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Rajah Scops Owl rediscovered in Borneo

05. 03. 2021

First photos of a rare subspecies of Rajah Scops Owl are a promising start, but ...

Lost Species

The fight to establish Europe’s first wild river national park

04. 30. 2021

Activists across Europe asked politicians to permanently protect the river from ...

Balkans Vjosa

Jaguars, a keystone species, are reintroduced to the Iberá wetlands

03. 18. 2021

A mom and her two cubs are the first to live in the wild of the national park Be...

Argentina Jaguar Jaguars

The Black-browed Babbler, an enigma that has been missing and has perplexed scientists for more than 170 years, is found in Indonesia

03. 12. 2021

Two local men made the surprise discovery As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the wor...

Lost Species Birds

Tras años de conflicto, ¿podría este bosque colombiano esconder una especie de periquito perdida?

02. 24. 2021

Los científicos están buscando el periquito del Sinú, que no ha sido document...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species

After years of conflict could this Colombian forest be hiding a lost parakeet species?

02. 23. 2021

Scientists are searching for the Sinú Parakeet, which hasn’t been documented ...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species

The Spirit of Survival

01. 14. 2021

Kayapo Indigenous People Call on World to Help Protect Amazonia Against Extracti...

Amazon Kayapo

Erosion caused by an oil pipeline in Ecuador.

INVASION (Part I)

12. 23. 2020

Oil Spills, Illegal Mining And COVID-19 Layer Threats On Ecuador’s Indigenous ...

Kichwa Indigenous Peoples Kofan Indigenous Peoples

INVASION (Part IV)

12. 23. 2020

In Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupts Indigenous Peoples�...

Colombia Arhuaco Indigenous Peoples

INVASION (Part III)

12. 23. 2020

In Pandemic, Putumayo’s Indigenous Peoples Draw Upon Their Past...

Colombia

Julio Rolín, president of the Boca Pariamanu community

INVASION (Part II)

12. 23. 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Environmental Justice Issues in Peru’s Madre de D...

Peru Amazonia Palma Real Indigenous community

A Wild 2020

12. 19. 2020

GWC Celebrates Its Best of 2020, Despite a Challenging Year...

Amazonia Rapid RESCUE Suriname Tasmanian Devils Virunga National Park Kakī Voeltzkow's Chameleon Ebo Forest End the Trade

Where are all the biodiversity data?

12. 08. 2020

A new study tries to answer the question...

Biodiversity data

Trial By Fire

11. 30. 2020

When catastrophic blazes tore through Australia, a rare turtle might have vanish...

Australia Manning River Turtle

A Western Chimpanzee sitting in the branches of a forest.

A New Western Chimpanzee Action Plan Digs Deeper Into the Reasons Behind the Great Apes’ Dramatic Decline

10. 29. 2020

Extractive Industries Will Now Have to Consult with Primate Experts Ahead of Pro...

great apes Western Chimpanzee

This Tiny Lost Frog is an Unexpected Success Story

10. 27. 2020

The rediscovered species of pumpkin toadlet seems to be faring well in Brazil’...

Brazil Pumpkin Toadlet Atlantic Forest

Expedition Update: Digging Up South Africa’s Golden Moles

10. 23. 2020

New Research Techniques Show Promise for Species Rediscovery...

De Winton's Golden Mole South Africa

Western Chimpanzee lying against a tree trunk with an arm extended.

Mining Threatens Largest Population of Western Chimpanzees

10. 23. 2020

The new documentary “Cries of Our Ancestors” spotlights the chimps and human...

bauxite mining Western Chimpanzee Guinea documentary

Cloud forest of Manduriacu Reserve in Ecuador

Cloud Forests With Every Chance of New Species

10. 23. 2020

Rio Manduriacu Reserve in Ecuador is Home to Many Endemic and Critically Endange...

Ecuador Manduriacu Manduriacu Glass Frog Magnolia Orchids

Wanted: Bird With an Orange Wattle, Extraordinary Call, and Aura of Mystery

10. 10. 2020

Can you hear that? No? Listen closely....

Lost Species New Zealand Kakapo South Island Kōkako North Island Kōkako Search for Lost Spceies

The Neretvica River Community Heroically Battling for Bosnia’s Blue Heart

09. 22. 2020

Hydropower projects threaten their lives, livelihoods and identity. These heroes...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Balkans

Borba zajednice za rijeku Neretvicu

09. 22. 2020

Hidroenergetski projekti ugrožavaju njihove živote, egzistenciju i identitet. ...

Bosni i Hercegovini

The Fight to Keep the Kruščica River Wild

09. 22. 2020

The Brave Women of Kruščica Ignited a Movement to Save Their River from Small ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Rivers River

Borba za očuvanje slobodne rijeke Kruščice

09. 22. 2020

Hrabre žene Kruščice inicirale su pokret za spašavanje svoje rijeke od malih...

Bosni i Hercegovini

The Special Species Under Threat in the Balkans

09. 22. 2020

Many of the Balkans’ unique residents could be lost forever if hydropower dams...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Balkans Balkan Linx Huchen

Ugrožene vrste na Balkanu

09. 22. 2020

Mnoge jedinstvene vrste koje žive samo na Balkanu bi mogle zauvijek nestati ako...

Balkans Bosnia i Herzegovina

Off the Cuff with Chief Conservation Officer Russ Mittermeier

08. 27. 2020

Last week our very own Chief Conservation Officer Russ Mittermeier went Off the ...

Russ Mittermeier

Come Hell and Highwater

08. 21. 2020

Last Year They Had to Fight Brazil’s Catastrophic Fires in Flipflops. This Yea...

Brazil Amazon Cantao Wildfires

A brown and green frog sitting on a leaf

When a Tiny Tadpole Turns Out to be a (Different) Lost Frog

08. 20. 2020

Mother Nature Plays Her Wily Tricks in the Rediscovery of Jahn’s Tree Frog in ...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species Search for Lost Frogs In Search of Lost Frogs Jahn's Tree Frog Merida Harlequin Toad Venezuela

Seeking the Somali Sengi

08. 18. 2020

A Q&A with Djiboutian Research Ecologist Houssein Rayaleh For Houssein Rayal...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species Somali Sengi

The Search for the Ilin Island Cloudrunner, Lost to Science for 66 Years

08. 17. 2020

Unconfirmed sightings of the Philippine species by local residents provide a ray...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species Ilin Island Cloudrunner Phillippines

How dogs and DNA could help unearth De Winton’s Golden Mole

08. 17. 2020

A team of scientists is experimenting with new research techniques in hopes of f...

Search for Lost Species De Winton's Golden Mole Golden Mole

The Search for Costa Rica’s Most Mysterious Hummingbird

08. 14. 2020

Confirming the existence of the Alfaro’s Hummingbird could also help to protec...

Costa Rica Guanacaste Hummingbird Alfaro’s Hummingbird

The story behind being a frontline firefighter

08. 10. 2020

Forest and land fires occur in Central Kalimantan, Borneo every year, but 2019 w...

Borneo

Ranger watching a rhino in a field through binoculars.

How #RangersDeserveMore Helped Illuminate All That Wildlife Rangers Do

07. 31. 2020

Cara Martel is an Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leader (EWCL) 2019-2020, workin...

Rangers World Ranger Day Ranger welfare

Reflections on the Golden Lion Tamarin

07. 30. 2020

GWC’s Chief Conservation Officer Shares Long History of Saving Brazilian Icon ...

Brazil Golden-Lion Tamarin

How COVID-19 is Affecting the World’s Protected and Conserved Areas

07. 21. 2020

A global publication outlines the strains the pandemic is putting on parks – a...

Protected Area Management COVID-19

A Kisangani Red Colobus sitting in a tree

Searching For Lost Monkeys

07. 16. 2020

Conservationists Scour Remote Forests of Democratic Republic of Congo Looking fo...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species Red Colobus Monkey Kisangani Red Colobus Semliki Red Colobus

Help these orphaned orangutans weather the COVID-19 pandemic and return to the wild

07. 10. 2020

In Sumatra, protecting orangutans from coronavirus is also making it more challe...

indonesia Sumatra Sumatran Orangutan

The Critically Endangered Tamaraws are endemic to the island of Mindoro

Conserving Endangered Wildlife in the Lands of Indigenous People: A Story of the Tamaraw and the Tau-Buid

07. 09. 2020

By Ronet Santos (Program Officer) D’ABOVILLE Foundation and Demo Farm Inc ...

Tamaraw Philippines

Chasing Hope for Costa Rica’s Golden Toad

07. 06. 2020

In 1989, the last Golden Toad on the Brillante trail was witnessed in the misty ...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species Costa Rica Golden Toad

Preparing for A Rhino Rescue Mission

07. 02. 2020

This blog post was originally published by Sumatran Rhino Rescue. In the dense...

Sumatran Rhino Sumatran Rhino Rescue Project

Search for the Lost Omiltemi Cottontail Rabbit Brings New Clues

07. 02. 2020

Up in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range in southern Mexico, in the village...

Lost Species Search for Lost Species Mexico Omiltemi Cottontail Rabbit

Zoos and Aquariums Come Together To Help Trafficked Turtles

06. 22. 2020

Turtles are tough. Despite boasting one of evolution’s more successful designs...

turtles Turtle Conservancy

How COVID-19 Is Impacting Rangers Worldwide

06. 17. 2020

In some places, the coronavirus has made it harder to protect parks. In others, ...

Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park Rangers COVID-19 Virunga National Park

A Q&A with Red Colobus Champion Florence Aghomo

06. 16. 2020

As Red Colobus Conservation Coordinator, Aghomo Hopes to Turn the Tide for Mainl...

Red colobus monkeys

Researchers Serendipitously Rediscover Ecuador’s Lost Mindo Harlequin Toad

06. 10. 2020

The Beautiful Toad Had Been Lost to Science for More Than 30 Years...

Ecuador Search for Lost Species Mindo Harlequin Toad

Investigadores hacen un redescubrimiento fortuito: La Rana Arlequín de Mindo de Ecuador

06. 10. 2020

La hermosa rana se había perdido para la ciencia por más de 30 años...

Ecuador Mindo Harlequin Toad

Bolivian Photographer Rediscovers Rare Three-Colored Harlequin Toad

06. 09. 2020

Sighting Brings New Hope for Conservation of Harlequin Toads – the Most Threat...

Bolivia Tricolor Harlequin Toad

Fotógrafo Boliviano Redescubre la Rara Rana Arlequín Tricolor

06. 09. 2020

El Avistamiento Renueva la Esperanza para la Conservación de las Ranas Arlequí...

Bolivia Tricolor Harlequin Toad

The Jamaican Iguana Will Soon Have a Permanent Home on Goat Islands

05. 13. 2020

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the Jamaican Iguana has escaped and recove...

Goat Islands Jamaican Iguana Jamaica

Kipunji Monkey in Tanzania. Credit: John C. Mittermeier

Protecting primates through ecotourism

05. 07. 2020

As of this year, I will have been studying and observing primates in the wild fo...

primates

Vous voulez être impressionnés par notre monde sauvage ? La forêt d’Ébo au Cameroun continue de faire émerger les merveilles.

04. 30. 2020

Avec des chimpanzés casseurs de noix, une population inattendue de gorilles et ...

Cameroon Ebo Forest

Want to be Awed By Our Wild World? Cameroon’s Ebo Forest Keeps the Wonders Coming.

04. 30. 2020

With Nut-cracking Chimpanzees, an Unexpected Population of Gorillas, and a Dozen...

Cameroon Ebo Forest

La forêt d’Ébo : un point chaud de la faune au Cameroun

04. 30. 2020

Dans le sud-ouest du Cameroun, non loin des deux plus grandes villes du pays, se...

Cameroon Ebo Forest

Ebo Forest: A Stronghold for Cameroon’s Wildlife

04. 30. 2020

Here are a few of the unique residents of Cameroon's Ebo Forest....

Cameroon Ebo Forest

Les liens des communautés locales avec la forêt d’Ébo s’étendent sur plusieurs générations

04. 30. 2020

Pour les communautés locales qui vivent autour de la forêt d'Ébo, dans la Ré...

Cameroon Ebo Forest

Local Communities’ Connections to Ebo Forest Span Generations

04. 30. 2020

For the local communities that live around Ebo Forest, in the Littoral Region of...

Cameroon Ebo Forest

Dear Humankind: A letter from COVID-19

04. 20. 2020

What future do you choose?...

zoonotic disease pandemic

National Parks in Africa Suspend Tourism Following Guidelines from IUCN

04. 08. 2020

Experts Recommend Social Distancing to Protect Great Apes ...

coronavirus great apes Virunga COVID-19

Coronaviruses and the Human Meat Market

04. 06. 2020

What will it take to prevent another pandemic? Dr. Russ Mittermeier, GWC Chief C...

trade coronavirus COVID-19 wildlife markets

Ocho Cosas Que Debes Saber Sobre Las Ranas Acuáticas

03. 25. 2020

¿Sabías que el 1 de abril es el primer Día Mundial de la Rana de Agua? Sí, e...

Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo Titicaca Water Frog Romeo and Juliet

Eight Things You Should Know About Water Frogs

03. 25. 2020

Did you know that April 1 is the first-ever World Water Frog Day? Yep, it’s a ...

Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo Titicaca Water Frog Romeo and Juliet

The Critically Endangered Kakī is benefitting from a new brooder room

The Kakī Gets a Larger Love Nest

02. 27. 2020

The World’s Rarest Wading Bird Upgrades Its New Zealand Digs The Black Sti...

New Zealand Kakī Black Stilt

The Critically Endangered Hirola is a skittish, evasive animal and hard to photograph

How GWC’s Robin Moore Caught a Rare Hirola Family on Film

02. 25. 2020

Portraits Spotlight the Need for New Sanctuaries to Protect This Critically Enda...

Hirola Kenya

Dr. Bernie Kuhajda’s Big Love for Little Fishes

02. 20. 2020

A long-standing love for fish has contributed to Kuhajda's drive to help find th...

Lost Species Syr Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon Kazakhstan

Galapagos Team Embarks on Search for ‘Most Wanted’ Giant Tortoise

01. 20. 2020

January Expedition Aims to Solve Century-old Riddle of Giant Tortoises on Fernan...

Lost Species Fernandina Island Fernandina Galapgos Tortoise

Redescubrimiento de Caimán “Perdido” lleva a nuevo Misterio sobre Crocodylidos

12. 20. 2019

Biólogo colombiano Sergio Balaguera-Reina trabaja con Comunidad Indígena para ...

Lost Species

Rediscovery of ‘Lost’ Caiman Leads to New Crocodylian Mystery

12. 20. 2019

Colombian biologist Sergio Balaguera-Reina works with indigenous community to ad...

Lost Species

Building Bridges for the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

12. 12. 2019

Powerful partnership for safeguarding the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta between G...

Colombia Amphibians Harlequin Toad

Construyendo puentes para la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

12. 12. 2019

Una poderosa alianza para salvaguardar la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta de Colomb...

Colombia Amphibians Harlequin Toad

Starry Night Harlequin Toad rediscovered to science

A Bright Future for the Starry Night Harlequin Toad

12. 12. 2019

Partnership brings together the scientific and indigenous knowledge to protect t...

Colombia Rediscovery Harlequin Toad

Fundacion Atelopus and members of the Songrome community in Colombia

Un futuro esperanzador para la Rana Arlequín de la Noche Estrellada

12. 12. 2019

La asociación reúne el conocimiento científico e indígena para proteger el S...

Colombia Amphibians Harlequin Toad

Virunga’s mountain gorilla population is growing. Can tourism help sustain it long-term?

11. 14. 2019

Protecting the park for its Mountain Gorillas, biodiversity and local communitie...

primates

Rediscovered Silver-backed Chevrotain in Vietnam

On the Case: Solving the Mysteries of the Lost Silver-backed Chevrotain

11. 11. 2019

Camera trap survey reveals miniature 'deer' in Vietnam's coastal forests...

Search for Lost Species Annamite Endemic

Ashes to Ashes

10. 22. 2019

Between mid-August and early October, fires devastated 13.2 million acres of Bol...

Bolivia

The Tenacity of Cantão

10. 17. 2019

Instituto Araguaia successfully put out a fire threatening one of the most uniqu...

Brazil Amazon

Cómo un pequeño equipo está tomando medidas heroicas para salvar a una especie de rana a punto de extinguirse

08. 20. 2019

El impresionante talento de un pequeño equipo de expertos en Chile, lo que resu...

Romeo Chile Loa Water Frog

The Loa Down: How a Small Team is Taking Heroic Measures for a Species of Frog Barely Holding On

08. 20. 2019

International community encourages Chilean government to formally safeguard Loa ...

Sehuencas Water Frog Chile Amphibians

The Sixth Cat

08. 08. 2019

Dr. Jim Sanderson and colleagues may have discovered an entirely new species of ...

Costa Rica Small cats

No Bull: Tamaraw Surveys Reveal Unexpectedly Large Population of the Critically Endangered Buffalo

08. 02. 2019

Finding bolsters hope for future of Tamaraw conservation...

Tamaraw Philippines

Bobo Mullet fish common to the Indian River and affected by pesticide fishing

La pesca con veneno amenaza a las comunidades Ramas y Krioles de las zonas remotas de Indio Maíz

07. 25. 2019

GWC y sus socios tienen como objetivo comprender mejor y poner fin a una prácti...

Wildlife Crime Prevention Indio Maiz Nicaragua

Fish affected by fishing with pesticides in the Indio Maiz Biological Reserve

Fishing with pesticides threatens Rama-Kriol communities deep in Indio-Maíz

07. 25. 2019

GWC and partners aim to better understand, end harmful practice...

Wildlife Crime Prevention Indio Maiz Nicaragua

Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve, landscape view

Grassroots Plan Sprouts to Protect the Forests of Indio Maíz

07. 23. 2019

GWC collaborated with the Rama and Kriol indigenous communities to develop a vis...

Protected Area Management Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve Nicaragua

Eritrean Gazelles: Once Lost, and Now Found in Their Namesake Country

07. 19. 2019

GWC associate, Futsum Hagos, rediscovered the Endangered Eritrean Gazelle after ...

exploration Africa Rediscovery

Where the (Honduran) wild things are: A Q&A with Chris Jordan

07. 16. 2019

Scientists documented hundreds of species in the Moskitia rainforest, home of th...

Rediscovery exploration Moskitia Honduras

The ‘Croc Whisperer’: Croc Aficionado Lawrence Henriques shares his passion for Jamaica’s largest predators

07. 09. 2019

GWC's Dr. Robin Moore catches up with the 'Croc Whisperer' and is hopeful for th...

Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Sheth Sangreal Foundation Jamaica Crocodile

Romeo & Julieta: Verano de Amor!

07. 02. 2019

Las famosas ranas tienen nuevos amigos, inspiran a los niños de las escuelas y ...

Romeo Sehuencas Water Frog Bolivia

Romeo & Juliet: Summer Of Love!

07. 02. 2019

The Famous Frogs Gain New Friends, Inspire Schoolkids and Plan a Big Move...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo

Hand with hummingbird showing the connection to biodiversity

Framing Biodiversity, One Story at a Time

06. 27. 2019

Dr. Robin Moore's call to deepen relationships with our neighbors of all forms a...

Wallace's Giant Bee Romeo Biodiversity Op-ed

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey in the Forest

Who’s That Monkey on Peru’s Money?

06. 24. 2019

A once-lost primate becomes a valuable national symbol of conservation and cultu...

Peru Rediscovery primates

Critically Endangered Kakapo, world's largest parrot threatened by disease

A mysterious infection is threatening this ancient bird’s record-breaking breeding season

06. 14. 2019

Kākāpō's most successful breeding season, followed by the sudden emergence of...

New Zealand captive breeding Kakapo

Move over, Seymour

05. 28. 2019

Your Little Shop of Horrors has got nothing on these real-life flesh-eating plan...

Pitcher Plant

Quoll it a Comeback: A Marsupial Boomerangs Back to Mainland Australia

05. 21. 2019

Aussie Ark Reintroduces the Eastern Quoll To the Lands Where It Once Thrived...

Aussie Ark Australia Tasmanian Devil captive breeding

No Species Left Behind

05. 17. 2019

Redefining our values for a biodiverse planet...

conservation Biodiversity Extinction U.N. Report Op-ed

This Newly Discovered Frog is a Transparent Twin with a Strange Song

05. 08. 2019

Serendipitous Discovery of See-through Frog Underscores Colombia’s Uncharted T...

Colombia Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Harlequin Toad Glass frogs

Esta rana recién descubierta es una gemela transparente con un canto extraño

05. 08. 2019

El descubrimiento fortuito de una rana transparente resalta el tesoro inexplorad...

Colombia Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Harlequin Toad Glass frogs

Sharing An Apple a Day Keeps the…Poaching Away

04. 15. 2019

Leveraging social capital to prevent wildlife crime...

anti-poaching conservation criminology guardians

Stephane-Knoll-Museo-de-Historia-Natural-Alcide-d’Orbigny

A Q&A With Romeo and
Juliet’s Personal Assistant

04. 01. 2019

As the head of conservation breeding for the K’ayra Center at the Museo de His...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo Juliet

Una Entrevista Con La Asistente Personal De Romeo Y Julieta

04. 01. 2019

La encargada de cría en cautiverio del Centro K’ayra del Museo de Historia Na...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo Juliet

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A Q&A With Wild Cat Photographer Sebastian Kennerknecht

03. 18. 2019

“When you are eye to eye with a wild cat, the whole world stops,” wildlife p...

Small cats Photography

Natural history photographer Clay Bolt makes the first ever photos of a living Wallace’s giant bee at its nest, which is found in active termite in the North Moluccas, Indonesia.

Rediscovering Wallace’s Giant Bee

02. 21. 2019

In Search Of Raja Ofu, The King Of Bees...

indonesia Lost Species Wallace's Giant Bee Search for Lost Species Rediscovery

Finding Hope In Conservation: The Search For A Lost Flying Squirrel

02. 21. 2019

Lost...but we hope soon to be found....

Search for Lost Species Red Giant Flying Squirrel Guatemala Mexico Namdapha Flying Squirrel

A Tale Of Two Frogs (And Some Of The Biologists Who Love Them)

02. 14. 2019

Romeo the frog finds his Juliet...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo Juliet

Northern Flying Squirrel by Stephen Dalton via Arkive

The Superheroes Of The Squirrel World: Flying Squirrels

01. 21. 2019

These aren't your average squirrels...

Lost Species Indian Giant Flying Squirrel Northern Flying Squirrel Woolly Flying Squirrel Travancore Flying Squirrel

Romeo, Oh, Romeo!

01. 15. 2019

This bachelor is lonely no more!...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo

Romeo, Oh, Romeo! (Español)

01. 15. 2019

Apenas podíamos creer las noticias cuando nuestra amiga Teresa Camacho Badani, ...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo

Tamaraw Tales: Introduction

12. 20. 2018

Heroes of the Philippines, heroes of the world ...

Tamaraw Philippines Mindoro Island Tamara Tales

Rangers-patrolling-route-in-Mount-Iglit-Baco-Natural-Park

Where The (Dwarf) Buffalo Roam

12. 20. 2018

The Future Of Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park...

Tamaraw Philippines Mindoro Island Buhid Tau Buid

The Wild World Of Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park

12. 20. 2018

Tamaraw's unique neighbors take center stage...

Search for Lost Species Mindoro Island Key Biodiversity Area Oliver's Warty Pig Ilin Island Cloudrunner

Researchers Hop To It To Study A Stunning Rabbit With Tiger Stripes

12. 10. 2018

The Annamite Mountains still have stripes...

Large-antlered Muntjac Pu Mat National Park Laos Annamite Striped Rabbit Bach Ma National Park

Timely Decision Making is Essential to Save Wild Rhinos in Indonesia; A Solution is in Sight

11. 30. 2018

By: Barney Long, Global Wildlife Conservation Eric Schmidt, Wildlife Protection ...

SMART Monitoring Rhinos

Así Es Como Se Juega A Ser Casamentera De Una Rana

11. 28. 2018

No hay nada en los antecedentes de Teresa Camacho Badani en biología que sugier...

Romeo

This Is How You Play Matchmaker To A Frog

11. 28. 2018

By scouring the rivers and never drying off...

Bolivia Sehuencas Water Frog Romeo Siberia Water Frog Telmatobius edaphonastes

Tamaraw Adventures

11. 23. 2018

It’s blazing hot, the mountains are steep, and with every crest comes another....

indonesia Tamaraw Philippines Anoa dwarf buffalo Mindoro

An Extraordinary Encounter With The Rare Javan Rhino

11. 19. 2018

Paralyzed by the gravity of a moment...

indonesia Javan Rhino Ujung Kulon National Park

GWC Associate Scores A Big Win For Small Cats

11. 08. 2018

“Small wild cats are too hard to study. You’ll be lucky to find 15 of them,�...

IUCN Red List Chile Guigna Small cats Guigna Working Group Guigna Action Plan

Cosmopolitan Small Cats Make A Splash In Sri Lanka

11. 02. 2018

Fishing cats adjust to urban living. ...

Cosmopolitan Small Cats Sri Lanka

Un Día En La Vida De Los Guardianes De Nuestro Planeta

11. 01. 2018

Sentando en el balcón de la estación de guardabosques del Parque Nacional Tapa...

Guatemala Costa Rica Tortuguero National Park Tapanti National Park

A Day In The Life Of Our Planet’s Protectors

10. 31. 2018

Central America's wildlife heroes...

Guatemala Costa Rica Tortuguero National Park Tapanti National Park Combatting Wildlife Crime

GWC Conservationists Go To Bat In World Series Of Camera Trap Competitions

10. 25. 2018

The winning strategy? Seek-the-poo....

Costa Rica Baird's tapir Black Guan Central America Dice's Cottontail Red-tailed Squirrel

Tiny Lost-And-Found Toad Becomes Harbinger Of Hope

10. 23. 2018

Tandayapa Andes Toad returns...

Ecuador IUCN Red List Brown-Headed Spider Monkey Fundacion EcoMinga Tandayapa Andes Toad

Tracking The Treasures
of Pu Mat National Park

10. 22. 2018

Hidden eyes of camera traps...

Annamite Mountains crested argus Dark muntjac Pu Mat National Forest Sunda Pangolin

A Close-Up On The Wild World Of Camera Trapping

10. 16. 2018

Caught on camera...

Large-antlered Muntjac Pine Marten Saola Working Group Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve Condor Valley small wild cat conservation

Taking The Temperature Of Wildlife Health Across The Planet

10. 15. 2018

The barometer of life...

Global Amphibian Assessment IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Barometer of Life

Colony of Greater Mascarene Flying Fox roosting. Photo by Gregory Guida

Red List Of Reasons For Hope

10. 15. 2018

Amphibian and small mammal updates...

Global Amphibian Assessment Brown's Hutia IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Kindalu Slender LItter Frog Quito Stubfoot Toad

Atewa Till Eternity

10. 08. 2018

Ten musicians walk into a forest...

Key Biodiversity Area Atewa Forest bauxite mining Ghana United Nations A Rocha Ghana

Blue-moustached-bee-eater-Photo-credit-David-Monticelli

Atewa Forest: A Wild Wonderland

10. 08. 2018

In his recent book, Half Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, acclaimed biolog...

Atewa Forest Ghana Afia Birago Puddle Frog Blue-moustached Bee-eater Togo Slippery Frog White-naped Mangabey

Atewa-forest-edge-residents-Photo-credit-Jeremy-Lindsell

Atewa Forest: Ghana’s Life Source

10. 08. 2018

Providing drinking water for 5 million...

Key Biodiversity Area Accra Atewa Forest bauxite mining Ghana

Devil Ark Breeds Its 300th Tasmanian Devil

10. 04. 2018

In the remote Barrington Tops National Park of Australia’s New South Wales, a ...

Aussie Ark Australia Devil Ark Doubling Devil Ark Tasmanian Devil

Trouble In Paradise: The World’s Islands Are Home To Extraordinary Species…And Face Alarming Extinction Rates

10. 03. 2018

Close your eyes and picture yourself on your favorite island. Did you immediatel...

Borneo CEMEX Jamaica Environment Trust Madagascar Phillippines Galapagos

Redonda, months following the removal of rats and goats from the island

Plotting A Future For The Wildlife Of Redonda Island

09. 25. 2018

By Mike Appleton, GWC’s manager of protected area management It’s not often ...

Protected Area Management Antigua Barbuda Redonda Island

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09. 24. 2018

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09. 20. 2018

By Barney Long, GWC’s senior director of species conservation I often look bac...

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09. 10. 2018

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09. 07. 2018

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08. 01. 2018

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07. 31. 2018

GWC celebrates World Ranger Day, an opportunity to champion the great—and vita...

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07. 31. 2018

It was mid-morning in a reserve in Zimbabwe when a senior ranger came to deliver...

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Ghost of the Andes Materializes in Haunting Moment

07. 21. 2018

In 1988, GWC Program Manager of Wild Cat Conservation Jim Sanderson went to Chil...

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A Q&A With GWC’s New Chief Marketing Officer

07. 19. 2018

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06. 27. 2018

Last week was a pivotal week in primate-related news. The world mourned the pas...

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Q&A With Rosalinda Palomo-Ramos, Winner Of The 2018 Sabin Turtle Conservation Prize

06. 11. 2018

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Q&A With Gamaliel Castañeda, Winner Of The 2018 Sabin Turtle Conservation Prize

06. 11. 2018

Gamaliel Castañeda Gaytán and Rosalinda Palomo Ramos are joint awardees of the...

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Q&A With Gerardo Garcia, Winner Of The 2018 Sabin Amphibian Conservation Prize

06. 11. 2018

Gerardo Garcia has been on the leading edge of recovering endangered amphibians,...

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Q&A With Andrés Link, Winner Of The 2018 Sabin Primate Conservation Prize

06. 11. 2018

Andres Link has spent close to two decades studying the social relations of wild...

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05. 30. 2018

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One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Rat Kind–With the Hind Legs to Prove It

05. 30. 2018

By Heather Yu It is in the everyday that we uncover miracles. And it is in Baja ...

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A Q&A With GWC’s New Outreach And Events Director

05. 25. 2018

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Enforcement Efforts Meet Technology: A Story Of Success In The Maya Golden Landscape In Southern Belize

05. 01. 2018

Partners implement the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) across the ...

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Putting Crabs on the Map: Rediscovering Lost Species in Western Cameroon

04. 25. 2018

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Better than Nessie: Freshwater Turtle Discovery Galvanizes Hope This Earth Month

04. 18. 2018

By Lindsay Renick Mayer, GWC associate director of communications Somewhere betw...

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Against the Odds: Panama’s Lost Frogs Cling to Life in Chytrid’s Wake

04. 11. 2018

Hope can arrive in all different shapes and sizes. For biologists Dr. Cori Richa...

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Tapir Tracks Pave Path For Effective Conservation

03. 30. 2018

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Last Refuge Of The Javan Rhinos

03. 29. 2018

In 1883, the volcano Krakatau erupted off the coast of Java in Indonesia in an e...

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David and Barney walk down the beach in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java

A Javan Rhino Encounter In Ujung Kulon

03. 28. 2018

In the dense bamboo, palm and rattan jungle, a browsing rhino can be heard some ...

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Wes and Adrian Grenier releasing a tasmanian devil

Earth Optimism: Tracking Success in Species Recovery

03. 26. 2018

By Barney Long, GWC director of species conservation In 2008, tigers were in tro...

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A Q&A With GWC’s New Office Manager

03. 26. 2018

This year Jill Lucena joined our team as GWC’s new office manager. Jill ensure...

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Happy Hatchday: 21 Years of Conservation Success for the Kakapo

03. 22. 2018

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Traditions & Tamaraw: The Challenges Rangers Face Protecting An Endemic Species In The Philippines

03. 20. 2018

The heat and humidity were stifling as the Tamaraw Conservation Program (TCP) ra...

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02. 21. 2018

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01. 26. 2018

The illegal wildlife trade is the world’s fourth largest black market, and...

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12. 26. 2017

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12. 20. 2017

For biologist Mauricio Akmentins, hope arrived not in the form of a promising di...

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12. 17. 2017

By Richard Thorns, Pink-headed Duck expedition team leader If you’ve been foll...

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12. 14. 2017

When Dr. Laura K. Marsh originally got the idea to take a houseboat through the ...

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By Marta Skowron Volponi The Malaysian primeval rainforest is the most beautiful...

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Newly Discovered Blue Tarantula A Beacon For Invertebrate Conservation

11. 20. 2017

Walking through the jungle in the dark of the night, my visual stimuli were limi...

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Photo Story: Creating A Protected Area Plan For Indio Maíz

11. 16. 2017

Over the past month members of the GWC team have been working with local people ...

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Salamander Rediscovery Gets Search for Lost Species Off to Promising Start

10. 30. 2017

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Saola: The Tip Of The Annamites Extinction Iceberg

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Between The Stripes Part III: Unlocking The Rabbit’s Mysteries

08. 17. 2017

The first time I saw a photo of the Annamite Striped Rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi)...

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Rainforest Regeneration: New Hope For Indio Maíz

07. 26. 2017

Two hours up the fast-flowing Indian river, our boats were forced to stop in the...

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Volunteer Project Transforms Texas A&M Undergrads Into Small Mammal Champions

07. 24. 2017

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A Q&A With Children’s Book Author/Illustrator Eric Losh

07. 19. 2017

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Between The Stripes Part II: A Rare Encounter

07. 17. 2017

When I came to Vietnam five years ago, striped rabbits were the furthest thing f...

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Rediscovering Hope for the Longnose Harlequin Frog

07. 12. 2017

Rediscovery of a striking yellow-spotted frog, the Longnose Harlequin Frog, whic...

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06. 27. 2017

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Between The Stripes Part I: Discovery Of A Tiger-Like Rabbit

06. 26. 2017

In the mid-1990s, the small landlocked country of Laos was a biological blank sp...

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Finding Hope In A Hurricane’s Aftermath

06. 23. 2017

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Otto, a Category 2 hurricane that barrel...

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Saving Endangered Species and Our Planet

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05. 19. 2017

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05. 19. 2017

In 2016, Jessa Garibay, project manager at the Centre for Sustainability, helped...

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Q&A With GWC’s New Comptroller

04. 05. 2017

Global Wildlife Conservation has welcomed Reagan Steppe as comptroller, managing...

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Fishing Cats Quietly Slink Out of Existence in Southeast Asia

03. 22. 2017

After extensive camera trap surveys in key habitat failed to reveal a single fis...

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Q&A With GWC’s New Manager Of IUCN Red List Assessments

03. 06. 2017

In January GWC welcomed Jennifer Luedtke to the team as manager of IUCN Red L...

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Devil’s In The Details: Devil Ark Discovers The True Taz

02. 28. 2017

When The Looney Tunes Show debuted Taz on its eighth episode, it depicted an ani...

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Newly Discovered Frog Species Named After GWC’s Robin Moore

02. 22. 2017

There’s no doubt about it: Even though Robin Moore’s recent namesake is teen...

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Q&A With GWC’S New Director Of Key Biodiversity Areas And Species Assessment

02. 16. 2017

Last year GWC became one of 13 organizations to join the Key Biodiversity Area P...

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In January we were thrilled to welcome our new data and metrics manager, Carrie ...

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02. 08. 2017

By Barney Long, Thomas Gray, Antony Lynam, Teak Seng, William Laurance, Lorraine...

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Q&A With GWC’s New Director Of Protected Area Management

01. 30. 2017

This month we welcomed Mike Appleton to the GWC team as GWC’s director of prot...

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New Camera Trap Images Peer Into Hidden World Of The Annamites

01. 10. 2017

On its face a camera trap is a simple device: a camera, connected to a sensor, t...

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Rebounding from Hurricane Otto in Nicaragua’s Most Ecologically Sensitive Rainforests

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From The Field: Hurricane Otto Tears Through Indio Maíz

12. 12. 2016

I have spent the last few years helping protect Nicaragua’s Indio Maíz Biolo...

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10. 03. 2016

We celebrate the indigenous Rama and afro-descendant Kriol people who protect Ni...

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Pangolins Receive Strongest Global Trade Protection

09. 29. 2016

On Sept. 28, Pangolins were provided the strongest possible global protectionsf...

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On Thursday, Sept. 22, the incredible news broke that a massive transshipment po...

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World Rhino Day: Extinction Is Forever

09. 21. 2016

I never want to be associated with extinction. But unfortunately, we simply don�...

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Conserving Tapirs Beyond Borders

09. 06. 2016

The globally endangered Baird’s Tapir is the largest terrestrial mammal in the...

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The Pan-American highway cuts through this vast wilderness and poses a serious threat to the tapir populaton. In 2015 alone, 9 tapirs were known to be killed after getting struck by vehicles. Signs along the roadway warn motorists of the risk of collisions with tapirs, but more must be done to mitigate the problem.

Preserving Tapirs In The Mysterious Mountains Of Costa Rica

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By Laurie Hedges, GWC guest blogger In the highlands of southern Costa Rica lies...

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We’re thrilled to introduce GWC’s new program manager of wild cat conservati...

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Bravery Is Not Enough

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Op-ed authors Barney Long, Director of Species Conservation, Global Wildlife Con...

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Update From The Field: Search For The Santa Marta Toro

07. 26. 2016

I have spent six weeks exploring the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta (SNSM), Colomb...

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Children colored jaguars after learning about the species in our second Festival for the Conservation of Indio-Maíz in Maravilla, Nicaragua. (Photo courtesy of Fundación del Río)

Investing In Nicaragua’s Natural Heritage

07. 25. 2016

Photo: Children colored jaguars after learning about the species in our second F...

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Search For The Toro Pt 2: Local Ecological Knowledge

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By Nikki Roach, GWC associate conservation scientist (re-purposed from Nikki’s...

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GWC Associate Conservation Scientist Heads To Laos To Survey Rare Annamite Species

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In July, Andrew Tilker, Ph.D. student at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildl...

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Many creatures lurk in the forest at night, yet some remain to be seen. The Sant...

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The Borneo Rainbow Toad, Ansonia latidisca, was rediscovered in 2011 after 87 years without trace. It was one of the top ten most wanted amphibians in the world during the Search for Lost Frogs.

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When the Critically Endangered Titicaca Water Frog began to decline precipitousl...

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05. 25. 2016

Thanks to Cecília Kierulff’s work capturing and translocating Golden-Lion Tam...

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Since the rediscovery of the Palawan Pond Turtle in 2003, Dr. Sabine Schoppe has...

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It’s A Girl! Sumatran Rhino Calf Born At The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary

05. 12. 2016

Hope arrived in Indonesia in the form of a Sumatran Rhino calf, thanks to the ha...

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Q&A With GWC Director Of Species Conservation Barney Long

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Dr. Barney Long joined Global Wildlife Conservation this month as GWC’s direc...

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Tapirs To The Global Warming Rescue

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One of the planet’s most important helpers in combatting global warming lives ...

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When Dr. Robin Moore sat down with colleagues from the Amphibian Specialist Grou...

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