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Banner image of a scarlet-rumped trogon (Harpactes duvaucelii) in Sumatra, courtesy of Panji Gusti Akbar.

Indigenous schools ensure next generations protect Borneo’s ‘omen birds’

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2025
Iain Douglas-Hamilton seated on the ground, writing in a notebook, two elephants in the background. Image courtesy Save the Elephants.

Lives worth living: Elephants, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and the fight for coexistence

Leonie Joubert 13 Mar 2025
An African golden cat caught in a snare.

Ugandan researcher wins ‘Emerging Conservationist’ award for work on golden cats

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Mar 2025

Study links African lion survival to prey availability

Charles Mpaka 21 Feb 2025

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Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2025

Mammals, birds in Vietnam’s rare coastal forests revealed by camera traps

Carolyn Cowan 13 Feb 2025
A long-tailed macaque in Bali, Indonesia.

Sun, sand and skulls: Bali tourism trade peddles threatened primate skulls

Spoorthy Raman 12 Feb 2025
Long-tailed macaques living in the mountains of Cambodia's Battambang province

CITES rejects proposed suspension of Cambodian monkey exports

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2025

Rhino poachers imprisoned in back-to-back South Africa sentencing

Spoorthy Raman 10 Feb 2025

Report reveals staggering levels of wildlife trafficking in Hispanic America

Spoorthy Raman 7 Feb 2025

As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Feb 2025
Babu Krishna Karki with his camera photographing wildlife.

Military-backed conservation ‘without firing a single shot’: Interview with Nepal’s Babu Krishna Karki

Abhaya Raj Joshi 4 Feb 2025
Seized live turtles belonging to Pangshura tecta, Morenia petersi and Lissemys punctata species temporarily sheltered at the Forest Department enclosures before releasing them into the wild again.

Illegal trade is pushing Bangladesh’s freshwater turtles to the brink

Sadiqur Rahman 3 Feb 2025

To conserve chimps, understand their genetic traits and local adaptations, says study

Gilbert Nakweya 29 Jan 2025
Why is this snake one of the most trafficked species in India? | Wild Targets

Why is this snake one of the most trafficked species in the world? | Wild Targets

Shatabdi Chakrabarti 29 Jan 2025
An agile gibbon in Berlin Zoo.

Increase in gibbon trafficking into India has conservationists worried

Spoorthy Raman 29 Jan 2025

Introducing wildlife crime to Nepal’s law enforcement: Interview with Prasanna Yonzon

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jan 2025
Banner image of a white rhino at Kruger National Park in South Africa, by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Rhino horn trafficker jailed in legal first on financial charges in S. Africa

Kristine Sabillo 27 Jan 2025

Floods devastate tortoise sanctuary in southern Madagascar

Shanna Hanbury 23 Jan 2025
A Trimeresurus cardamomesis photographed in Cambodia’s Samlout Multiple Use Area.

Survey uncovers ‘wildlife treasure’ in Cambodian park — but also signs of threats

Anton L. Delgado 22 Jan 2025
This rescue center saves Rio's wildlife from poachers

This rescue center saves Rio’s wildlife from poachers | Wild Targets

Julia Lima 22 Jan 2025
Banner image of discus fish by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

1 in 4 freshwater species worldwide at risk of extinction: Study

Kristine Sabillo 14 Jan 2025
A Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) from Papua New Guinea.

Indonesia’s voracious songbird trade laps up rare and poisonous pitohuis

Spoorthy Raman 10 Jan 2025
radiated tortoise

How tortoise conservationist Hery Razafimamonjiraibe manages risks to antipoaching teams

Carolyn Cowan 10 Jan 2025
A chestnut-tailed starling in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh adopts new technology to fight wildlife crimes

Sadiqur Rahman 31 Dec 2024

Rare new Guinean flower is ‘canary in a coal mine’ — but in an actual iron mine

Ryan Truscott 27 Dec 2024
An adult radiated tortoise

Massive tortoise rewilding in Madagascar’s spiny forest strives to save fraught species

Carolyn Cowan 26 Dec 2024
Sharks cast aside after being finned.

No signs of slowdown in wildlife trafficking in 2024 as demand persists

Keith Anthony Fabro 25 Dec 2024

A universal tagging system for pangolins, world’s most trafficked mammal

Keith Anthony Fabro 23 Dec 2024
Bright red flowers of a miracle clivia (Clivia mirabilis), hang in front of green foliage. Image courtesy Dave Garriock.

Poachers target South Africa’s ‘miracle’ plant with near impunity

Leonie Joubert 20 Dec 2024

Unlike: Brazil Facebook groups give poachers safe space to flex their kills

Adele Santelli 19 Dec 2024
Banner image of a Ranthambore tiger by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

In 2024, Nepal faced old & new challenges after tripling its tiger population

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Dec 2024

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