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Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

John Cannon 22 Apr 2019

Cities may save some species from extinction, but they don’t save species’ ecological functions

Mike Gaworecki 19 Apr 2019

To rescue Sumatran rhinos, Indonesia starts by counting them first

Eni Muslihah 15 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019

Planning without action will see the Javan rhino go extinct (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 8 Apr 2019

To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2019

Crab season to be cut short in California to protect whales and turtles

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

Suspected totoaba poachers shot by authorities in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez

Mike Gaworecki 29 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Protecting small, old-growth forests fails to preserve bird diversity: Study

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

Encounters with the Javan rhino (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 11 Mar 2019

Iran’s endangered cheetahs and imperiled conservationists (commentary)

Luke Hunter, Christine Breitenmoser, Urs Breitenmoser, Sarah Durant, Laurie Marker, Stephane Ostrowski, Christian Walzer 8 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

You’re gonna need a smaller boat: Media obscures shrinking ‘newsworthy’ fish

John Cannon 5 Mar 2019

As extinction looms, can Javan rhinos survive in Ujung Kulon? (Commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 4 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

Vaquita still doomed without further disruption of totoaba cartels (commentary)

Andrea Crosta 28 Feb 2019

What’s in a name? The role of defining ‘wilderness’ in conservation

John Cannon 7 Feb 2019

Wildlife rangers in DRC park report waning motivation, job satisfaction

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2019

Marine mammal and sea turtle populations benefitting from Endangered Species Act listing

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2019
Romeo the Sehuenca water frog. Photo by Robin Moore, Global Wildlife Conservation.

Romeo finally found his Juliet, and an endangered frog has new prospects for survival

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

IUCN’s Inger Andersen: “Women represent 3.5 billion solutions”

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2019

A sociological approach to global biodiversity loss (commentary)

Jordan Fox Besek 18 Jan 2019

Rapid population drop weakened the Grauer’s gorilla gene pool

John Cannon 10 Jan 2019

The long journey to saving the Sumatran rhino, via Borneo (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 20 Dec 2018

The true story of how 96 critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived New York City

Mike Gaworecki 11 Dec 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

As the mammal tree of life suffers hits, should we prioritize which species to save?

Erika K. Carlson 6 Dec 2018

First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign

Basten Gokkon 29 Nov 2018

‘Not all hope is lost’ as outlook for mountain gorillas brightens

John Cannon 14 Nov 2018
Red-footed Boobies flying over Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, USA. Photo copyright Erik Oberg / Island Conservation

Trapper, turned conservationist: Bill Wood (obituary)

Bernie Tershy 24 Oct 2018

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