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Hunting pumas to save deer could backfire, new research suggests

John Cannon 9 Apr 2019

Ice-free Alps? It could be a reality by 2100

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Apr 2019

Belize to nearly triple area under strict marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Apr 2019

Photos: What are vipers?

Kevin Torregrosa 8 Apr 2019
Salted shark meat, called cecina, drying in the sun. Image courtesy of MarAlliance.

Fishing for sharks in Honduras’s sanctuary seas: Q&A with biologist Gabriela Ochoa

Michelle Carrere 8 Apr 2019

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

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 8 Apr 2019

Climb confirms that the world’s tallest tropical tree tops 100 meters

John Cannon 7 Apr 2019

On a wing and a prayer? Evidence for ways to conserve bats (commentary)

Claire Wordley 5 Apr 2019

Unusual lizard lays eggs, then births a live baby — in the same pregnancy

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2019

Indonesia arrests 7 for allegedly selling Komodo dragons over Facebook

Basten Gokkon 5 Apr 2019
A life restoration of Hadropithecus stenognathus, an extinct species of lemur, based on fossil evidence. H. stenognathus is thought to have weighed between 27 and 35 kilograms (60 and 77 pounds), more than three times the size of the largest living species of lemur, the indri (Indri indri). Image by Smokeybjb via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 4 Apr 2019

Those kicks were fast as lightning: Kangaroo rats evade deadly snake strikes

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 Apr 2019

New species of skink from Angola has waited over 70 years to be described

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2019

‘Plastic Soup:’ Photos and Q&A with author of new book documenting plastic pollution and solutions

Mike Gaworecki 3 Apr 2019

Debunking myths about sloths is crucial to stopping the sloth crisis

Mike Gaworecki 2 Apr 2019

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

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019
A Wounaan bird-watching group from the community of Puerto Lara during a hike in the local forest. Image by Alexander Arosemena for Mongabay.

Panamanian indigenous people act to protect the forest from invading loggers

Guido Bilbao 2 Apr 2019

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

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

Deadly fungal disease has devastated more than 500 amphibian species

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

Virtual reality tool gives viewers the vision of a nocturnal primate

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 29 Mar 2019

Video: Scientists surprised to discover tiny toadlets can glow

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Mar 2019

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

Mike Gaworecki 29 Mar 2019

Meet Mini mum, Mini ature, Mini scule: Tiny new frogs from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Fishery on the brink: The fight to save the Nassau grouper

Ashley Stumvoll 28 Mar 2019

New report lays out low-carbon development path for Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Mar 2019

Better than sex? For hard-to-breed rhinos, technology strives for a solution

Jim Tan 28 Mar 2019

New research teases apart complex effects of naval sonar on whales

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Ocean acidification could impact Atlantic cod populations more severely than previously thought

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2019

Ascension, the Atlantic ‘Galápagos,’ to get massive marine reserve

Sophie Manson 27 Mar 2019

How digital technologies can transform nature conservation engagement (commentary)

Julio Corredor 26 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

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