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A whale shark in Mexico. Image by MarAlliance2018 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mobile app encourages Indian fishers to free entangled whale sharks

Vasudevan Sridharan 1 May 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

Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

Nina Finley 29 Mar 2019

Combining artificial intelligence and citizen science to improve wildlife surveys

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Mar 2019

A plea to Botswana: Please rethink a “Not Enough Fences” approach (commentary)

Steve Osofsky 14 Mar 2019

Kenya: Maasai herders work to keep themselves and wildlife roaming free

Michael Parks 28 Feb 2019

Why are fewer monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico?

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2019

Photos highlight evolving roles of AI, citizen science in species research

David Klinges 17 Dec 2018

Super-spreaders: How the curious life of a newt could ignite a pandemic

Rachel Fritts 13 Dec 2018

For the birds: Innovations enable tracking of even small flying animals

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Dec 2018

In pursuit of the rare bird that vanishes for half the year

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2018

Filling in the gaps: Managing endangered species on the high seas

Marianne Messina 23 Nov 2018
Herd of blue wildebeest in Kenya. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Wildlife’s greatest spectacle is critically endangered (insider)

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2018

Stay or go? Understanding a partial seasonal elephant migration

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Oct 2018

Tiny tags and a broad research network help track small animal movements

Jason J. Gregg 27 Sep 2018

Satellites and citizen science pinpoint migratory bird refueling stops

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Sep 2018

Tracking elephant movements reveals transboundary wildlife corridors

Calistus Bosaletswe 10 Sep 2018

Forest elephant DNA diverse, consistent, and distinct, study says

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 10 Aug 2018

‘Better and better’: Thermal cameras turn up the heat on poachers

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Jul 2018

Cool birds don’t sing: Study automates acoustic monitoring of songbird migration

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Jun 2018

Kenyan reserve’s tourism monitoring app builds revenue and transparency

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 May 2018

Longest recorded whale shark migration eclipses 20,000 kilometers

Mongabay.com 14 May 2018

Noisy reefs help young fish find their home

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 May 2018
Sea lamprey caught during testing of a fish passage at the Afsluitdijk dike in the Netherlands. Image ©Ben Griffioen-WUR/IMARES.

Fish tales: Six amazing journeys to celebrate World Fish Migration Day

John Waldman 20 Apr 2018

PHOTOS: The great Sandhill crane migration makes its annual stopover on the Platte River

Mike Gaworecki 27 Mar 2018

Exploring humanity’s deep connection to water, plus the sounds of the Sandhill crane migration

Mike Gaworecki 20 Mar 2018

New study: Radar reveals bats are a bellwether of climate change

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2018

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017
A male indigo bunting pauses in Texas during

Scientists combine crowd-sourced field observations with land-use and climate models to identify steps for migratory bird protection

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Aug 2017

Brazil’s indigenous Munduruku occupy dam site, halt construction

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 19 Jul 2017

Mangrove loss threatens migratory shorebird route in North Sumatra

Ayat S. Karokaro 15 Jun 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

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