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Study fails to find link between increased deforestation and COVID lockdowns

James Fair 14 Sep 2021

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

Jansen Baier 1 Sep 2021

Not just for humans — scientists turn to vaccines to save endangered species

Gloria Dickie 20 Aug 2021

Black Death aside, we know surprisingly little about rodents and disease

Liz Kimbrough 9 Aug 2021

New study finds that minority of animals host majority of zoonotic viruses

Michael Tatarski 5 Aug 2021

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn

Sharon Guynup 3 Aug 2021

Sri Lanka zoo lion contracts COVID-19 as reports of animal infections rise

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Jun 2021

Oil palm plantations a ‘threat to global health,’ says study on outbreaks

Mongabay.com 28 May 2021

Hantavirus study shows restoring forests can reduce zoonotic disease risk

Anna Nordseth 11 May 2021
Pangolin in Cambodia. Pangolins are among the most trafficked animals in the world. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

We can prevent the next pandemic (commentary)

Sonila Cook and Nigel Sizer 4 May 2021

Brazilian Cerrado savanna: Wildcat miners descend on Indigenous reserve

Ana Ionova 16 Apr 2021

Captive lions kept in ‘stressful conditions’ create perfect recipe for disease, experts say

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Apr 2021

Brazil’s isolated tribes in the crosshairs of miners targeting Indigenous lands

Hyury Potter and Fabio Bispo 17 Mar 2021

Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say

Liz Kimbrough 5 Feb 2021

Indigenous groups blast Amazon state’s plan to legalize wildcat mining

Sam Cowie 22 Jan 2021

In ‘dire’ plea, Brazil’s Amazonas state appeals for global COVID assistance

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 21 Jan 2021

Brazil’s collapsing health service, new COVID variant, raise Indigenous risk

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 20 Jan 2021

First COVID-19 cases in zoo gorillas raise alarm about wild populations

Mongabay.com 12 Jan 2021
Amur tigers are among the creatures found in Russia's taiga forest habitat. Image courtesy of WCS Russia & Sikhote-Alin Reserve.

Vaccinations may be vital for saving Amur tigers from virus outbreaks (commentary)

Dale Miquelle, Martin Gilbert 24 Dec 2020
A world turned weird. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Top 10 environmental news stories of 2020

Rhett A. Butler 22 Dec 2020
Pangolin bust, Medan, Indonesia, April 2015. Over 4000 frozen, 97 live and 77 kg of scale where confiscated during a WCS and national police bust of a wildlife trade. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS

In China, public support grows to rein in the wildlife trade in the wake of the pandemic

Emily Harwitz 9 Dec 2020

Can whales and dolphins catch COVID-19 from wastewater? It’s murky

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Dec 2020
Woman slaughtering rats at a market in Dong Thap, Vietnam (left), and vendor selling live rats in cages (right). Photo credit: WCS/Viet Nam (Huong, et al, 2020)

Coronavirus risk grows as animals move through wildlife trade

Stephanie Melchor 3 Dec 2020

Indigenous leader who fought for communities and conservation mourned in Peru

Anna-Catherine Brigida 25 Nov 2020

The Amazon’s Yanomami utterly abandoned by Brazilian authorities: Report

Sue Branford 19 Nov 2020

One Health: A necessary blend of biodiversity and human health goals (commentary)

Annie Mark 16 Nov 2020

Lemurs might never recover from COVID-19 (commentary)

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2020

IPBES report details path to exit current ‘pandemic era’

John Cannon 30 Oct 2020

Could disruptions in meat supply relieve pressure on the Amazon? (commentary)

Nikolas Kozloff 30 Sep 2020

Crisis in Venezuela: Non-governmental organizations adapt to survive

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 10 Sep 2020

Global wildlife being decimated by human actions, WWF report warns

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Sep 2020
The Kayapó Xikrin people of the Northern Amazon were affected by 2019’s infamous Fire Day. Photo taken in August 2019. Credit: Emilio Chong/Land is Life.

Survival of Indigenous communities at risk as Amazon fire season advances

Shanna Hanbury 2 Sep 2020

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