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Mountain gorilla census reveals further increase in numbers

John Cannon 17 Dec 2019

Snow leopard population overestimated in Nepal? DNA study suggests it may be

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Aug 2019

Exploring a hidden rainforest on an isolated mountain in Mozambique

Mike Gaworecki 14 May 2019

Camera trap study finds a threatened high-elevation mammal community in Peru

Mike Gaworecki 23 Apr 2019

In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation

John Cannon 19 Feb 2019

DRC’s Virunga to welcome visitors again after 8-month closure

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2019

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

John Cannon 7 Feb 2019

Wildlife rangers in DRC park report waning motivation, job satisfaction

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2019

Flashing lights ward off livestock-hunting pumas in northern Chile

John Cannon 7 Jan 2019

Absent for decades, zebras reintroduced to park in southern Tanzania

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2018

Secrets revealed: Researchers explore unique, isolated forest in Mozambique

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Oct 2018

Fires tear through East Java park, threatening leopard habitat

Eko Widianto 5 Sep 2018

Salamanders have ‘tricks up their sleeves’ for weathering climate change

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Jul 2018

Field Museum honors Peruvian organization for its conservation work with indigenous groups

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2018

Bolivia’s Madidi National Park home to world’s largest array of land life, survey finds

Mongabay.com 30 May 2018

How an island of mice is changing what we know about evolution

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 May 2018

New species of shrew discovered on a single mountaintop in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 11 May 2018

Warmer winters increasing risk of avalanches in the Himalayas, studies find

Neha Jain 4 May 2018

Mountain lions often lose to wolves and bears, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Feb 2018

Water sources under threat from mining in Ecuador’s mountains

Marlon Puertas 22 Nov 2017

Conserving habitat not enough to help species cope with climate change

John Cannon 9 Oct 2017
Snow leopards (Panthera uncial) in the Sanjiangyuan region of China, a still from “Ghost of the Mountains.” Photo courtesy of Disneynature.

Stalking snow leopards: Q&A with the director of “Ghost of the Mountains”

Rebecca Kessler 20 Sep 2017
A snow leopard comes in for a close-up. Photo courtesy of Snow Leopard Trust.

Collateral damage: Snow leopards and trophy hunting in Kyrgyzstan

Katie Arnold 31 Aug 2017

New ‘Elfin mountain toad’ discovered in Annamite Mountains of Vietnam

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jun 2017

New leaf-nosed bat uncovered amidst burning habitat in Venezuela

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 2017

African bush babies gain a new genus

John Cannon 20 Feb 2017

‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats

Sibi Arasu 16 Aug 2016
Yu Jiahua poses in front of a small portion of the wire loops collected by the anti-poaching patrol team during the past two decades. Photo by Wang Yan.

PHOTOS: On a Chinese mountain, an aging anti-poaching hero ponders the future

Wang Yan 16 Jun 2016

Bolivian expedition finds seven new species (PHOTOS)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Apr 2016

‘Bear-moving’ revamped: a better way to reduce conflict in the Himalayas?

Esther Wullschleger Schättin 31 Dec 2015

Saving the greater sage grouse, the most hotly-debated bird since the spotted owl (PHOTOS)

Sharon Guynup 9 Jun 2015

Super-rare carnivore photographed in Yosemite after missing for nearly a century

Jeremy Hance 3 Feb 2015

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