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We know how many okapi live in zoos. In the wild? It’s complicated

Marlowe Starling 18 Sep 2024

Climate change could threaten newly described ‘shiny’ North American bees

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Sep 2024
A tusker with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka completes first elephant census since 2011 amid uncertainty

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Sep 2024
Wreathed hornbill at nest

Successful Thai community-based hornbill conservation faces uncertain future

Carolyn Cowan 10 Sep 2024
Photograph of the Itombwe owl captured by Tom Butynski and colleagues in 1996. Image Courtesy of Tom Butynski.

The Itombwe owl: Two birds and an identity crisis

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Sep 2024
A pair of sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) in a tree.

Wildlife busts in Malaysia’s Taman Negara show progress, and gaps, in enforcement

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 9 Sep 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024
The African manatee use their whisker-like hairs (vibrissae) to detect objects and help expertly navigate waterways (Credit: Lucy Keith-Diagne).

Mysterious African manatees inspire a growing chorus of champions

Petro Kotzé 5 Sep 2024

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

Donny Iqbal, Nopri Ismi 5 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
A white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), an endangered bird endemic to Nat Ma Taung National Park in western Myanmar.

Protected areas in SE Asia could do better with more resources, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 3 Sep 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
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

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

James Hall 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
A Russell's viper.

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

Abu Siddique 14 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
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

In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities in Guyana are winning

Carla Ruas 5 Aug 2024

Javan rhino poaching saga reveals serious security lapse

Mongabay-indonesia 2 Aug 2024
A common Jezebel (Delias eucharis).

Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

Hailey Smalley 31 Jul 2024

Cambodia’s largest mangrove forest is ‘teeming with life,’ biodiversity survey finds

Anton L. Delgado 30 Jul 2024
Common zebra (Equus quagga) in Kriger National Park, South Africa.

The Inventory, a Wiki for wild tech: Interview with Jake Burton & Alex Rood

Abhishyant Kidangoor 30 Jul 2024

Chatterbox chimps converse just like humans (but with more gestures)

Spoorthy Raman 29 Jul 2024
The bone of an elephant that died from electric shock in Karang Ampar.

As human-elephant conflicts in Sumatra rise, so does risk from electric fences

Junaidi Hanafiah 29 Jul 2024

DRC’s golden-bellied mangabeys: A little-known but much-threatened monkey

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jul 2024

DRC conflict hinders search for Itombwe nightjar, but ‘lost’ bird may yet be found

Ryan Truscott 25 Jul 2024

Short on funds and long on risk, Venezuelan conservation groups worry for future

Maxwell Radwin 25 Jul 2024
A coyote in Chicago. Image courtesy of Cook County Coyote Project.

Animal welfare advocacy must include wildlife & invertebrates (commentary)

Zoe Newton 24 Jul 2024
Siamese crocodiles in Siem Pang

Siamese crocodile hatchlings a ‘promising sign’ in Cambodia, but greater protection needed

Gerald Flynn 24 Jul 2024

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