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Indonesia plans to sell endangered tigers as pets to the wealthy

Conservation organization, Durrell Wildlife Trust, forced to cut staff due to economic downturn

The Caribbean’s wonderfully weird (and threatened) mammals, an interview with Jose Nunez-Mino

Researchers catch new cricket species going where no cricket has gone before

Gone: a look at extinction over the past decade

Uninhabited tropical island paradise seeks REDD funding to save it from loggers

US think-tank: islands affected by global warming should wait for trickle-down money

Islands and African nations present toughest treaty yet to combat global warming

Extinctions on the rise in the Galapagos: fishing and global warming devastating islands’ species

Forgotten Species: the haunting whistle of the Anjouan scops-owl

Extinct goat was “similar to crocodiles”

45 new snail species discovered on Australian islands

Photos: new gecko discovered on bizarre and beautiful Socotra island

Three new species discovered in mile-long underwater cave

Photo: Scientists discover new species of Komodo dragon-like lizard

Global warming causes sheep to shrink

Tiny bat discovered on islands off Africa

Extinction of Christmas Island Pipistrelle bat predicted in less than six months

Protecting global biodiversity must include islands

New lichen named after Obama

Newly discovered pink iguana sheds light on Galapagos evolution

A new reason to ban whaling: your health

Photos of living gremlin discovered in Indonesia

Facing extinction from rising seas, Maldives establishes fund to buy homeland abroad

Massive bat species returns from the brink of extinction

Rare bird rediscovered on ‘most pristine’ island in southeast Asia

Komodo dragon conservation efforts prove controversial in Indonesia

Rat killing spree may save endangered wildlife on remote Pacific islands

Scientists propose conservation areas for the unique island of Sulawesi

Iguanas listen to birds to avoid predators

Islands to face water problems as sea levels rise, populations grow

Climate change claims a snail

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