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Image of a Madras hedgehog by Santhosh Krishnan13 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The rarely seen Madras hedgehog in India is also poorly studied

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2025
Yellow-breasted bunting

How birds deepen our awareness of nature: Interview with Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok

Carolyn Cowan 24 Feb 2025

Mammals, birds in Vietnam’s rare coastal forests revealed by camera traps

Carolyn Cowan 13 Feb 2025

As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Feb 2025
Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus) courtesy of Staffan Widstrand/Swedensbigfive.org.

Sweden’s wolf hunt starts, aims to halve population

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jan 2025

Conservation corridors provide hope for Latin America’s felines

Antonio José Paz Cardona 2 Jan 2025

Unlike: Brazil Facebook groups give poachers safe space to flex their kills

Adele Santelli 19 Dec 2024
Fin whales, the second-largest mammal on earth, are hunted in Iceland, and their meat is exported to Japan. Image credits: Aqqa Rosing-Asvid - Visit Greenland - Flickr: Finhval, CC BY 2.0,

Hundreds of whales to be harpooned as Iceland issues new hunting licenses

Spoorthy Raman 17 Dec 2024
Wolf. Credit: Rhett A. Butler

EU votes to weaken protection for European wolves

Bobby Bascomb 5 Dec 2024

Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2024

Slender-billed curlew, a bird last photographed in 1995, is likely extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2024
Typically found in habitats near rivers, lakes, and wetlands, the lowland tapir is a superb swimmer.

Indigenous guardians embark on a sacred pact to protect the lowland tapir in Colombia

James Hall 20 Nov 2024
Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

A key driver of decline, can wild orchid collectors change their ways?

Carolyn Cowan 14 Nov 2024
Wreathed hornbill at nest

Successful Thai community-based hornbill conservation faces uncertain future

Carolyn Cowan 10 Sep 2024
Eurasian lynx, courtesy of Parc Zoologique de Paris.

Sweden’s ‘nature friendly’ reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)

Misha Istratov 4 Sep 2024
Painted woolly bat

‘Senseless’ U.S. trinket trade threatens distinctive Asian bat, study shows

Carolyn Cowan 30 Aug 2024
Eurasian brown bear courtesy of Magnus Lundgren/Swedensbigfive.org.

Sweden greenlights hunt of nearly 500 bears, a fifth of total population

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2024

Luxury hunting firm linked to decades of poaching in Tanzania, whistleblowers say

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2024
The translocation team leads a sedated rhino to a crate and its journey to a new home. Image © Michael Dexter/African Parks.

African Parks embarks on critical conservation undertaking for 2,000 rhinos

Simon Espley 22 Aug 2024

Japanese ship hunts massive fin whale, country’s first in 50 years

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2024

Shooting of Philippine eagle renews calls to boost enforcement, wildlife protection

Jhesset O. Enano 29 Jul 2024
Whale cutting in Hvalfjörður in the west of Iceland.

Icelandic government grants new license to whaling company to hunt 128 fin whales

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Jun 2024

2 years after Bruno & Dom’s murders, Amazon region still rife with gangs

Jaqueline Sordi 10 Jun 2024
oriental pied hornbill

New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed dispersers

Carolyn Cowan 15 May 2024

Spotted softshell turtle release boosts reptile conservation in Vietnam

Carolyn Cowan 4 Apr 2024
Nilgais are the largest antelope species in Asia.

Comeback on the cards for Asian antelope declared extinct in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 20 Mar 2024

Report: Rising slaughter of small whales and dolphins threatens ocean balance

Elizabeth Fitt 6 Mar 2024
Tiger rescue Nepal

Conservation success leaves Nepal at a loss for dealing with ‘problem tigers’

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Feb 2024
Dholes (Cuon alpinus) hunting a spotted deer in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India.

Dholes latest wild canids likely making comeback in Nepal, study shows

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Feb 2024

‘Hope is the last to die’: Q&A with Indigenous leader Jose Parava on land rights

Michael Esquer 25 Jan 2024
Nepal nearly tripled its tiger population in 12 years.

For Nepal, 2023 changed course of tiger conservation efforts

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Dec 2023
Man in the forest near village of Ngon, Ebolowa District, Cameroon. Ollivier Girard via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Incentivizing conservation shows success against wildlife hunting in Cameroon

Sean Mowbray 19 Dec 2023

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