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New species of ‘exploding ant’ discovered in Borneo

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Apr 2018

Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2018

eDNA may offer an early warning signal for deadly frog pathogen

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Apr 2018

‘Boom and bust’ cycle of deep-sea trawling unsustainable, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Apr 2018

Response to critique on Conservation Effectiveness series (commentary)

Zuzana Burivalova 17 Apr 2018

Seek higher standards to honestly assess conservation effectiveness (commentary)

Madeleine McKinnon | Samantha Cheng | Lynn Dicks | Ruth Garside | Andrew Pullin | Claudia Romero 17 Apr 2018

India: This draft national forest policy too gives short shrift to grasslands

Bhanu Sridharan 17 Apr 2018

Global warming may poison monarch butterflies, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Apr 2018

46% of Albertine Rift species may be threatened by 2080, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Apr 2018

New remote-sensing technique used to determine carbon losses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Gaworecki 10 Apr 2018

Animal trainers are teaching wildlife to conserve themselves

Linda Lombardi 10 Apr 2018

New research examines spread of payments for ecosystem services around the globe

Mike Gaworecki 6 Apr 2018

Audio: Bowhead whales in the Arctic sing hundreds of complex songs

Mongabay.com 6 Apr 2018

Vine-like lianas alter the edges of fragmented forests: New study

John Cannon 6 Apr 2018

‘Lost’ fairy lantern spotted in Malaysian Borneo after 151 years

Mongabay.com 4 Apr 2018

New study discovers 81 lost human settlements in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2018

Frogs may be ‘fighting back’ against deadly pandemic

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Mar 2018

Do environmental advocacy campaigns drive successful forest conservation?

Mike Gaworecki 29 Mar 2018

‘Ropeless’ consortium aims to end entanglements of declining North Atlantic right whales

John Cannon 29 Mar 2018
A weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), native to southern Australia’s coastal waters. Photo by Katieleeosborne via Wikimedia Commons.

Australia opens vast swaths of famed marine parks to fishing

Mic Smith 29 Mar 2018

Borneo’s elephants prefer degraded forests, a new study finds

John Cannon 27 Mar 2018

‘IUCN Green List of species’: A new way to measure conservation success

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Mar 2018

Study reveals the Pacific Garbage Patch is much heftier than thought — and it’s growing

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2018
Gentoo penguins on Greenwich Island, part of the South Shetland Island group, Antarctica. Photo by Paul Hilton/Greenpeace.

“Save the Krill” urges Greenpeace report

Kim Smuga-Otto 23 Mar 2018

More than 40 percent of Madagascar’s freshwater life sliding toward extinction, IUCN finds

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2018

Leopards could reduce rabies by controlling stray dog numbers in India, study finds

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2018

‘A real surprise’: Study reveals low phosphorus doesn’t hinder rainforest growth

Morgan Erickson-Davis 20 Mar 2018

Keeping carbon in the ground can cut emissions and boost food security, study finds

Jim Tan 20 Mar 2018

Better agricultural planning could prevent 88% of biodiversity loss, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Mar 2018

Conservationists rush to save Bolivian turtles threatened by egg trafficking

Eduardo Franco Berton 15 Mar 2018

Bushmeat hunting threatens hornbills and raptors in Cameroon’s forests, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Mar 2018

For climate action to take hold, activists need more than just polar bears

Joshua Parfitt 15 Mar 2018

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