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As 2019 ends, reptile-rich Sri Lanka delivers three more new gecko species

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 15 Jan 2020

Cost-effective conservation: Study identifies key ‘umbrella’ species

John Cannon 14 Jan 2020

One six-week expedition discovered ten new songbird species and subspecies in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Update to biodiversity treaty proposes protecting at least 30% of Earth

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020

Indonesian officials wield sharia law in defense of Sumatran rhinos

Junaidi Hanafiah, Rahmadi Rahmad 10 Jan 2020

Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to climate change, and rarity is more common than previously understood

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

Polly share a cracker: Study finds grey parrots are good Samaritans

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Jan 2020

Tool use in puffins may point to ‘underestimated’ intelligence in seabirds

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2020
Proboscis monkeys in Borneo have lost habitat to oil palm plantations and shrimp farms. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2020

Ami Vitale on how meeting Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, changed her life

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper

Mongabay.com 6 Jan 2020

The long goodbye: Study declares ancient Chinese paddlefish extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2020

Deadly conditions for Indonesian migrant crews tied to illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 6 Jan 2020
The spider Pamphobeteus sp. (Theraphosidae) and Chiasmocleis royi. Photo by Emanuele Biggi.

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Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2020

Communities in Ecuador fight back against palm oil

Alejandro Pérez 3 Jan 2020

From scorpion skewers to cricket flour, bug protein is becoming big business

Michael Tatarski 3 Jan 2020

‘Rediscovered’ after 100 years, Gurney’s pitta is in peril once again

Megan Stannard 2 Jan 2020

Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest

Ana Ionova 30 Dec 2019

Palm oil, fire pushing protected areas in Honduras to the ‘point of no return’

Leonardo Guevara, Lesly Frazier 30 Dec 2019

Habitat loss drives deadly conflict in Indonesia’s tiger country

Taufik Wijaya 30 Dec 2019
Burning a poisoned white-backed vulture carcass. Image courtesy Wildlife ACT.

Alarm over mass vulture poisoning in South Africa

Fred Kockott 29 Dec 2019
Bamboo lemur in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global consumer demands fuel the extinction crisis facing the world’s primates

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber 29 Dec 2019

Love triangle complicates efforts to breed Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 27 Dec 2019

Cambodian “bat man” bolsters the fight against dengue fever

Claire Baker-Munton 26 Dec 2019

Photos: Top 15 new species of 2019

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Dec 2019

Action plan for red colobus

Esther Nakkazi 26 Dec 2019

2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 25 Dec 2019

EU/Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study

Sarah Sax 24 Dec 2019
Grey Crowned Cranes. Image by Fredrick Mugira for Mongabay.

Community conservation agreements a lifeline for Uganda’s grey crowned cranes

Fredrick Mugira 24 Dec 2019

New monkey discovered on “island” amid deforestation in Brazil

Mongabay.com 23 Dec 2019

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