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Grass-fed beef production generates more greenhouse gas than using feedlots. Photo by Scott Bauer.

Raising beef cattle on grass can create a higher carbon footprint than feedlots, new study suggests

Kimberly Hickok 5 Dec 2017

Eat less meat, save species and ecosystems, says WWF UK

Mongabay.com 11 Oct 2017

Pandas losing ground to hungry livestock in Chinese nature reserve

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2017
Snow leopards (Panthera uncial) in the Sanjiangyuan region of China, a still from “Ghost of the Mountains.” Photo courtesy of Disneynature.

Stalking snow leopards: Q&A with the director of “Ghost of the Mountains”

Rebecca Kessler 20 Sep 2017

Healthy soils can boost food security and climate resilience for millions (commentary)

Inger Andersen 6 Sep 2017

NOAA announces largest-ever Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 7 Aug 2017

A spotty revival amid decline for China’s endemic leopards

Wang Yan 7 Jul 2017

U.S. bans Brazilian beef imports

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2017
A snow leopard in the Sanjiangyuan region of China's Qinghai province, captured by camera trap. Photo courtesy of Shanshui Nature Center.

China’s first national park, an experiment in living with snow leopards

Wang Yan 19 May 2017

Cattle ranching devours Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

Michelle Carrere 10 Mar 2017
Logs burn at sunset in Bolivia. Photo by Jim Wickens/Ecostorm

Brazilian savanna and Bolivian rainforest at risk from soy production, says report

Maximo Anderson 8 Mar 2017

Strongest drought in 25 years hits Bolivia

Miriam Telma Jemio 3 Oct 2016
An Amur tiger and its prey, a local farmer’s cow, photographed by a camera trap near Hunchun National Nature Reserve in China’s northeastern province of Jilin. Photo courtesy of Hunchun Forestry Bureau

China considers a huge national park for Amur tigers and leopards

Wang Yan 22 Sep 2016

Based on available evidence, non-lethal predator control is more effective than lethal means

Mike Gaworecki 8 Sep 2016

Chinese villagers turn from logging to forest patrols, bees, and fish

Wang Yan 8 Jun 2016

China’s Wanglang panda reserve, once an ecotourism model, faces new threats

Wang Yan 6 Jun 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016

Blinded by the light: simple devices help protect farms and reduce human-wildlife conflict

Sammi Dowdell 10 Sep 2015

To keep big cats out, use a cat door

Michael Buelna 26 Feb 2015

Global warming emissions from meat consumption rising rapidly

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2014

Cats’ best friend? A new role for guard dogs in South Africa

Erin Crandall 9 Jul 2014

Over 75 percent of large predators declining

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2014

Chickens before cows: new study finds cattle have outsized greenhouse gas footprint

Jeremy Hance 19 Dec 2013

Humans are not apex predators, but meat-eating on the rise worldwide

Jeremy Hance 5 Dec 2013

African grass could substantially cut greenhouse gas emissions from livestock industry

Jonathan Watts 17 Sep 2013

Overpopulation and grazing imperils nomadic lifestyle and wildlife in Ladakh

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2013

Foodies eat lab-grown burger that could change the world

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2013

Booming cashmere trade eating up habitat for snow leopards, saiga, and wild yak

Damian Carrington 25 Jul 2013

Forgotten lions: shedding light on the fate of lions in unprotected areas

Patricia O'neill 18 Mar 2013

Innovative idea: wildlife income may help people withstand drought in Africa

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2013

Living beside a tiger reserve: scientists study compensation for human-wildlife conflict in India

Jenny R. Isaacs 21 Jan 2013

Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

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