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The Large-antlered muntjac — Southeast Asia’s mystery deer (Commentary)

Joel Berger, Minh Nguyen 3 Aug 2020

Brazilian Amazon drained of millions of wild animals by criminal networks: Report

Sharon Guynup 28 Jul 2020

Turtles and tortoises in trouble: More than half of all species face extinction

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jul 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020

Our growing footprint, wildlife extinctions, and the importance of contraception (commentary)

Sarah Baillie 28 Jan 2020

As we act on climate, we mustn’t neglect nature (commentary)

Charlie Gardner, Matthew Struebig, Zoe Davies 14 Jan 2020

Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Time is running out for Southeast Asia

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2019

Amazon’s giant South American river turtle holding its own, but risks abound

Jenny Gonzales 6 Dec 2019

World is fast losing its cool: Polar regions in deep trouble, say scientists

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2019
Small insect-eating birds, such as the violet-green swallow, have not declined as severely as larger meat-eating birds. However, future warming may further increase water demands and put more species at risk of collapse. Photo by Sean Peterson

Heat stress is causing desert bird populations to collapse

Jesse Kathan 29 Nov 2019

Why you should care about the current wave of mass extinctions (commentary)

Gianluca Serra 25 Nov 2019

International wildlife trade sweeps across ‘tree of life,’ study finds

Mongabay.com 7 Oct 2019

The climate crisis and the pain of losing what we love (commentary)

Glenn Scherer 30 Sep 2019

Wilderness cuts the risk of extinction for species in half

John Cannon 26 Sep 2019

Mongabay investigative series helps confirm global insect decline

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2019

How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

Vanishing act in Europe and North America

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2019

A global look at a deepening crisis

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2019

What’s in a name? The role of defining ‘wilderness’ in conservation

John Cannon 7 Feb 2019

Community-based conservation offers hope for Amazon’s giant South American turtle

Jenny Gonzales 9 Jan 2019

Worst mass extinction event in Earth’s history was caused by global warming analogous to current climate crisis

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2019
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As the mammal tree of life suffers hits, should we prioritize which species to save?

Erika K. Carlson 6 Dec 2018

In the belly of the beast: journalist delves into wildlife trafficking

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2018

Map pinpoints ‘last chance’ locations of endangered species

John Cannon, Shreya Dasgupta 23 Nov 2018

Haiti may lose all primary forest by 2035, mass extinction underway

Carinya Sharples, Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Nov 2018

Scientists urge world leaders to scale up ambitions to protect global biodiversity

Mongabay.com 28 Sep 2018

Dress like a polar bear: learning to love muskoxen at 15 below zero

Gloria Dickie 25 Sep 2018

The tropics are in trouble, warn scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Aug 2018

Another Cecil? Secrecy surrounds June trophy lion hunt

Jeremy Hance 13 Jul 2018

Rwandan people and mountain gorillas face changing climate together

Elham Shirin 27 Jun 2018

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