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rhino calves in Chitwan

Low-key return for rescued rhino calves to Nepal’s Chitwan National Park

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 May 2023

In Madagascar, revived environmental crime hotline leads to tortoise bust

Edward Carver 6 Apr 2020

Beehive fences can help mitigate human-elephant conflict

Hannah Thomasy 11 Sep 2019

Reducing human-elephant encounters with calls, texts, and digital signs

Vasudevan Sridharan 6 Mar 2019

Flashing lights ward off livestock-hunting pumas in northern Chile

John Cannon 7 Jan 2019

Tech goes back to basics to mitigate human-wildlife conflict near Indian parks

Moushumi Basu 31 Aug 2018

In Kenya’s Maasai Mara, detection dogs are a ranger’s best friend

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Jul 2018

Nearly four decades of cycling race video reveals climate change’s effects

Mongabay.com 5 Jul 2018

Fingerprinting technology gives investigators an edge against pangolin traffickers

Mongabay.com 4 Jul 2018
Fish swim in a healthy seagrass meadow. The seagrass provides cover from currents and predators. Photo courtesy of MCC.

Bees for trees: testing a potential tool for reducing human-elephant conflict

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Dec 2017

From rescue to research: training detection dogs for conservation

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Dec 2017

Dogs, dung, and DNA: mapping multi-species corridors to conserve threatened carnivores

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Oct 2017

Re-peeling the effects of degradation: low-tech application of orange crop waste shows potential to restore tropical forests

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Aug 2017

Road safety for wildlife: researchers analyze the best techniques for road-kill mitigation

Danielle Bettermann 21 Jul 2017
An elephant in Botswana far from people and unlikely to encounter and break fences.

Breaking a fence-breaking habit: maintaining the fences that reduce human-elephant conflict

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Jun 2017

Farmers lead the way to reduce elephant crop raiding in Tanzania

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 16 Sep 2016

Hot stuff: improving chili fence effectiveness (in protecting crops from elephants)

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Sep 2016

Reducing human-wildlife conflict in the blink of a light

Sammi Dowdell and Sue Palminteri 20 May 2016

Light, long-lasting and low-cost: the technology needs of field conservationists and wildlife researchers

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 27 Apr 2016

Participatory Mapping in the Mobile Age

Nathan Hahn 6 Apr 2016

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