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The red serow is called bon chagol in Bnagladesh

Hunters & habitat loss are key threats to red serow populations in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 9 Nov 2023

Boost for Sumatran rhino IVF plan as eggs extracted from Bornean specimen

Basten Gokkon 8 Nov 2023

Forest elephants are the ‘glue’ holding Congo rainforests together

Mike DiGirolamo 7 Nov 2023

Burn now, pay later: Fines trickle in from Indonesia’s crackdown on forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Nov 2023
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is called dhwase chituwa in Nepali (which translates to smoky leopard) for its unique pelt.

Nepal’s clouded leopard research needs more attention: Q&A with Yadav Ghimirey

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Nov 2023
An elephant with her mahout at the project, which employs 58 people, 48 of them from local communities.

A sanctuary for elephants and forests in Cambodia

John Cannon 31 Oct 2023
Sun bear

Conservationists look to defy gloomy outlook for Borneo’s sun bears

Carolyn Cowan 31 Oct 2023
A herd of wild elephants in Thailand.

How wild elephants solve puzzles may help humans resolve wildlife conflicts

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Oct 2023
pantanal fire

Jaguar haven in Brazil’s Pantanal burns amid ‘new normal’ of wildfires

Sarah Brown 30 Oct 2023
Skywalker hoolock gibbon

Myanmar’s primates and their guardians need more support, study says

Carolyn Cowan 30 Oct 2023
A mountain gorilla encountered during a gorilla tourism trek in Uganda.

Gorilla permit fraud dents community-led conservation efforts in Uganda

Malavika Vyawahare, Nangayi Guyson 27 Oct 2023
A domestic yak grazing in the open.

‘Predator-proof’ husbandry could help curb human-leopard conflict in Nepal: Study

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Oct 2023
The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensi).

Meet Japan’s Iriomote and Tsushima cats: Ambassadors for island conservation

Annelise Giseburt 24 Oct 2023
A North Atlantic right whale mother with calf.

As population ‘flattens,’ North Atlantic right whales remain at risk

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Oct 2023
Efforts to extinguish the fire around Sungai Buluh Kecil, in the Tanjung Puting National Park area, mid-September 2023.

Young firefighter killed battling inferno in Borneo orangutan habitat

Budi Baskoro 24 Oct 2023
Chittal, as spotted deer are known in Nepali

Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Oct 2023
An orangutan in Sabah, Borneo

Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Oct 2023

Indonesia’s besieged Tesso Nilo National Park hit hard by yet more deforestation, satellites show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Oct 2023
Confiscated skins of poached leopards in Chitwan, Nepal.

In biodiverse Nepal, wildlife crime fighters are underpowered but undeterred

Abhaya Raj Joshi 16 Oct 2023
Pink river dolphins.

Fishing ban extension raises hopes for iconic Amazon pink river dolphin

Pérola de Farias Pedro 16 Oct 2023
By Aqqa Rosing-Asvid - Visit Greenland - File:Finhval.jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47954017. Image courtesy of Aqqa Rosing-Asvid via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

Iceland’s whaling paradox (commentary)

Micah Garen 13 Oct 2023

‘It’s a real mess’: Mining and deforestation threaten unparalleled DRC wildlife haven

Ruth Kamnitzer 13 Oct 2023

Indonesia reports a new Javan rhino calf, but population doubts persist

Basten Gokkon 6 Oct 2023
A grizzled tree kangaroo at the TCA base in Lumi.

Defending a forest for tree kangaroos and people: Q&A with Fidelis Nick

John Cannon 4 Oct 2023

Ken Burns discusses heartbreak & hope of ‘The American Buffalo,’ his new documentary

Liz Kimbrough 3 Oct 2023
The newborn rhino calf with her mother, Ratu, at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas, Indonesia.

Sumatran rhino birth is rare good news for species sliding to extinction

Jeremy Hance 3 Oct 2023
Formosan black bears. Image courtesy of Yushan National Park.

Endangered Formosan black bears caught in Taiwanese ‘snaring crisis’ (commentary)

Gregory McCann 2 Oct 2023

Conservationists urge caution as Nepal to gift more rhinos to China

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Sep 2023
Snow leopards, because of their shy nature, size, and style of hunting, stand to lose the most as the wolves move in. Image by Tambako The Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Return of the wolf to Nepal’s Himalayas may threaten snow leopards

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Sep 2023
A mother long-tailed macaque with her young

Habitat loss drove long-tailed macaques extinct in Bangladesh, experts say

Rafiqul Islam 29 Sep 2023

Barely making it: A conversation with ‘Eight Bears’ author Gloria Dickie

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Sep 2023
Seabirds on Redonda Island cliffs.

From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Sep 2023

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