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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

Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought

Helen Santoro 3 Dec 2018
The Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve is home to wildlife like jaguar. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

Latam Eco Review: Jail time for jaguar traffickers

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2018

Kenyan charcoal businesses trying to nip invasive tree in the bud

Rosalia Omungo 30 Oct 2018
Red-footed Boobies flying over Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, USA. Photo copyright Erik Oberg / Island Conservation

Trapper, turned conservationist: Bill Wood (obituary)

Bernie Tershy 24 Oct 2018

Cheap prices lead to more exotic pets in the wild, research finds

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2018

More remote islands might be more susceptible to invasive species: study

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2018

Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2018

Madagascar’s native fauna defenseless against toxic invasive toads

Joshua Parfitt 13 Jul 2018

Coral reefs thrive next to rat-free islands, new study finds

John Cannon 11 Jul 2018
A critically endangered diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema), one of nine lemur species that live in the rainforest where the Ambatovy mine was established. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Uncertainty around Madagascar mine in wake of cyclone

Laurence Soustras, Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa 27 Jun 2018

South Georgia declared ‘rat-free’ in largest-ever rodent eradication program

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2018

Natural World Heritage Sites in trouble, especially in the Tropics

Claire Asher 11 Jan 2018

Indonesians race to save their disappearing lakes, before it’s too late

Ian Morse 30 Nov 2017

Island-hopping toxic toad threatens iconic Komodo dragon

Sean Mowbray 11 Oct 2017
Leyew Akalu, a chief gardener at one of the resorts on Lake Tana, pushes weeds to the water’s edge where it will be received by a group of men in a boat to be thrown on a rock. Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Mongabay

Community pulls water-thirsty invasive weeds from Ethiopia’s Lake Tana

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 7 Sep 2017

Mammal numbers high in logged tropical forests, study finds

John Cannon 16 Aug 2017
A male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) among king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Marion Island. Photo by Nico de Bruyn.

Hard but worth it: researchers fight invasives on Subantarctic islands (commentary)

P.J.N. (Nico) de Bruyn 29 Jun 2017

Fighting a plant to save rhinos in Nepal

Giovanni Ortolani 5 May 2017

Feral cats now dominate the Australian landscape

Matthew P. Reed 27 Feb 2017

The lionfish invasion: A call to arms?

Elizabeth Devitt 14 Dec 2016

Feral pigs, vampire bats, and infectious diseases in rural Brazil

Mike Gaworecki 11 Nov 2016

Global wildlife populations on pace for two-thirds decline by 2020

Mike Gaworecki 27 Oct 2016

Field Notes: Can we alter endangered species to be more adaptable?

Elizabeth Devitt 28 Sep 2016

This island plans to remove invasive rats and goats to save its native wildlife

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Aug 2016

Sub-Saharan African countries most vulnerable to invasive crop pests

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2016

Are Europe’s Ash trees headed towards extinction?

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Apr 2016

The week in environmental news – March 18, 2016

Brittany Stewart 18 Mar 2016

Will mining company drive mass extinction of Madagascar’s wildlife?

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Mar 2016

Australia announces a new spider species called ‘Brian’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

Study finds logging helps black rats invade tropical rainforests, push native species out

Mike Gaworecki 5 Feb 2016

Release herpes virus to kill invasive carp in Australia, groups urge

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jan 2016

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