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Fresh helmeted hornbill head. Photo by Rangkong Indonesia / Yoki Hadiprakarsa

Hornbill heroes: A conversation with a top Indonesian bird conservation NGO

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2019

More than 10,000 animals and plants seized in massive global operation

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2019

New CITES head on next COP, reining in online wildlife trafficking, and more

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jun 2019

Chinese nationals arrested in US after smuggling totoaba swim bladders worth $3.7 million from Mexico

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2019

CITES to move wildlife trade summit from Colombo to Geneva this August

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 13 Jun 2019

Otter cafés and ‘cute pets craze’ fuel illegal trafficking in Japan and Indonesia

Erik Hoffner 28 May 2019
A worker at Myo Myat Mon Co. rice factory sorts rice husk bricks. Photo by Victoria Milko.

Can rice husk briquettes stem the tide of mangrove deforestation in Myanmar?

Wudan Yan 23 Apr 2019
Sri Lanka Green Pit Viper

Study documents how Sri Lanka’s protected reptiles are traded as pets

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka calls for increased protection for endemic lizards

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Apr 2019
A brick kiln in the Irrawaddy region with a mixture of mangrove and other wood. Workers say they prefer the finish on the charcoal made from mangrove. Photo by Victoria Milko.

Illegal charcoal trade threatens Myanmar’s remaining mangroves

Wudan Yan 18 Apr 2019

Kenya on the brink of acquitting ivory trafficker number four (commentary)

Chris Morris 10 Apr 2019

Indonesia arrests 7 for allegedly selling Komodo dragons over Facebook

Basten Gokkon 5 Apr 2019

Suspected totoaba poachers shot by authorities in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez

Mike Gaworecki 29 Mar 2019

Vaquita still doomed without further disruption of totoaba cartels (commentary)

Andrea Crosta 28 Feb 2019

Latam Eco Review: Icon status for jaguars and fears over lithium mining

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2019

Report: Turkish carrier is ‘poacher’s airline of choice’ for parrot trade

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Feb 2019
Fresh oil palm fruit bunches. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

US senators warn fund managers over palm oil

James Fair 11 Feb 2019

Exit the dragons: Mexico tackles trafficking of endangered lizards

Pablo Hernández Mares 4 Feb 2019

Bans on the bird trade in South America yield mixed results

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

Asiatic black bear cubs rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2019

Rhett Butler on how sound can save forests and top rainforest storylines to watch in 2019

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jan 2019

Vietnam’s illegal ivory market continues to thrive, report finds

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2019

China seizes totoaba swim bladders worth $26 million, arrests 16

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2018
Wild orchids still attached to tree branches, for sale in a street market in China. Photo courtesy Amy Hinsley.

Social media, e-commerce sites facilitate illegal orchid trade

Stephanie Parker 21 Dec 2018

DNA test helps officials spot dodgy shark shipments

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Dec 2018
In 2015, the largest seizure of Peruvian timber was made in the Yacu Kallpa vessel. Photo courtesy of the Environmental Research Agency (EIA).

Investors told to wise up over cost of environmental crime

James Fair 20 Dec 2018

Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Whale attacks, palm oil woes, and hope for vaquitas

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018

Top U.S. flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust

John Cannon 4 Dec 2018

In the belly of the beast: journalist delves into wildlife trafficking

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Hungry manatees and grand theft tortoise

Mongabay.com 9 Nov 2018

Protection flip-flop leaves rare Indonesian shrikethrush in harm’s way

Petrus Riski, Rahmadi Rahmad, Themmy Doaly 7 Nov 2018

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