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A king cobra in Nepal.

Nepal conservationists work to overturn ‘all snakes are venomous’ mindset

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Jun 2022
A persian leopard. Image via Peoples Trust for Endangered Species.

Protect Persian leopards, and their defenders, for World Environment Day (commentary)

Jane Goodall, Hedieyeh Tehrany 3 Jun 2022
A cheetah cub. Thirty-six rescued cheetah orphans went on to be selected for release during the CCF’s rehabilitation project. Image courtesy of the Cheetah Conservation Fund.

Rehabilitation research returns orphaned cheetahs to the wild

Sean Mowbray 1 Jun 2022
A Bengal tiger in Nepal's Chitwan National Park.

Tiger-centric conservation efforts push other predators to the fringes

Abhaya Raj Joshi 24 May 2022
Two male proboscis monkeys in Malaysian Borneo.

Ecotours aimed at saving monkeys are likely stressing them out, study finds

John Cannon 23 May 2022

That ‘killer’ spider story you read online? Fake news, most probably

Cassie Freund 20 May 2022
Black-and-yellow broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus), a near threatened bird species recorded during point count surveys in an agroforestry orchard in Rembau, Malaysia.

In oil palm-dominated Malaysia, agroforestry orchards are oases of bird life: Study

Grace Dungey 11 May 2022
A Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus).

Côte d’Ivoire’s chimp habitats are shrinking, but there’s hope in their numbers

Manon Verchot 25 Apr 2022
A monkey on a tree in Nepa

Monkeys, porcupines team up to destroy crops, Nepal’s farmers say

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Apr 2022
Desert elephant with young. Damaraland, Namibia. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

Export of elephants to UAE drags Namibia wildlife policy into the spotlight

Ryan Truscott 7 Apr 2022

Poor waste management turns dump sites into death traps for Sri Lanka’s elephants

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Mar 2022
A herd of elephants gets a drink in Botswana. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

Can we plan for a future without trophy hunting? (commentary)

Merrill Sapp 16 Mar 2022

Behind viral story of bear visiting Nepal hospital lies bigger ailment

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Mar 2022
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Thai tourism elephants are ‘far better off’ in forests: Q&A with photographer Adam Oswell

Carolyn Cowan 15 Mar 2022
A herd of elephants near the Linyanti River in northern Botswana. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

In plan for African wildlife corridors, there’s more than one elephant in the room

Ryan Truscott 7 Mar 2022

Marauding monkeys on an Indonesian island point to environmental pressures

Yogi Eka Sahputra 23 Feb 2022

The small cats nobody knows: Wild felines face intensifying planetary risks

Sean Mowbray 17 Feb 2022
Elephants in Namibia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans (commentary)

Dr Malan Lindeque, Gail Thomson, Hilma Angula, Kenneth /Uiseb, Rosalia Iileka 11 Feb 2022

Malaysian officials deny deforestation drives deadly human-wildlife conflict

Rachel Donald 31 Jan 2022

Colombo’s seagoing crocodiles under pressure after diver’s killing

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jan 2022
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‘Huge blow’ for tiger conservation as two of the big cats killed in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jan 2022
Rising water levels Kenya

Sinkholes emerge in rural Kenya after series of floods, droughts

Kang-Chun Cheng 30 Dec 2021

‘We scientists engage in soft diplomacy’: Q&A with Christine Wilkinson

Caitlin Looby 23 Dec 2021

How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species

Shannon Kelleher 17 Dec 2021
A pastoralist’s cattle herd. Image courtesy of the Oakland Institute.

Allegations of displacement, violence beleaguer Kenyan conservancy NGO

John Cannon 30 Nov 2021

‘Our land, our life’: Okinawans hold out against new U.S. base in coastal zone

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 25 Nov 2021

DNA assessment confirms Gabon as last stronghold of forest elephants

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Nov 2021

Jaw bombs, the deadliest threat to Sri Lanka’s elephants, are scaling up

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Nov 2021

Outcry in Sri Lanka as suspected elephant kidnappers get to keep the animals

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Nov 2021

In Sumatra, a snare trap costs a baby elephant her trunk, then her life

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Nov 2021
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You can move an elephant to the jungle, but it won’t stay there, study says

Carolyn Cowan 12 Nov 2021

In Nepal, doubling down on tiger conservation looks to pay off

Johan Augustin 11 Nov 2021

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