The Fossa, Madagascar’s largest carnivore
A captive fossa near Andasibe, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler The fossa is Madagascar's largest carnivore. While it looks like a cross between a puma and a dog, the…
Jaguar skull
The skull of America’s biggest cat in Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development in Guyana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is classified as Near Threatened…
Tree-climbing lion of Uganda
Tree-climbing lion of Uganda. The lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda spend an unusual amount of time in trees. It's unclear why they exhibit this behavior, but…
Jaguar skull
Jaguar skull in Guyana. Jaguars are the biggest cat in the Americas. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. More Guyana photos.
Cheetah and African wild dogs go extinct in Cameroon
A cheetah rests on a termite mound in Kenya. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. A three year study has found that cheetahs and African wild dogs have vanished from Cameroon.…
The surprisingly crafty margay
The small wild cat, the margay in Belize. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Researchers have stumbled on a surprising talent of this small predatory cat: while studying the pied tamarin…
Eight lions in Kenya poisoned with pesticide
A black-maned lion in Kenya. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Frustrated Kenyan herders are lacing corpses of cattle with poison to kill lions in revenge for the great cats attacking…
Triplet lion cubs
Triplet African Lion Cubs. Julie Larsen Maher © Wildlife Conservation Society. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo today debuts triplet lion cubs. The cubs, born January 27, 2010, can be…
Guyana bars gold mining from vast rainforest area
The jaguar Panthera onca is classified as Near Threatened: a previous six-week expedition to Rewa Head observed ten jaguars. Photo by: Ashley Holland and Gordon Duncan. Guyana bans gold mining…
Cat-crazy forest
Leopard caught by a camera trap in the Jeypore-Dehing forest. Photo by: Kashmira Kakati. Using camera traps over a two-year period, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati has discovered seven species of…
Happy Year of the Tiger
South China Tiger in South Africa, where Save China's Tigers has established a "rewilding" facility to eventually enable to reintroduction of the South China Tiger into its native habitat in…
African Wild Dog in the Serengeti
African Wild Dog in the Serengeti. Photo by Uwe Skrzypczak. Wildlife photographer Uwe Skrzypczak sent photos of wild dogs (also known as painted dogs from the field. The shots are…
Why are predators important?
Lion with kill in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2007 Why top predators matter: an in-depth look at new research (02/02/2010) Few species have faced such vitriolic…
Indonesia to rent tigers as pets to rich people
Sumatran tiger in captivity. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2005 Indonesia has a new plan to save the Critically Endangered Sumatran tiger, reports the AFP: sell captive-born tigers as pets.…
Lion cubs in Tanzania
Lion cubs in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. While lions may seem abundant when one visits a national park in Kenya, Tanzania, or South Africa, Africa's lion population has plunged by…
Jaguar in the Pantanal
Jaguar in the Pantanal. This jaguar came a little too close for comfort on a trip to the Pantanal this past April. The big cat emerged from a swampy area…
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Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
- Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
- Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Amazon Conservation
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
- Cross-border Indigenous efforts in Peru & Brazil aim to protect isolated groups
Land rights and extractives
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
- New FPIC guide designed to help protect Indigenous rights as mineral mining booms
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
