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South African ban on domestic rhino horn sales in limbo after court overturns it

Mic Smith 8 Jan 2016

Loss of big animals reduces forests’ carbon-storing capacity

Loren Bell 19 Dec 2015

200,000 of Peru’s primates trafficked for pet trade or bushmeat yearly

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 11 Dec 2015

Organized crime role in Latin American wildlife trade hidden in shadow

Saul Elbein 2 Dec 2015

Tracking imperiled elephants with cutting-edge technology: an interview with Iain Douglas-Hamilton

Caleb O'Brien, Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Dec 2015

Camera trap pictures help nab tiger poacher

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Nov 2015
The study authors counted carcasses from hundreds of markets like this one, where visitors can purchase whole birds and their body parts. Photo by Gerhard Nikolaus.

Vanishing vultures: Africa’s fetish and bushmeat trade is driving its scavengers to extinction

Brendan Bane 19 Nov 2015

Superhighway construction surges forward in Nigeria

John Cannon 17 Nov 2015

Video: The Terminator blows up ivory tusk, joins anti-poaching campaign

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Nov 2015

Forest rangers killed in Cambodia while patrolling for illegal loggers

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2015

Most wanted elephant poacher and ivory trafficker in Tanzania arrested

Mike Gaworecki 5 Nov 2015

U.S. House passes ‘Global Anti-Poaching Act’ that puts wildlife trafficking on par with drug and weapons trafficking

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Nov 2015

Private conservation lands under threat in Peruvian Amazon

Barbara Fraser 30 Oct 2015

Uncovered: How Hong Kong’s ‘legal’ ivory markets fuel elephant poaching

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Oct 2015

Hip hop to fight climate change?

Brittany Stewart 17 Oct 2015

Illegal logging decimating birds in Ghana: ‘These numbers are shocking’

Jeremy Hance 14 Oct 2015

Seized: $4 million worth of ivory, rhino horn and bear paws

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Oct 2015

Queen of elephant ivory trafficking arrested in Tanzania

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2015

HORN looks at rhino poaching through a different lens

Marie Frei 3 Oct 2015

China and U.S. commit to end ivory trade

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Sep 2015

Could a new map save the Sumatran rhino?

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Sep 2015
Elephants at water hole, Chobe, Botswana

In defense of wildlife: the realities of using drones for anti-poaching

Max Ciaglo 11 Sep 2015

Big reserve expansion gives tigers a boost in Nepal

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Sep 2015

California takes step toward banning elephant ivory, rhino horn trades

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2015

Rhino killing on record pace in South Africa

Mongabay.com 1 Sep 2015

Harsh treatment for indigenous Botswanans ousted from Kalahari wildlife reserve

Michael Schwartz 21 Aug 2015

How can conservationists match high-tech design with on-the-ground realities?

Nathan Hahn 17 Aug 2015

Traders of “red ivory” from rare birds are arrested in Indonesia

Sophie Furnival 14 Aug 2015

Demystifying Drones: UAS’s in Wildlife Anti-Poaching Efforts

NIr Tenenbaum 12 Aug 2015

U.S. to strengthen restrictions elephant ivory

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2015

Sea turtle conservationists attacked in Costa Rica

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jul 2015

Scientists urge greater enforcement of wildlife laws in Africa

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2015

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