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9 new natural sites added to World Heritage List

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2016

South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction

David E. Brown 14 Jul 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016

Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea level rise

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2016

Baby boom for New Zealand’s extremely rare giant parrot

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Apr 2016

Climate change is drying up small islands, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2016

Recovery of Island foxes a ‘historic success’; officials recommend removing them from endangered species list

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Feb 2016

Komodo dragon: one of Indonesia’s rare conservation success stories

Jeremy Hance 30 Dec 2015

Scientists urge U.S. to honor restoration commitment in Hawaii

Heather D'angelo 20 Jul 2015

Native ecosystems, species underpin Hawaiian culture

7 Jul 2015

Scientists raise population estimate for world’s most endangered sloth

Jeremy Hance 1 Jul 2015

Aru, Mentawai peoples hit the big screen in Oslo

Ridzki R. Sigit 6 May 2015

Officials: Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Sabah

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2015

Photo essay: the flying fox show

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2015

Indonesia’s small islands being rapidly damaged by industrial activities

Ridzki R. Sigit 18 Mar 2015

$7 million could save lemurs from extinction

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2015

Sabah shocked by banteng poaching

Jeremy Hance 16 Feb 2015

Mother and cub: researchers photograph rare cat with cub in Sumatra

Jeremy Hance 13 Jan 2015

Casting for another job: will fishers take up a new livelihood?

Amy West 12 Jan 2015

Malta approves public referendum of bird hunt that kills over 15,000

Jeremy Hance 12 Jan 2015

Featured video: new documentary highlights ‘Sumatra Burning’

Jeremy Hance 5 Jan 2015

Rat eradication needed to save seabird colony

Michael Buelna 30 Dec 2014

Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact

Shaira Panela 23 Dec 2014

Advocacy group lashes out against palm oil expansion on Philippine island

Shaira Panela 23 Dec 2014

Genetics study sheds light on Chile’s most endangered bird

Joanna Parkman 22 Dec 2014

Ocelots live in super densities on Barro Colorado Island

Jeremy Hance 18 Dec 2014

New survey finds surprisingly large population of endangered owl

Jeremy Hance 3 Dec 2014

Island terror attack shuts Colombia’s renowned ‘blue lizard’ park

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2014

Gone for good: world’s largest earwig declared extinct

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2014

It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world’s biggest birds

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2014

‘Too many people’: Philippine island being deforested despite extensive protections

Shaira Panela 31 Oct 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Recognize the value of novel forests

Dr Liz Kimbrough 23 Oct 2014

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