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Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

Elephant tusks and pangolin scales seized, six suspects arrested in Ivory Coast

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

Fang trafficking to China is putting Bolivia’s jaguars in jeopardy

Roberto Navia 26 Jan 2018
Radiated Tortoise Hatchling (Astrochelys radiata). Madagascar’s radiated tortoises have all but disappeared from their island home due to habitat loss, hunting for their meat, and collection for the pet trade. The females lay from three to 12 eggs that resemble ping pong balls. The hatchlings have beautiful, roundish shells, and at 1½ inches, are miniature versions of their 35 pound parents. Photo &copy Julie Larsen Maher / WCS.

Baby photos of 10 of the world’s rarest turtles from the zoo trying to save them

Avishai Shuter, Don Boyer, Julie Larsen Maher 26 Jan 2018

Do catch and release-induced abortions harm shark and ray populations?

Jack Elliot Marley 26 Jan 2018

Rhino poaching in South Africa dipped slightly last year, but ‘crisis continues unabated,’ conservationists say

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2018

The ups and downs of marine protected areas: Examining the evidence

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2018

Stranger than fiction? New spiders found in Brazil named after creatures from popular fantasy stories

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2018

Smallest wild cat in the Americas faces big problems — but hope exists

Niki Rust 24 Jan 2018

No more elephants? Poaching crisis takes its toll in the Central African Republic

Alexandra Popescu 24 Jan 2018

Indonesia hints rhino sperm transfer to Malaysia may finally happen this year

Basten Gokkon 24 Jan 2018

Muskox and other Arctic mammals are feeling the heat of climate change

Gloria Dickie 23 Jan 2018

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

Jeremy Hance 23 Jan 2018

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2018

Friend, not foe: Review highlights benefits of predators and scavengers

Mongabay.com 23 Jan 2018

New app hopes to reduce wildlife deaths on India’s roads, railway lines

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jan 2018

Crowdsourcing the fight against poaching, with the help of remote cameras

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Jan 2018

Mesoamerican Reef gets improving bill of health

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

Thai police bust leading wildlife trafficker

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

To Counter Wildlife Trafficking, Local Enforcement, Not En-Route Interdiction, Is Key (commentary)

Vanda Felbab-Brown 19 Jan 2018

Decapitated orangutan found near palm plantations shot 17 times, autopsy finds

Basten Gokkon 19 Jan 2018

Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

Facebook being used for illegal reptile trade in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

Camera traps confirm existence of ‘world’s ugliest pig’ in the wild, warts and all

Mike Gaworecki 18 Jan 2018

A saiga time bomb? Bad news for Central Asia’s beleaguered antelope

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Jan 2018

Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong River dolphin habitat

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2018

Study reveals forests have yet another climate-protection superpower

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Jan 2018

Ancient human sites may have distorted our understanding of the Amazon’s natural ecology

Kimber Price 16 Jan 2018

Orangutan found tortured and decapitated prompts Indonesia probe

Mongabay.com 16 Jan 2018

Belize imposes offshore oil moratorium to protect reefs

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2018

Peru declares a huge new national park in the Amazon

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Jan 2018
Pacific bluefin tuna. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

A Pacific bluefin tuna sold for $323,000. Can the species be saved?

Bonnie Waycott 12 Jan 2018

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