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Indonesia rescues captive orangutans, but leaves their owners untouched

Ayat S. Karokaro, Junaidi Hanafiah 8 Feb 2019

Warmer waters shrink krill habitat around Antarctica

Mongabay.com 30 Jan 2019

Bans on the bird trade in South America yield mixed results

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

New species of leaf-mimicking lizard could already be victim of pet trade

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jan 2019

Is captive breeding the answer to Indonesia’s songbird crisis?

Nadine Freischlad 25 Dec 2018

‘Death by a thousand holes’: Scientists race to avert a salamander crisis

Benji Jones 19 Dec 2018
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018

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

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2018
One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Group helps illegal bird traders transition into different lines of business

Nadine Freischlad 3 Dec 2018

Protection flip-flop leaves rare Indonesian shrikethrush in harm’s way

Petrus Riski, Rahmadi Rahmad, Themmy Doaly 7 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Wandering hippos, condor central, and the macaw trade

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018

5 bird species lose protections, more at risk in new Indonesia decree

Basten Gokkon 17 Oct 2018

One-two punch of habitat loss, capture hammers Southeast Asian birds

Basten Gokkon 16 Oct 2018

As turtles go, so go their ecosystems

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2018

On the hunt for a silent salamander-killer

Benji Jones 13 Sep 2018

Indonesia gives in to bird traders, rescinds protection for 3 species

Basten Gokkon 7 Sep 2018

Cheap prices lead to more exotic pets in the wild, research finds

Mongabay.com 30 Aug 2018

In protecting songbirds, Indonesia ruffles owners & breeders’ feathers

Basten Gokkon 13 Aug 2018

Indonesia adds hundreds of birds to protected species list

Basten Gokkon 3 Aug 2018

95 percent of all lemur species face high risk of extinction, experts say

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2018

Orangutan forest school in Indonesia takes on its first eight students

Jim Tan 21 Jun 2018

One tortoise at a time: Q&A with zoo veterinarian Justin Rosenberg

John Cannon 19 Jun 2018

Footage of elusive Negros bleeding-heart dove captured in the wild

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Online pet trade in Southeast Asia poses a major new threat to otters

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2018

Scientists find ‘ground zero’ of deadly frog pandemic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 May 2018

‘Monumental’ bust in Madagascar triggers effort to save thousands of endangered tortoises

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2018

Indonesian conservation bill is weak on wildlife crime, critics say

Basten Gokkon 6 Apr 2018

In Jakarta, wildlife monitors find a hotspot for the illegal tortoise trade

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2018

‘Extreme concern’: Report gives glimpse into scale of Kalimantan bird trade

Basten Gokkon 30 Nov 2017

In search of the fireface: The precarious, scandalous lives of the slow lorises of Java

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2017

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2017

The Eighth Great Ape: New orangutan species discovered in Sumatra

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Nov 2017

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