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Thylacine survey: Are we going to rediscover the ‘moonlight tiger’?

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2017

When it comes to the IUCN Red List, accuracy is the order of the day (commentary)

Don Melnick, Vijay Ramesh 25 May 2017

Big animals can survive reduced-impact logging — if done right

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2017

Location, location, location goes high-tech: Facts and FAQs about satellite-based wildlife tracking

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 20 May 2017

Government action needed on climate resiliency and food security in West Africa

Lillie Howell 19 May 2017
Adult harpy eagle image courtesy of Tom Ambrose.

Goddesses of the wind: How researchers saved Venezuela’s harpy eagles

Bruno Moraes 17 May 2017

An evolving IUCN Red List needs to be both innovative and rigorous (commentary)

Craig Hilton-Taylor 17 May 2017

Microalgae genes help them adapt to harsh oceans, other species less lucky

Maxine Chen 17 May 2017

Manmade noise pollution even more prevalent in US protected areas than researchers expected

Mike Gaworecki 16 May 2017

Burning wood: Can the EU see the forest for the trees?

Rachel Fritts 16 May 2017

Methane mystery: fossil fuels spewing less methane, but gas continues to accumulate

Jacqueline Hernandez 15 May 2017

Location, location, location: Facts and FAQs about radio telemetry

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 May 2017

Protected species in Gulf of Mexico could take decades to recover from Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2017

Study finds hundreds of thousands of tropical species at risk of extinction due to deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 5 May 2017

Scientists rediscover ‘lost’ monitor lizard in Papua New Guinea

Shreya Dasgupta 5 May 2017

Two new species of tarsier, rumored to be inspiration for Yoda, announced on Star Wars Day

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2017

Human-wildlife conflict is decimating leopard numbers in one of their last African strongholds

Mike Gaworecki 3 May 2017

To help stop illegal fishing, ban practice of transshipment on high seas, researchers say

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2017

Overestimated range maps for endemic birds in India’s Western Ghats lead to underestimated threats, study finds

Mike Gaworecki 27 Apr 2017

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused $17.2 billion in environmental damage to the Gulf of Mexico

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2017

Study finds there are ways to mitigate deforestation risks of palm oil expansion in Africa

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2017

Skin slime of Indian frog can kill flu virus

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Apr 2017

Forest conservation might be an even more important climate solution than we realize: Study

Mike Gaworecki 19 Apr 2017

‘We can save life on Earth’: study reveals how to stop mass extinction

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Apr 2017

Hunting is driving declines in bird and mammal populations across the tropics

Mike Gaworecki 14 Apr 2017

Rainforest conservation may be aimed at the wrong places, study finds

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 13 Apr 2017
Sandhill cranes from the Rocky Mountain population have been monitored annually for over thirty years. Photo Credit: T. Cacek

Researchers say advanced statistical models can make traditional wildlife surveys more reliable

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2017

Land titling for indigenous communities leads to forest protection, peer-reviewed study finds

Mike Gaworecki 10 Apr 2017

Murky future for freshwater fish in the Amazon floodplains

Caitlin Looby 7 Apr 2017

New leaf-nosed bat uncovered amidst burning habitat in Venezuela

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 2017

Reptiles being sold openly and illegally in Moroccan markets

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2017

Forest fragmentation may be releasing much more carbon than we think

Morgan Erickson-Davis 31 Mar 2017

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