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Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino falls ill

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2017

‘A vicious cycle towards extinction:’ Hunting and trade can push even abundant wildlife populations to the brink

Mike Gaworecki 15 Dec 2017

DNA analysis shows Sumatran rhinos peaked during last Ice Age, never recovered

Basten Gokkon 14 Dec 2017

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017
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

Saving Sumatran orchids from deforestation, one plant at a time

Sean Mowbray 12 Dec 2017

Amazon tribe’s traditional medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and conservation effectiveness in Madagascar examined

Mike Gaworecki 12 Dec 2017

Monkey business: Building a global database of primate conservation studies (commentary)

Claire Wordley 12 Dec 2017

As 2017 hurricane season ends, scientists assess tropical forest harm

Claire Salisbury 11 Dec 2017

Scientists call for cheetahs to be listed as Endangered

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2017

New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than chimps

John Cannon 11 Dec 2017

Counting tigers on smartphones

Deepa Padmanabhan 8 Dec 2017

The world’s newest great ape, revealed a month ago, is already nearly extinct: IUCN

Basten Gokkon 7 Dec 2017

Camera traps reveal surprises in Peru

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 6 Dec 2017

Deforestation in Sumatra carves up tiger habitats into ever smaller patches

Basten Gokkon 5 Dec 2017

Huge new ocean reserves announced in Mexico, Arctic

Mike Gaworecki 5 Dec 2017

Entanglements hamper reproduction as right whale population slides

John Cannon 5 Dec 2017

Orangutans process plants into medicine, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Dec 2017
2. A pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) leaps from the Samiria River in northeastern Peru. These dolphins, along with scores of fish and crocodilians, suffered from an intense drought in 2010, but most recovered during extreme floods between 2011 and 2015. Photo courtesy of Richard Bodmer and FundAmazonia.

Extreme seasonal changes in Amazon river levels threaten forest conservation by indigenous people

Jeremy Rehm 4 Dec 2017
Hippos have large curved canine teeth and a pair of huge incisors in the lower jaw. Credit: Peripitus via Creative Commons (CC- BY-SA-3.0)

The curious case of the phantom hippo teeth

Laura G. Shields 4 Dec 2017

Forced out or killed: rare chimps go missing from Cameroon mountain forest

Eugene N. Nforngwa 1 Dec 2017

Harnessing the power of camera trap bycatch data to monitor threatened species (commentary)

Lorraine Scotson 1 Dec 2017

From rescue to research: training detection dogs for conservation

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Dec 2017

Petition for Indonesian government to save Sumatran rhino garners global support

Mongabay.com 1 Dec 2017

New research might finally establish true identity of the mysterious Yeti

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2017

Malaysia seizes 337 kg of pangolin scales worth nearly $1 million

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Nov 2017

Tropical deforestation is getting bigger, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Nov 2017

WATCH: Rare sighting of mother Sunda clouded leopard and cubs caught on film

Mike Gaworecki 29 Nov 2017

New carbon maps of Sabah’s forests guide conservation in Borneo

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

Here is the most current list of the world’s top 25 most endangered primates

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017

Trump’s indecision on trophy hunting reignites heated debate

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2017

Margaret Atwood on her conservation-themed graphic novel, dystopian futures, and how not to despair

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017

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