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Something smells fishy: Scientists uncover illegal fishing using shark tracking devices

Sophie Manson 7 Mar 2019
Turtles in the conservation project in Guyana. Photo courtesy Ereika DeAndrade.

A community in Guyana relies on indigenous knowledge in conservation

Akola Thompson 24 Jan 2019

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

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jan 2019

Global agreement on ‘conserved areas’ marks new era of conservation (commentary)

Harry D. Jonas, Holly C. Jonas 13 Dec 2018
One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Group helps illegal bird traders transition into different lines of business

Nadine Freischlad 3 Dec 2018

Can social media save great apes?

Tina Deines 16 Oct 2018

For an Amazon tribe, phone cameras shine a light on their wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 15 Oct 2018
Chalcopyrite from the Huanzala Mine in Peru. Photo by James St. John via Flickr.

Chilling images of illegal mining operations in Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 24 Sep 2018

Rhino poop gives villagers in India a conservation incentive

Moushumi Basu 11 Jul 2018
Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus). Image by Rhett Butler.

‘Not all doom and gloom’: Q&A with conservation job market researchers

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2018

Good quality monitoring surveys key to wildlife conservation: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2017
A golden tamarin monkey, a species known to use forest corridors. Photo courtesy of Stuart Pimm/SavingSpecies.

Identifying the world’s top biodiversity investment returns

Genevieve Belmaker 21 Aug 2017
Lucero Vaca with a jaguar (Panthera onca). Photo courtesy of Lucero Vaca.

A rich person’s profession? Young conservationists struggle to make it

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2017

Footprints in the forest: The future of the Sumatran rhino

John Cannon 23 Jun 2017

Tropical forest diversity and carbon richness not linked, study finds

Claire Salisbury 12 Jun 2017

Financing sustainable agriculture possible, if terms fit farmers’ needs

John Cannon 2 Jun 2017
Indigenous Awajún women in Shampuyacu, Peru. Conservation International has worked with these women to designate a forest of their own where they can cultivate traditional plants. Photo by Freddy Guillen.

Why gender matters in conservation

Roz Evans 26 May 2017

Namibia’s low cost, sustainable solution to seabird bycatch

William H. Funk 25 Apr 2017

Women could be a key to great ape conservation in the Congo

Tina Deines 21 Apr 2017
A passerby looks at a picture that is part of a campaign to save the rhino in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

Graffiti campaign brings rhino conservation message to urban Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 12 Apr 2017

Fighting rhino poaching in India, CSI-style

Giovanni Ortolani 9 Feb 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

John Cannon 2 Jan 2017

Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland

Indra Nugraha 26 Oct 2016

Airbus to marshal its satellites against deforestation

Philip Jacobson 12 Oct 2016

House of Mussels: an artificial reef off the coast of Jakarta

Edith Koesoemawiria 5 Oct 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

The key to tropical conservation: scrap big projects, invest in people

Liz Kimbrough 27 May 2016

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