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A critically endangered indri lemur (Indri indri). Ten indris were killed in the recent poaching incident. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. A critically endangered indri lemur (Indri indri). Ten indris were killed in the recent poaching incident. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar: Conservation official arrested for killing 11 endangered lemurs

Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa 16 Mar 2018

150 years after being discovered, African monkey with handlebar moustache becomes its own species

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2018

Sarawak makes 80% forest preservation commitment, but some have doubts

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Mar 2018

‘Photo Ark’ a quest to document global biodiversity: Q&A with photographer Joel Sartore and director Chun-Wei Yi

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018

Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2018

Orangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probe

Mongabay.com 16 Jan 2018

Peru declares a huge new national park in the Amazon

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Jan 2018

There’s a new member of the lemur family

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jan 2018

Critically endangered monkeys found in Ghana forest slated for mining

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Jan 2018

Top 20 forest stories of 2017

Mongabay 29 Dec 2017

Photos: Top 20 new species of 2017

Mike Gaworecki 28 Dec 2017

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

Zanzibar’s red colobus monkeys much more numerous than thought

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2017

Amazon tribe’s traditional medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and conservation effectiveness in Madagascar examined

Mike Gaworecki 12 Dec 2017

Monkey business: Building a global database of primate conservation studies (commentary)

Claire Wordley 12 Dec 2017

New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than chimps

John Cannon 11 Dec 2017

Forced out or killed: rare chimps go missing from Cameroon mountain forest

Eugene N. Nforngwa 1 Dec 2017

New carbon maps of Sabah’s forests guide conservation in Borneo

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

Here is the most current list of the world’s top 25 most endangered primates

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017

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

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2017
A baby silky sifaka lemur (Propithecus candidus) in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Lemur on the menu: most-endangered primates still served in Madagascar

Dan Ashby, Lucy Taylor 15 Nov 2017

More big mammals found in high-carbon forests, says new study

John Cannon 15 Nov 2017

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2017

A new species of orangutan from Indonesia (analysis)

Anthony B. Rylands, Gabriella Fredriksson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Serge Wich 2 Nov 2017

The Eighth Great Ape: New orangutan species discovered in Sumatra

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Nov 2017

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017

Trump budget undercuts U.S. commitment to global wildlife conservation

William H. Funk 30 Oct 2017

Lemur species losing favorite food to climate change, new study says

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2017

As Grauer’s gorillas cling to survival, new population found

Sharon Guynup 26 Oct 2017

Saving the ‘Star Wars gibbon’: Q&A with primatologist Carolyn Thompson

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2017

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