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Extinction of a megafish: Can this spark action to save other migratory freshwater species? (commentary)

William Darwall 14 Feb 2020

Young farmers apply ancient agroforestry practices in the heart of Sardinia

Monica Pelliccia 29 Jan 2020
Camvert has moved to establish a nursery in anticipation of logging FMU 0925. Image courtesy John Takang.

NGOs reject new oil palm plantation in southern Cameroon

Eugene N. Nforngwa 25 Dec 2019

Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations

John Cannon 11 Dec 2019

Breaking down barriers: Cattle and wildlife compete in Southern Africa

Jim Tan 9 Dec 2019

Grassroots campaign saves major wetland in Montenegro

Mark Hillsdon 1 Nov 2019
Silhouette of man standing by oil palm tree on a plantation still belonging to local residents in Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun district of Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Industrial palm oil investors struggle to gain foothold in Africa

Ashoka Mukpo 20 Sep 2019

Indigenous communities, wildlife under threat as farms invade Nicaraguan reserve

Taran Volckhausen 17 Sep 2019

Popular pesticide linked to weight loss and delayed migration in songbird

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2019

Indonesian flooding disaster bears the hallmarks of agriculture and mining impacts

Ian Morse 7 Aug 2019

Africa’s largest reserve may lose half its area to oil development

Stephen Leahy 2 Aug 2019

Let there be lights, to help migratory cranes avoid power lines

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 Jul 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

In India’s Sundarbans, communities shrink as their island sinks

Erin Stone, Lisa Hornak 1 Jul 2019
A tourist boat in Donsol joins several others in search of whale sharks. Image by Nina Unlay.

What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?

Nina Unlay 28 Jun 2019
clearing mines in Angola, a HALO Trust worker wearing blue protective gear on his knees probing grass and dirt with his hands. Credit: The HALO Trust

Angola pledges $60m to fund landmine clearance in national parks

Jim Tan 25 Jun 2019

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

John Cannon 11 Jun 2019

Researchers and customs officials unite to fight wildlife trafficking using eDNA

David Klinges 6 Jun 2019

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Most communities not seeing promised oil palm payoff in Borneo, study finds

Loren Bell 6 May 2019
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

New species of ancient human found in a Philippine cave

Shreya Dasgupta 12 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

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

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 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

Two Indian tribes help reconstruct a forest’s history, in war and in peace

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Dec 2018

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

David Klinges 17 Dec 2018

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