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Last best place on earth: Who will save the Caribbean’s great coral reef?

Cuba moves to protect sharks

Partnerships are key to The Wildlife Conservation Society’s new conservation strategy

Hunted orcas spotlight Caribbean whaling

How solar thermal curbs pollution and improves health

Offshore drilling proposed in Belize’s spectacular marine areas

Gov’t officials permitted deforestation in Dominican Republic national park

Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins

With local help, hawksbill sea turtles make a comeback in Nicaragua

Puerto Rico’s only native toad bounces back from edge of extinction

Next big idea in forest conservation? Recognize the value of novel forests

Diverse, deceptive, declining: orchids threatened by deforestation in South America

Hitchhiking Caribbean lizard upends island biogeography theory

Invasion of the lionfish: new research finds the situation may be worse than we thought

Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

Local knowledge sheds light on some of the world’s strangest mammals

Saving sharks one sandwich at a time: conservationists target ‘shark bake’

A series of oil spills sully Caribbean paradise, coating mangroves and wildlife (photos)

Not all mangroves are created equal: new map reveals carbon storage hot-spots

Meeting the mammal that survived the dinosaurs

Mesoamerican Reef needs more local support, says report

Scientists outline how to save nearly 70 percent of the world’s plant species

Trinidad and Tobago: a biodiversity hotspot overlooked

Are ‘novel’ tropical forests nature’s response to global change?

Google Earth presents fish-eye view of coral reefs

The iguana man: saving the reptilian kings of the Bahamas

Dominican Republic sends bulldozers to destroy wildlife reserve, home to endangered species

The hidden Caribbean: sustainable tourism arrives in the Dominican Republic

Local economy ruined by pesticide pollution in the Caribbean

First strike: nearly 200 illegal loggers arrested in massive sting across 12 countries

Beyond the resorts: traveling the real and wild Dominican Republic (photos)

Measuring nutrient pollution in pristine waters: Puerto Rico’s Vieques Island

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