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Short film takes you into the Amazon with researcher who discovered a new frog species

Mike Gaworecki 8 Mar 2017

Nearly half of Mount Oku frogs are in danger of croaking, study finds

Rachel Fritts 7 Mar 2017

A Christmas Miracle? Perhaps someday

Caitlin Looby 6 Mar 2017

What the geckos are telling us: new species point to conservation needs

Maxine Chen 2 Mar 2017

Field Notes: Predicting how the pet trade spreads infectious disease

Elizabeth Devitt 13 Feb 2017

Resurrected Jeypore ground gecko faces second death sentence

Fiona Broom 7 Feb 2017

Bright lights, big city, tiny frog: Romer’s tree frog survives Hong Kong

Asher Elbein 3 Feb 2017
An olive ridley sea turtle hatchling, pictured here in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Efforts to conserve sea turtles disrupted by coal plant in East Java

Nuswantoro 31 Jan 2017

New species of poison frog discovered in Amazonian slopes of Andes in southeastern Peru

Mike Gaworecki 17 Jan 2017

Land reclamation in Malaysia puts environment, endangered turtle at risk

Kate Mayberry 2 Dec 2016

Top scientists: Amazon’s Tapajós Dam Complex “a crisis in the making”

Claire Salisbury 28 Nov 2016

Scientists discover the real vocalists behind the ‘singing snake’: tree frogs

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Nov 2016

Military training areas can be important wildlife refuges: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Nov 2016

The Philippines’ Mindanao is a treasure trove of reptile and amphibian diversity

Rachel Diaz-Bastin 17 Nov 2016

These 3 new miniature salamanders are already headed for extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Nov 2016

Madagascar’s largest tortoise could become extinct in 2 years

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Sep 2016

China jails 7 people, including airport employee, for smuggling rare tortoises

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Aug 2016

Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink

Diane Toomey 17 Aug 2016

New orange-black snake discovered in Mexico

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jul 2016

Fish kills at Amazon’s Belo Monte dam point up builder’s failures

Sue Branford 13 Jul 2016

Amazon turtles imperilled by dams, mercury pollution and illegal trade

Claire Salisbury 12 Jul 2016

Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous Animals

Laurel Neme 6 Jul 2016

5,000 wild animals killed in West Bengal, India, on World Environment Day

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jul 2016

New boa species “on its way to extinction” discovered in the Bahamas

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016

New ‘froggy-style’ mating position discovered in Bombay night frogs

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Jun 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

From Soup to Superstar: the story of sea turtle conservation along the Indian coast – book review

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

49 species added to Australia’s threatened list

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2016

What are the most popular reptiles in the world?

Mike Gaworecki 11 May 2016

Biologist Carl Jones wins top prize for saving many rare species from extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2016

Turtle smuggler sentenced to 5 years in prison

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Apr 2016

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