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Big mammals are at risk in the world’s poorest countries, even within parks

Tess Joosse 27 Nov 2020
An adult male Loris showing its teeth. Photo by by Andrew Walmsley courtesy of the Little Fireface Project.

Armed and dangerous, ‘murder lorises’ use their venom against each other

Liz Kimbrough 19 Oct 2020

China still making pangolin-based treatments despite banning use of scales, report says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Oct 2020

A Philippine tribe’s plant-based medical tradition gets its moment

Bong S. Sarmiento 2 Oct 2020

Favoring ayahuasca over hospitals, Indigenous Kokama see COVID-19 deaths drop in the Amazon

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 17 Aug 2020

Illegal trade of Philippine pangolins is surging, report shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Aug 2020

Indigenous Ashaninka launch fundraiser to help Amazon neighbors amid pandemic

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 29 Jul 2020

The wild plants in your pantry—where did they come from?

Liz Kimbrough 20 Jul 2020

‘Saving sun bears’: Q&A with book author Sarah Pye

John Cannon 29 Jun 2020

Banned: No more pangolin scales in traditional medicine, China declares

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Jun 2020

As COVID-19 rages, Sri Lankans find solace in traditional practices

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Apr 2020

Shamans in the city: Brazil clinic offers traditional Amazonian treatments

Débora Menezes 9 Apr 2020

On a mega reserve in Laos, rescued moon bears find a new home

Claire Turrell 7 Apr 2020

Chinese government reportedly recommending bear bile injections to treat coronavirus

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2020

For tiger moms, the work-life balance struggle is real, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 13 Feb 2020

Nearly extinct vaquita mothers with calves spotted in recent expeditions

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2019

’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2019

Legal and illegal trade negatively impacting survival and wellbeing of Africa’s wildlife: Report

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2019

With new protections, saiga antelope may continue to be a symbol of Central Asia (commentary)

Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba 30 Aug 2019

Nigeria finds itself at the heart of the illegal pangolin trade

Orji Sunday 15 Aug 2019

Big cat trade driven by demand for traditional Asian medicine, according to report

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2019

New film details wrenching impact of illegal rhino horn trade on families

John Cannon 27 Jun 2019
Temminck's Ground Pangolin: Photo: KeithConnelly

Documentary seeks to tip the scales against illegal pangolin trafficking

Erna Curry 27 Jun 2019

Conservation groups concerned as WHO recognizes traditional Chinese medicine

Mongabay.com 28 May 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

China seizes totoaba swim bladders worth $26 million, arrests 16

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2018

Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018
Naisimari Lentula, a Yiaku herbalist, with a community forest scout outside her house. Image by Shadrack Kavilu for Mongabay.

For Kenya’s Yiaku, medicinal herbs are their forest’s blessing and curse

Shadrack Kavilu 30 Nov 2018
Pair of jaguar in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Progress on jaguar conservation in Suriname

Mark J. Plotkin 20 Nov 2018

Int’l protections not stopping pangolin overexploitation in Cameroon

John Cannon 8 Oct 2018

And then there were 12: Why don’t we hear about extinction until it’s too late? (commentary)

Sam Turvey 6 Jul 2018

Fingerprinting technology gives investigators an edge against pangolin traffickers

Mongabay.com 4 Jul 2018

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