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Breeding-age female vaquita dies after being taken into captivity

Mike Gaworecki 6 Nov 2017

Recent report: Totoaba trafficking a conservation and security problem

John Cannon 6 Nov 2017

Three rhinos killed in 48 hours in India’s Kaziranga National Park

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Nov 2017

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2017

Scientists surprised to discover new butterflyfish

Mike Gaworecki 3 Nov 2017
An orchid. Photo by Džoko Stach/Pixabay.

The lure of wild orchids persists in Colombia

Maximo Anderson 2 Nov 2017
Dani man in Indonesian papua. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Does community-based forest management work in the tropics?

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Nov 2017
A white spotted reed frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) in Ranomafana National Park, about 30 miles west of Vohilava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar environmental activist convicted, sentenced — and paroled

Edward Carver 2 Nov 2017

A new species of orangutan from Indonesia (analysis)

Anthony B. Rylands, Gabriella Fredriksson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Serge Wich 2 Nov 2017

The Eighth Great Ape: New orangutan species discovered in Sumatra

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Nov 2017

Will the bird that dodged a bullet pay the price of peace?

Mike Shanahan 2 Nov 2017
Sanazy, from Beheloke Haut, says “hunger” pushed her to start farming seaweed three years ago: she earns about $20 from the crop during her best months. Photo by Rowan Moore Gerety for Mongabay.

Fish vs. forests? Madagascar’s marine conservation boom

Rowan Moore Gerety 1 Nov 2017

Impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in Peru and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2017

Carbon sequestration role of savanna soils key to climate goals

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2017

Is Cambodia’s plan to reintroduce tigers doomed to fail?

Logan Connor 1 Nov 2017

Brilliantly colored ‘lost’ salamander rediscovered after 42 years

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Nov 2017

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017

Trump budget undercuts U.S. commitment to global wildlife conservation

William H. Funk 30 Oct 2017

Parks and reserves ‘significant’ force for slowing climate change

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2017

A roar for nature in Indonesia: Q&A with the poet behind ‘Indigenous Species’

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2017

Palm oil mounts ‘new offensive’ in Colombia while workers decry labor conditions

Bram Ebus 27 Oct 2017

‘Decimated’: Germany’s birds disappear as insect abundance plummets 76%

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Oct 2017

Lemur species losing favorite food to climate change, new study says

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2017

As Grauer’s gorillas cling to survival, new population found

Sharon Guynup 26 Oct 2017
With a greater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus) stretched out on her lap, Voahangy Soarimalala of Association Vahatra demonstrates measurement techniques for small mammals to a group of masters students from the University of Antananarivo in the Andranomena Special Reserve. Photo courtesy of Association Vahatra.

Building conservation’s brain trust in Madagascar

Rowan Moore Gerety 25 Oct 2017

First vaquita ‘rescued’ in bid to save the porpoise from extinction

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

Rhino poacher sentenced to 18 years in prison

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

Black rhinos in Tanzania now monitored via sensors implanted directly in their horns

Mike Gaworecki 24 Oct 2017

The world lost an area of tree cover the size of New Zealand last year

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Oct 2017

FSC mulls rule change to allow certification for recent deforesters

John Cannon 24 Oct 2017

New study: Risky roads cause more than just environmental harm

John Cannon 24 Oct 2017

Saving the ‘Star Wars gibbon’: Q&A with primatologist Carolyn Thompson

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2017

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