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INVASION (Part II)
COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Environmental Justice Issues in Peru’s Madre de Dios
A Wild 2020
GWC Celebrates Its Best of 2020, Despite a Challenging Year
Where are all the biodiversity data?
A new study tries to answer the question
Trial By Fire
When catastrophic blazes tore through Australia, a rare turtle might have vanished with the river–these scientists wouldn’t let that happen.
Improving Conditions for our Planet’s Protectors
Rangers play a critical role in conserving protected areas and the diversity of life they support. Without these environmental defenders, we would see more deforestation, biodiversity loss and degradation of life-sustaining ecosystem functions. Responsible rangers also help safeguard the rights of people whose lives and cultures are inseparable from nature. Rangers are women, men, government […]
Addressing the Drivers of Poaching
Poaching—the word may conjure images of large-scale organized crime, black markets and charismatic species like elephants, rhinos and tigers (“the big three”). But often overlooked are the hundreds of lesser-known species that are also being driven to extinction, fueled by poaching for meat, the pet trade, traditional and folk medicine and the desire for status […]
A New Western Chimpanzee Action Plan Digs Deeper Into the Reasons Behind the Great Apes’ Dramatic Decline
Extractive Industries Will Now Have to Consult with Primate Experts Ahead of Projects In 2003, conservationists created a first-of-its kind action plan to protect the Western Chimpanzee, a unique subspecies once widespread across West Africa. With human activities, like agriculture, forcing chimpanzees out of their habitats, and while the great apes were also being hunted […]
This Tiny Lost Frog is an Unexpected Success Story
The rediscovered species of pumpkin toadlet seems to be faring well in Brazil’s rainforests
Expedition Update: Digging Up South Africa’s Golden Moles
New Research Techniques Show Promise for Species Rediscovery
Mining Threatens Largest Population of Western Chimpanzees
The new documentary “Cries of Our Ancestors” spotlights the chimps and humans who have long lived as neighbors in Guinea—and the threats that imperil them In the forests of West Africa, two species of ape lived in harmony for generations. But now one of those species — humans — is disrupting that relationship in pursuit […]