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Keith Davis, an American fisheries observer, disappeared on a Taiwanese-owned, Panamanian-flagged vessel in 2015. Image courtesy of Mark Benjamin.

‘Fatal Watch’: Interview with documentary makers on fisheries observer deaths

Edward Carver 20 Mar 2025
A Chinese pangolin in Guangdong, China

Pangolin burrows are biodiversity magnets in burnt forests, study shows

Spoorthy Raman 20 Feb 2025
A coal-fired power plant at night in the nickel industrial area in Halmahera.

US security think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2025

Things are looking up for near-extinct Siberian cranes (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 18 Feb 2025

China’s pangolin scale trade declines, study shows, but smuggling persists

Keith Anthony Fabro 14 Feb 2025

Vietnam and China partner on wildlife-friendly traditional medicine practices

Spoorthy Raman 6 Feb 2025

Scientists unveil potential new pangolin species, highlighting conservation challenges

Keith Anthony Fabro 27 Jan 2025
Banner image of the spoon-billed sandpaper dubbed K9, courtesy of Dongming Li.

World’s tiniest transmitter finds nesting area of rarest migratory shorebird

Kristine Sabillo 24 Jan 2025
Philippine pangolin mother and baby.

China’s new pangolin quota for TCM sparks conservation concerns

Keith Anthony Fabro 24 Jan 2025
Coal miners in Meghalaya, India.

Coal gasification, an old technology, is quietly expanding across Asia

Nithin Coca 21 Jan 2025

Near-extinct Siberian crane is recovering thanks to habitat protection

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Jan 2025
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024
Sharks cast aside after being finned.

No signs of slowdown in wildlife trafficking in 2024 as demand persists

Keith Anthony Fabro 25 Dec 2024
Installation of solar panels.

Renewables won’t save us from climate catastrophe, experts warn; what will?

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 17 Dec 2024
The adult female Chinese mountain cat found by Han Xue-song in winter near her den in the Sanjiangyuan region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Easy to catch, yet little known: Meet the Chinese mountain cat

Ruth Kamnitzer 18 Nov 2024

Parties gutting EUDR received donations from companies tied to illegal deforestation: Report

Aimee Gabay 15 Nov 2024

Brazil to adopt full beef traceability by 2032 amid China, EU pressure

Shanna Hanbury 15 Nov 2024

China’s plans to trace wildlife trade risks inflaming trafficking, critics warn

Carolyn Cowan 31 Oct 2024
The Run Zeng 03 ship was detained at the Tual PSDKP base port, June 5, 2024.

New abuse allegations hit China ghost ships in Indonesia waters

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2024

2 new species of rare toothed toads described from Vietnam and China: studies

Kristine Sabillo 9 Oct 2024

Carbon credit land grab dispossesses Global South communities: Report

Shanna Hanbury 26 Sep 2024
Before and after of a restoration project in Spain. Image courtesy of AlVelAl.

Why I quit the film industry to work on ecological restoration (commentary)

John D. Liu 12 Sep 2024

Spiders turn male fireflies into female mimics to lure more prey

Bobby Bascomb 3 Sep 2024
argeting demand for rhino horn-based products must complement efforts to protect rhinos from poaching. Image by Geranimo via Unsplash.

As a medicine, study finds rhino horn useless — and potentially toxic

Juliette Portala 3 Sep 2024

Streetlights make tree leaves tougher for insects to eat, Beijing study shows

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Aug 2024

China is latest country to oppose EU regulation to track deforestation

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2024
An artisanal fishing boat on a Mozambique beach.

Report: Illegal fishing and labor abuse rampant in China’s Indian Ocean fleet

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Jun 2024
Farming in Myanmar

Will the Mekong and Salween pay the price of China’s energy transition?

Carolyn Cowan 22 May 2024
Sharks in the coral reefs of Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.

Undercover in a shark fin trafficking ring: Interview with wildlife crime fighter Andrea Crosta

Philip Jacobson 16 May 2024
Satellite image of dredging in South China Sea

Island-building and overfishing wreak destruction of South China Sea reefs

Carolyn Cowan 8 Apr 2024
A Cao-vit gibbon in a tree.

Smaller population estimate underscores urgency of saving Cao-vit gibbon

Carly Nairn 27 Mar 2024
An anemone fish in Hong Kong's coral reefs.

Hong Kong as a reef fish haven? These scientists want to get the word out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Feb 2024

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