — and their rescue — on Cape Cod

Elizabeth Devitt 6 Dec 2021

Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown

Michelle Carrere 29 Nov 2021

New Himalayan snake found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 18 Nov 2021

Straight outta Borneo: New gecko species just dropped

Ahmad Supardi 2 Nov 2021

From Shanghai Knights to gecko life: The Jackie Chan gecko among 12 new Indian species

Liz Kimbrough 7 Oct 2021
Crocodile-WWF

Snapshot of hatchlings raises hopes for Siamese crocs in northeast Cambodia

Carolyn Cowan 24 Sep 2021

Sea turtles: Can these great marine migrators navigate rising human threats?

Elizabeth Devitt 20 Sep 2021

COP15 comment: Overlooked rice landscapes can boost biodiversity in Asia (commentary)

Alex Stuart, Oliver Frith 14 Sep 2021

Rare pygmy chameleon, lost to science, found in dwindling Malawi forest

Liz Kimbrough 3 Aug 2021

Deforestation of endangered wildlife habitat continues to surge in southern Myanmar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Jun 2021

Reptile traffickers trawl scientific literature, target newly described species

Pavel Toropov 26 May 2021
The golden terribilis dart frog, the world's most poisonous frog, is featured in one of the episodes. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Actor Juan Pablo Espinosa on the golden dart frog

Mongabay.com 24 May 2021

Time is running out for embattled Pacific leatherback sea turtles

Marlowe Starling 30 Apr 2021
The new krait species Bungarus suzhenae. Photo by Dr Li Ding (CC-BY 4.0).

Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing

Liz Kimbrough 21 Apr 2021

Skin in the game? Reptile leather trade embroils conservation authority

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2021
The new chameleon species, Trioceros wolfgangboehmei

Spiny new chameleon species described from Bale Mountains of Ethiopia

Liz Kimbrough 6 Apr 2021

Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Mar 2021

Turtle conservation hits the SPOT in North Cyprus

James Fair 24 Mar 2021

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