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Conservationists work to give South Georgia back to the birds

Karl Mathiesen 18 Jul 2013

Tigers, orangutans, rhinos: Sumatra’s big mammals on the edge of extinction

John Vidal 12 Jun 2013

Conserving the long-neglected freshwater fish of Borneo

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2013

Saving the Tenkile: an expedition to protect one of the most endangered animals you’ve never heard of

Jordanna Dulaney 5 Jun 2013

Loris champion: conserving the world’s most surprising primate family

Jeremy Hance 4 Jun 2013

Monitor lizards vanishing to international trade in pets and skins

Jeremy Hance 4 Jun 2013

Scientists describe over 100 new beetles from New Guinea

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2013

Local economy ruined by pesticide pollution in the Caribbean

Martine Valo 29 May 2013

Indonesia’s largest coal plant will be built despite protests, minister says

Diana Parker 26 May 2013

Scientists capture one of the world’s rarest big cats on film (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 May 2013

Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea?

Jeremy Hance 20 May 2013

Pacific islanders are the ‘victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions’

Claudine Wéry 15 May 2013

Industrialized fishing has forced seabirds to change what they eat

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2013

Five percent of ploughshare tortoise population perishes after botched smuggling attempt

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2013

The Hawaiian silversword: another warning on climate change

Zach Fitzner 6 May 2013

Hibernating primates: scientists discover three lemur species sleep like bears

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2013

Drill baby drill! The fate of African biodiversity and the monkey you’ve never heard of

Zach Fitzner 2 May 2013

13 year search for Taiwan’s top predator comes up empty-handed

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2013

World’s rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

Hannah Lindstrom 1 May 2013

Bizarre, little-known carnivore sold as illegal pet in Indonesian markets (photo)

Jeremy Hance 24 Apr 2013

Saviors or villains: controversy erupts as New Zealand plans to drop poison over Critically Endangered frog habitat

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2013

Sumatran rhino population plunges, down to 100 animals

Jeremy Hance 8 Apr 2013

New giant tarantula that’s taken media by storm likely Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Featured video: in-depth look at Madagascar’s Ranomafauna National Park

Jeremy Hance 3 Apr 2013

Scientists discover new wasp species in a field box from the 1930s (photos)

Jeremy Hance 3 Apr 2013

Sumatran rhino found in Kalimantan after unseen in region for 20 years

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2013

Proposed coal plant threatens Critically Endangered Philippine cockatoo

Jeremy Hance 2 Apr 2013

Humans killed over 10 percent of the world’s bird species when they colonized the Pacific Islands

Jeremy Hance 25 Mar 2013

Ant communities more segregated in palm oil plantations than rainforest

Thomas Handley 21 Mar 2013

Scientists discover 8 new frogs in one sanctuary, nearly all Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Mar 2013

Video uncovers top level corruption in Sarawak over indigenous forests

Jeremy Hance 20 Mar 2013

Invasive plants hurt locals in Mauritius

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2013

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