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A new sanctuary for the Sumatran rhino is delayed amid COVID-19 measures

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 May 2020

Study investigates impact of road deaths on giant anteater population in Cerrado

Clarissa Beretz 11 Feb 2020

Indonesia-WWF split puts rhino breeding project in Borneo in limbo

Basten Gokkon 3 Feb 2020

Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Jan 2020

Love triangle complicates efforts to breed Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 27 Dec 2019

Indonesia to capture 3 wild Sumatran rhinos to add to breeding population

Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Dec 2019

Newly spotted calves boost Javan rhino population to 72

Basten Gokkon 9 Dec 2019

Time is running out for Southeast Asia

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2019

Indonesia plans IVF for recently captured Sumatran rhino

Basten Gokkon 5 Nov 2019

Malaysian attempt at Sumatran rhino IVF fails on low quality of sperm

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2019

Bid to breed Sumatran rhino is handicapped by bureaucratic ‘quibbling’

Basten Gokkon 2 Oct 2019
Jasiri, an eastern black rhino captive bred in Dvur Kralove in the Czech Republic. Photo: Dvur Kralove

Europe-bred rhinos join South African cousins to repopulate Rwanda park

Jim Tan 14 Aug 2019

Indonesia agrees to attempt Sumatran rhino IVF with eggs from Malaysia

Basten Gokkon 6 Aug 2019
Bulldozers parked in a muddy clearing near near Okuni, Cross River State, Nigeria

In Nigeria, a highway threatens community and conservation interests

Linus Unah 9 Jul 2019

Zambia halts plans to dam the Luangwa River

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2019

Search for a new home for Javan rhinos put on hold

Basten Gokkon 2 Jul 2019

Sumatran rhinos to get a new sanctuary in Leuser Ecosystem

Basten Gokkon 18 Jun 2019

Vets rule out poaching and disease in recent death of rare Javan rhino

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Javan rhino found dead in Indonesia, bringing global population down to 68

Basten Gokkon 30 Apr 2019

To rescue Sumatran rhinos, Indonesia starts by counting them first

Eni Muslihah 15 Apr 2019
A life restoration of Hadropithecus stenognathus, an extinct species of lemur, based on fossil evidence. H. stenognathus is thought to have weighed between 27 and 35 kilograms (60 and 77 pounds), more than three times the size of the largest living species of lemur, the indri (Indri indri). Image by Smokeybjb via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 4 Apr 2019

Better than sex? For hard-to-breed rhinos, technology strives for a solution

Jim Tan 28 Mar 2019

Sumatran tiger killed at London Zoo by potential mate

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2019

Conservation couture: Batik artisans make rhinos a fashion statement

Eni Muslihah 7 Feb 2019

The long journey to saving the Sumatran rhino, via Borneo (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 20 Dec 2018

Pumas engineer their environment, providing habitat for other species

John Cannon 17 Dec 2018

First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign

Basten Gokkon 29 Nov 2018

Indonesian government puts off Sumatran rhino IVF program

Basten Gokkon 10 Oct 2018

In protecting the Javan rhino, locals gain a ‘more meaningful life’

Donny Iqbal 10 Aug 2018

2700 scientists issue call to action on border wall wildlife threat

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Jul 2018
Sumatran elephants are critically endangered and could go extinct in the wild before mid-century. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Study finds elephants plant trees, play big role in forest structure

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 Jul 2018

Robbery or retribution? Police investigate death of prominent conservationist in Kenya

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2018

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