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When the world’s rarest primate couples up, it’s a win for the species

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 May 2020
ICCN ranger with a gorilla in Virunga National Park, DRC. Image courtesy Nelis Wolmarans.

Twelve rangers killed in latest Virunga Park incident

Fred Kockott 25 Apr 2020

For nesting hawksbill turtles, this Philippine community is a sanctuary

Erwin M. Mascariñas 31 Mar 2020

COVID-19 prompts closure of Indonesian parks, and a chance to evaluate

Basten Gokkon 20 Mar 2020

Rhino poaching in South Africa declines for fifth straight year

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2020

Rangers in Indonesia’s Aceh to get guns as officials flex on violators

Basten Gokkon 16 Jan 2020

Finding hope in ‘extreme conservation’ (Insider)

John Cannon 31 Oct 2019

Reporter Katie Baker details Buzzfeed’s explosive investigation of WWF

Mike Gaworecki 29 Oct 2019

Why more women should be included in the leadership of Virunga National Park (commentary)

Judith Verweijen, Janvier Murairi, Esther Marijnen 5 Jun 2019

Marine protected areas are getting SMART (commentary)

Drew T. Cronin, Katherine Holmes, Dayne Buddo 3 Mar 2019

DRC’s Virunga to welcome visitors again after 8-month closure

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2019

Wildlife rangers in DRC park report waning motivation, job satisfaction

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2019

‘Ecosystem guardians’ remain passionate despite dicey conditions

Nora Ward 15 Jan 2019

The female park rangers protecting turtles from traffickers in Nicaragua

Monica Pelliccia 21 Dec 2018

Virtual meetup highlights networked sensor technology for parks

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Nov 2018

Deforestation surges in Virunga National Park in the wake of violence

Benji Jones 5 Oct 2018

Latam Eco Review: Black market jaguars, freed green macaws

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2018

In protecting the Javan rhino, locals gain a ‘more meaningful life’

Donny Iqbal 10 Aug 2018
Rangers in neighboring Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Photo for Mongabay.com by Rhett A. Butler.

DRC’s Virunga National Park closes until 2019 due to violence

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2018

Rangers face a ‘toxic mix’ of mental strain and lack of support

Jim Tan 24 May 2018

After exporting baby elephants, Zimbabwe pledges to turn over new leaf on conservation

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2018

SMART and well-Connected: reserve patrol data system adds communications capacity

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Oct 2017
Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers stand in formation at the park in October, 2016. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Two things you can do for World Ranger Day

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2017

Conservation group African Parks to look after West African wildlife

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2017
Park rangers on patrol in Garamba National Park in DRC earlier this month. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

2 wildlife rangers shot and killed by poachers in Congo park

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Apr 2017
Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers stand in formation at the park in October, 2016. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Protecting gorillas at all costs: park rangers of the Congo

Thomas Nicolon 20 Nov 2016

Park ranger murdered while trying to protect rare gorillas

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Oct 2016
Rangers at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. Photo by Ninara via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized

William H. Funk 12 Sep 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016

The assassinations of Mother Nature’s guardians (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 24 May 2016

In Aceh, an illegal logger reformed

Junaidi Hanafiah 5 Jun 2015

World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors

Laurel Neme 31 Jul 2014

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