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Turtles and tortoises in trouble: More than half of all species face extinction

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jul 2020
Camera trap image of a wild ass by Kirk Olson/WCS.

Animal crossing: A wild ass makes history

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2020

Less than a thousand remain: New list of animals on the brink of extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2020

Baby humpback whales bulk up in Hawaii ahead of migration [VIDEO]

Liz Kimbrough 5 Jun 2020

Does Lucius Fox know? Tiny tech tracks bats (and more)

Liz Kimbrough 3 Jun 2020

Spiny lobsters raise an undersea racket that can be heard miles away

Liz Kimbrough 27 May 2020

Tigers threatened by a vast network of planned roads across Asia

Liz Kimbrough 21 May 2020

Historic agreement gives monarch butterflies the ‘right-of-way’

Liz Kimbrough 20 May 2020

Disaster interrupted: How you can help save the insects

Liz Kimbrough 15 May 2020

Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil, study says

Liz Kimbrough 13 May 2020

For world’s rarest great ape, COVID-19 is latest in a litany of threats

Ayat S. Karokaro, Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2020

‘Titanic challenge’ for an Italian hospital rescuing sea turtles from plastic

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2020

Camera traps in trees reveal a richness of species in Rwandan park

Liz Kimbrough 27 Mar 2020

Keeping gorillas safe amid COVID-19 concerns

Liz Kimbrough 24 Mar 2020

Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2020

Western lowland gorillas may be territorial, a new study finds

Liz Kimbrough 12 Mar 2020

‘Fake market’: Red panda study finds no real demand behind rise in poaching

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2020

As temperatures rise, meerkat pups feel the heat

Liz Kimbrough 5 Mar 2020

Indonesia softens stance on WWF termination as programs fall into limbo

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2020

Indonesian environment ministry ends WWF partnership amid public spat

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jan 2020

Indonesia forest fires push orangutans into starvation mode, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jan 2020
Proboscis monkeys in Borneo have lost habitat to oil palm plantations and shrimp farms. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Jan 2020

Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Dec 2019

Vervet monkeys thrive despite habitat loss in South Africa

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2019

Gravely injured orangutan rescued near site of controversial hydropower project

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Sep 2019

The wolf of Bangladesh: A true story

Jeremy Hance 7 Aug 2019

Deforested areas bleed heat to nearby forests, drive local extinctions

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jun 2019

Rare rhino’s death should light a fire under Indonesia (commentary)

Jeremy Hance 30 May 2019

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Documentary on world’s rarest ape generates film festival buzz

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 May 2019
Western Chimpanzees at Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by BigMikeSndTech, licensed under CC by 2.0

Western chimp numbers revised up to 53,000, but development threats loom

Ashoka Mukpo 1 May 2019

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