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In Sri Lanka, beguiling bloom of cat’s claw vine conceals potential trouble (commentary)

Jagath Gunawardana 26 Mar 2020

Madagascar’s bold reforestation goal lacks a coherent plan, experts say

Malavika Vyawahare 22 Nov 2019

Mussel species that invaded Southeast Asian waters now appears in India

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Nov 2019

The climate crisis and the pain of losing what we love (commentary)

Glenn Scherer 30 Sep 2019

Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2019

“Part of something bigger”: the social movement around New Zealand’s Predator-Free 2050 goal

Monica Evans 20 Jun 2019

Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2019

Exotic pet trade responsible for hundreds of invasive species around the globe

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2019

Predator-free by 2050? High-tech hopes for New Zealand’s big conservation dream

Monica Evans 13 Jun 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Interest in protecting environment up since Pope’s 2015 encyclical

John Cannon 21 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

Creating a high-tech island to save one of the world’s rarest birds

Hannah Thomasy 25 Apr 2019

‘Judas’ snakes lead scientists on a high-tech Easter egg hunt for pythons

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Apr 2019

Waters off Galápagos have way more alien species than previously known

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Apr 2019

To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2019

Invasive plants a fast-growing threat to India’s rhinos

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 18 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

In East Africa, spread of sickle bush drives conflict with wildlife

David Njagi 13 Mar 2019

Freshwater fishes and other threatened but overlooked biodiversity must be new flagships for conservation (commentary)

Mike Baltzer 12 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Mining bust in Peru, mining boom in Chile

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

How do you assess if a reintroduced species is thriving? Listen for it

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Feb 2019

Tech prize encourages solutions to threats from invasive species

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 Feb 2019

George, the last known Hawaiian snail of his kind, dies at 14

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2019

Habitat loss, pigs, disease: U.S. salamanders face a ‘tough situation’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Jan 2019

Disappearing salamanders: New research aims to solve a decades-old mystery

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Dec 2018
Puke Tīmoti helps local rangatahi (young people) make connections between cultural knowledge and science through the Te Whare o Rehua forest academy program. Image courtesy of Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust.

Māori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests

Monica Evans 26 Dec 2018
Chickadee perches. Photo by Doug Tallamy of the University of Delaware.

Gardens with too many nonnative plants threaten populations of insect-eating birds, study finds

Hannah Hagemann 26 Dec 2018
A kererū (native woodpigeon, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae). The birds are culturally and ecologically important for Tūhoe. Image by Bernard Spragg. NZ via Flickr.

What makes a forest healthy? Māori knowledge has some answers.

Monica Evans 21 Dec 2018
Piupiu ferns (families Blechnaceae and Thelypteridaceae) on the forest floor. Image by Monica Evans for Mongabay.

A Māori community leans on tradition to restore its forest

Monica Evans 17 Dec 2018
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018

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