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Painted woolly bat

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

Carolyn Cowan 30 Aug 2024

Sea lions with video cameras help scientists map ocean floor

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Aug 2024

Three-legged lion makes the longest known swim across croc-filled water

Bobby Bascomb 27 Aug 2024
An Amazonian manatee in a zoo.

As Amazonian rivers recede under drought, manatees are left exposed to poaching

Sarah Brown 27 Aug 2024
A blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis) in a cage.

CITES suspends Bangladesh as illegal wild bird trade continues

Abu Siddique 27 Aug 2024

South Africa seeks to settle landmark African penguin lawsuit

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Aug 2024
Front view of a confiscated forest hingeback tortoise in Côte d’Ivoire with damage to the nuchal area. Image by Pearson McGovern.

Meet the little-known African tortoise with a hatchback for a shell

Jeremy Hance 26 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
In community fisheries reserves, fish scouts or guards patrol the rivers to remove illegal nets and enforce local rules. Fish monitors record catches that are taken legally to track the state of their local fish stocks. Photo courtesy of Marcus Westberg.

As southern African freshwater fish & fisheries struggle, collaboration is key (commentary)

Gail Thomson 22 Aug 2024

How a fun women’s gathering led to small wildcat conservation in Peru’s Andes

James Hall 22 Aug 2024
Screenshot from a propaganda video released by JNIM depicting a training camp in Burkina Faso, 2024.

Trained to stop poaching, Benin park rangers instead face jihadists

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Aug 2024

Argentina weighs new MPA to curb international fishing frenzy in ‘Blue Hole’

Maxwell Radwin 22 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

New species of skate is named, 35 years since its discovery off Madagascar

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Aug 2024
Close up of the shiny, bulbous brown compound eyes and dark brown and blue thorax of a Gambles's flatwing's (Neurolestes nigeriensis). Image © Jan van Leeuwen.

Search for rare Nigerian damselflies finds forest habitats under threat

Ryan Truscott 22 Aug 2024

In Mexico, avocado suppliers continue sourcing from illegally deforested land

Maxwell Radwin 21 Aug 2024

Fires devastate critical refuge for hyacinth macaws

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Aug 2024
Researchers Luciana Gallo (left) and Marcela Uhart (right) sampling for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza strain (HPAI) of the H5N1 virus in Punta Leon, Argentina in early November 2023.

As bird flu outbreak kills myriad wildlife species, virologists eye threat to humans

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Aug 2024

Maasai block tourist road protesting forced eviction from ancestral land

Bobby Bascomb 20 Aug 2024

Recently hatched baby skate offers hope for endangered Tasman species

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2024

Study shores up reputation of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park as amphibian haven

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Aug 2024
A Russell's viper.

Bangladesh introduces awareness initiatives to curb panic over Russell’s vipers

Abu Siddique 14 Aug 2024

Brazil cites Mongabay reporting in recommendation to suspend ‘rotten’ carbon credit projects

Bobby Bascomb 13 Aug 2024
A Sumatran tiger.

Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province

Jaka Hendra Baittri, Vinolia 13 Aug 2024

From selfies to treetops: Thai NGOs rescue and release captive gibbons

Ana Norman Bermúdez 9 Aug 2024
Freshly harvested oil palm fruits.

Indonesia palm oil lobby pushes 1 million hectares of new Sulawesi plantations

Sarjan Lahay 8 Aug 2024

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

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2024

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

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Aug 2024

Indian bioacoustics researchers boost wildlife conservation with exciting animal insights

Mike DiGirolamo 6 Aug 2024
More than 95% of southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) born in 2023 perished in that year from the deadly outbreak of avian influenza.

Animal apocalypse: Deadly bird flu infects hundreds of species pole-to-pole

Sharon Guynup 6 Aug 2024

China is latest country to oppose EU regulation to track deforestation

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2024

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