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Lao PDR failing to curb pangolin and hornbill trafficking: new reports

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Sep 2016
An Amur tiger and its prey, a local farmer’s cow, photographed by a camera trap near Hunchun National Nature Reserve in China’s northeastern province of Jilin. Photo courtesy of Hunchun Forestry Bureau

China considers a huge national park for Amur tigers and leopards

Wang Yan 22 Sep 2016

Indian rhino horns being smuggled to China via Myanmar

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Sep 2016

Time running out to save world’s most endangered porpoise, environmentalists warn

Mike Gaworecki 21 Sep 2016
Rangers at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized

William H. Funk 12 Sep 2016

Countries at IUCN Congress vote to ban domestic ivory markets

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Sep 2016

Malaysia is a major transit point for ivory smugglers

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Sep 2016

African elephant population declining at 8% per year

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2016

Calls for increased anti-poaching efforts to protect African forest elephants

Mike Gaworecki 1 Sep 2016

Detector Dogs sniff out illegal ivory, help nab poacher in Tanzania

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Aug 2016

Study explores how new technologies can be linked to benefit conservation efforts

Mike Gaworecki 24 Aug 2016

END LOOP: Coding to end wildlife trafficking

Julia John 24 Aug 2016
Tanzanian women carry new beehives into the forest. Photo by Felipe Rodriguez/APW

Can helping women achieve financial freedom help the environment, too?

Roz Evans 24 Aug 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016

Field Notes: Saving America’s last wild meat-eating Venus flytraps

Elizabeth Devitt 15 Aug 2016

Can camera traps help stop wildlife crime?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Aug 2016

World Elephant Day: Poaching remains ‘unacceptably high’ for African elephants

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Aug 2016

Does prohibiting local access to nature hurt African wildlife conservation?

Michael Schwartz 11 Aug 2016

Indonesia mulls revision of orangutan conservation plan

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Aug 2016

From Boom to Glug glug: Indonesia’s new anti-poacher policy

Melati Kaye 9 Aug 2016

Two businessmen arrested for ivory trafficking

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Aug 2016

A dangerous, illegal necessity: charcoal reform comes to Virunga

Sophie Mbugua 2 Aug 2016

Ivory poaching kingpin gets 20 years in jail

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2016

Massive relocation of 500 elephants begins in Malawi

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jul 2016

Wildlife Law Enforcement in Sub-Saharan African Protected Areas: A Review of Best Practices

Taylor Robb-McCord 15 Jul 2016
Pangolins rescued from wildlife traffickers. These individuals are at a rehabilitation center in Cambodia. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Illegal wildlife trade in Asia decimating species, warn scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2016

DRC declares first new national park in 40 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Jul 2016
Protesters target Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong International Airport in May. Courtesy of WildAid

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2016

CITES proposals by African countries aim to end the ivory trade

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jun 2016

After mass die-off, saiga antelope numbers go up in Kazakhstan

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jun 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

Singapore crushes illegal ivory worth $10 million

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jun 2016

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