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Poachers enlisting impoverished wildlife rangers as accomplices in elephant, rhino killing

Oliver Milman 1 Apr 2013

Conflict zones have higher deforestation rates in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Mar 2013

As massive deforestation continues in Sumatra’s Tesso Nilo, Indonesian lawmakers pin blame on ‘foreign’ NGOs

Diana Parker 25 Mar 2013

Indigenous protester killed by masked assailants in Panama over UN-condemned dam

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 25 Mar 2013

Scientists discover 8 new frogs in one sanctuary, nearly all Critically Endangered (photos)

Jeremy Hance 21 Mar 2013

Deer populations hurt by poaching in Mexican dry forest

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2013

Scientists successfully reintroduce gaur in Indian park

Thomas Handley 18 Mar 2013

Innovative idea: wildlife income may help people withstand drought in Africa

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2013

Into the unknown mountains of Cambodia: rare birds, rice wine, and talk of tigers

Howie Nielsen 14 Mar 2013

The end of wild Africa?: lions may need fences to survive

Jeremy Hance 6 Mar 2013

Bolivia leads the way in wetland protection

Patricia O'neill 4 Mar 2013

Malaysian NGOs boldly demand forest conservation action in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Feb 2013

Elephant massacre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2013

Selective logging changes character of tropical forest

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2013

Does the presence of scientists help deter poaching and deforestation in protected areas?

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2013

Asiatic cheetahs: on the road to extinction?

Erica Santana 26 Feb 2013

Warlords, sorcery, and wildlife: an environmental artist ventures into the Congo

Jeremy Hance 25 Feb 2013

Jaguars, tapirs, oh my!: Amazon explorer films shocking wildlife bonanza in threatened forest

Jeremy Hance 19 Feb 2013

Indonesian governor proposes opening protected areas to logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Feb 2013

Fossil fuel company looking to exploit deposits in Manu National Park

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2013

Amphibian, tapir paradise in Honduras being ravaged by illegal deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2013

Gorilla paradise: new park safeguards 15,000 western lowland gorillas

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2013

14 Bornean elephants found dead, likely poisoned

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2013

Claim of human and tiger ‘coexistence’ lacks perspective

Chaitanya Krishna 29 Jan 2013

Photos: Population of critically-endangered black macaque on rebound

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2013

Photos: Scientists discover tapir bonanza in the Amazon

Jeremy Hance 22 Jan 2013

Living beside a tiger reserve: scientists study compensation for human-wildlife conflict in India

Jenny R. Isaacs 21 Jan 2013

New website tracks protected areas under attack

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2013

Rhino wars: documenting the poaching crisis in South Africa

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2013

Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Colombia to double the size of massive Amazon reserve to include uncontacted tribes’ land

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2013

Environment ministry drops copper mine in Zambezi park

Caillie Mutterback 7 Jan 2013

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