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a tree fern savanna in the Cromwell Mountains of Papua New Guinea courtesy of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Study revealing New Guinea’s plant life ‘first step’ toward protection

John Cannon 25 Aug 2020

Elephant shrew ‘lost’ to science for 52 years is ‘rediscovered’ in Africa

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Aug 2020

New land snail species discovered in Hawaii offers ‘gem of hope’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Aug 2020

Say hello to Madagascar’s newest mouse lemur, a pint-sized primate

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Aug 2020

Migratory freshwater fish in peril as report shows population plunge

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 Jul 2020

That coconut oil you love? Species have gone extinct over it, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Jul 2020

Tigers caught on camera lounging in a Jacuzzi-sized watering hole

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Jun 2020

Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought: Studies

Shanna Hanbury 11 May 2020

A ‘crazy beast’ that coexisted with dinosaurs discovered from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2020

For Indonesia’s Javan deer, non-protected areas play key conservation role

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2020

Study finds massive reorganization of life across Earth’s ecosystems

John Cannon 21 Oct 2019

How do you assess if a reintroduced species is thriving? Listen for it

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Feb 2019

The iNaturalist species data sharing platform reaches one million users

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Oct 2018

Forest elephant DNA diverse, consistent, and distinct, study says

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 10 Aug 2018

‘Photo Ark’ a quest to document global biodiversity: Q&A with photographer Joel Sartore and director Chun-Wei Yi

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2018

Seychelles home to new species of caecilian, a legless amphibian

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2017

Scientists sequence plant DNA in the field to identify species within hours

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Sep 2017

Ongoing mass extinction causing ‘biological annihilation,’ new study says

John Cannon 11 Jul 2017

Human impact on environment may be slowing down: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2016

50% of world’s natural history specimens may have wrong names

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Nov 2015

World on course to lose 1 in 6 species to climate change – South America, Australia, New Zealand face even more extinctions

Glenn Scherer 4 May 2015

Photos: wildlife survives warfare in eastern Afghanistan

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2011

Pictures: Turquoise ‘dragon’ among 1,000 new species discovered in New Guinea

Mongabay.com 27 Jun 2011

Photos: 300 species discovered during expedition to Philippines

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2011

Photos: top 10 species discovered in 2008

Mongabay.com 22 May 2009

DNA testing finds identical animals actually different species

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2009

Photos: Undocumented species discovered in Papua New Guinea

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2009

12 new species of frogs discovered in India

Mongabay.com 3 Feb 2009

50 species per day discovered in 2006

Mongabay.com 27 May 2008

Saving forgotten species: An interview with Carly Waterman, Program Coordinator of EDGE

Jeremy Hance 28 Feb 2008

Web site offers homepage for every one of Earth’s species

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2008

Two new species of salamander discovered in Panama

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2007

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