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Hylomys macarong, a smooth hedgehog

Greater Mekong serves up 234 new species in a year, from fanged hedgehog to diva viper

Carolyn Cowan 16 Dec 2024
The illegal trade is still one of the greatest threats to hawksbills, according to the April 2020 Global Tortoiseshell Report.

Illegal cockfighting threatens endangered sea turtles across Central America

Tina Deines 13 Dec 2024

One of the tiniest frogs ever is discovered in Brazil, defying size limits

Shanna Hanbury 22 Nov 2024

China’s plans to trace wildlife trade risks inflaming trafficking, critics warn

Carolyn Cowan 31 Oct 2024

Four of a kind: King cobra is a quad of species, not one, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Oct 2024

2 new species of rare toothed toads described from Vietnam and China: studies

Kristine Sabillo 9 Oct 2024
A loggerhead turtle hatchling on Al-Mansouri beach.

Amid haze of war, Lebanese activists helped turtle hatchlings journey to sea

Amélie David 25 Sep 2024
Front view of a confiscated forest hingeback tortoise in Côte d’Ivoire with damage to the nuchal area. Image by Pearson McGovern.

Meet the little-known African tortoise with a hatchback for a shell

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2024

Study shores up reputation of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park as amphibian haven

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Aug 2024
A Russell's viper.

Bangladesh introduces awareness initiatives to curb panic over Russell’s vipers

Abu Siddique 14 Aug 2024

As climate change shakes up global map of venomous snakes, health risks abound

Suzana Camargo 5 Aug 2024

How an international effort is keeping North America free of a deadly amphibian disease

Mike DiGirolamo 30 Jul 2024

Study finds 2,000+ species restricted to natural disaster-prone areas

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Jul 2024

Rare mutant blue-skinned frog spotted in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2024
Siamese crocodiles in Siem Pang

Siamese crocodile hatchlings a ‘promising sign’ in Cambodia, but greater protection needed

Gerald Flynn 24 Jul 2024
Two school boys planting a tree.

Protecting Nigeria one child & one tree at a time: Interview with Doyinsola Ogunye

Tarinipre Francis 24 Jul 2024
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) are one of several species of roadkill snakes examined for microplastic in this study. They are listed as vulnerable on the endangered species list. Credit: Image by Dr. Anand Titus and Geeta N Pereira via Wikimedia Commons (CC license)

Scientists in Thailand collect roadkill to learn about microplastics

Bobby Bascomb 20 Jul 2024
Two common male rat snakes in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Nepal’s shifting biodiversity research landscape: Interview with Karan Bahadur Shah

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Jul 2024

Ecuador’s Indigenous Cofán show how to have your turtle and eat it too

Astrid Arellano 17 Jul 2024

To end turtle hunting, an African island state embraced the hunters

Anna Dulisse 17 Jul 2024

In Peru, conservationists and archaeologists unite to save a threatened gecko

James Hall 10 Jul 2024

Frog ‘saunas’ may help threatened frogs fight off deadly fungus

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jul 2024
Red diamond rattlesnakes, native to southwest California in the U.S. and Baja California in Mexico, are important predators in their ecosystems.

Studying snakes without rattling them? There’s now tech for that

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 Jun 2024
Common brown lemur

Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking

Carolyn Cowan 28 Jun 2024
A fire salamander, vulnerable on the IUCN list.

Know your salamander: To conserve amphibians, study their intelligence (commentary)

Deyatima Ghosh 13 Jun 2024
In 2021, a resident of the small Ecuadorian town of Simiátug found a male frog putatively belonging to the long-lost species Atelopus guanujo.

A tale of two frogs: The tough uphill battle for rediscovered species

Katarina Zimmer 4 Jun 2024

Scientists and farmers restore Aztec-era floating farms that house axolotls

Aminetth Sánchez 31 May 2024

In Bangladesh, olive ridley turtles break 4-year record with 53% increase in eggs

Farhana Parvin 30 Apr 2024
Silvia Vetancourt holds out a coin purse she is crocheting from cabuya fiber on the path to Plaza Gutierrez, Ecuador. Photo by Liz Kimbrough.

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley

Liz Kimbrough 25 Apr 2024
A saltwater crocodile basking on the bank of a pond in Karamjol Crocodile Breeding Centre.

Bangladesh uses satellite transmitters on saltwater crocodiles in Asia’s first

Rafiqul Islam 22 Apr 2024

Haunting song pays tribute to Toughie, the frog whose extinction went unnoticed

Liz Kimbrough 10 Apr 2024
A hawksbill turtle

As a megaport rises in Cameroon, a delicate coastal ecosystem ebbs

Elodie Toto 5 Apr 2024

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