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Reef bleaching five times more frequent now than in the 1980s, study finds

Mongabay.com 4 Jan 2018

Scientists say some climate change impacts already unavoidable, but worst can still be averted

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2018

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

New checklist catalogs every vascular plant in the Americas

Mongabay.com 28 Dec 2017

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

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

Scientists determine there are seven species of silky anteater, not one

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2017

Armed conflict was not always ‘good’ for preventing deforestation in Colombia (commentary)

Augusto Castro-Nuñez 20 Dec 2017

DNA analysis shows Sumatran rhinos peaked during last Ice Age, never recovered

Basten Gokkon 14 Dec 2017

Top Argentine glacier scientist charged over cyanide mine spill

Max Nathanson 14 Dec 2017
Fish swim in a healthy seagrass meadow. The seagrass provides cover from currents and predators. Photo courtesy of MCC.

Bees for trees: testing a potential tool for reducing human-elephant conflict

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Dec 2017

Companies still not doing enough to cut deforestation from commodities supply chains: report

Mike Gaworecki 12 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

Global tropical peatland center to be established in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Dec 2017

Scientists call for cheetahs to be listed as Endangered

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2017

New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than chimps

John Cannon 11 Dec 2017

Tanzania used as case study for quickly and cheaply identifying wildlife corridors in need of conservation

Mike Gaworecki 8 Dec 2017

Camera traps reveal surprises in Peru

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 6 Dec 2017

Here’s a great way to visualize the huge potential of forest conservation and restoration as ‘natural climate solutions’

Mike Gaworecki 6 Dec 2017

Entanglements hamper reproduction as right whale population slides

John Cannon 5 Dec 2017

Orangutans process plants into medicine, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Dec 2017

Harnessing the power of camera trap bycatch data to monitor threatened species (commentary)

Lorraine Scotson 1 Dec 2017

From rescue to research: training detection dogs for conservation

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Dec 2017

New research might finally establish true identity of the mysterious Yeti

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2017

Tropical deforestation is getting bigger, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Nov 2017

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

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

Where one predator meets another: tracking sharks and fishing effort

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Nov 2017

Culture keeps cattle ranching going in the Brazilian Amazon

John Cannon 23 Nov 2017

eBay is outselling the darknet in the illegal wildlife trade, fret researchers

Jack Elliot Marley 22 Nov 2017

Experience or evidence: How do big conservation NGOs make decisions?

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2017

New research projects two percent increase in global emissions in 2017

Mike Gaworecki 17 Nov 2017

Forests can beat humans at restoration, new study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2017

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