Conservation

Where Mining and Energy Projects Will Hurt Wildlife the Most

By Ciara Nugent

Plants Are Struggling To Find New Homes To Escape Climate Change

By Ciara Nugent

Arizona Border Wall is a Problem for Animals

By Ciara Nugent

Suspected Poacher Killed by Elephant, Eaten by Lions

By Alejandro de la Garza
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China Just Eased a Ban on Rhino and Tiger Parts. Here's How Organized Crime Fuels Illegal Poaching

Former war photographer Kate Brooks goes inside the illegal wildlife trade

By Billy Perrigo

A Photographer Shares the Final Moments of the Last Male Northern White Rhino

Ami Vitale met the rhino, Sudan, nine years ago. This week, she said goodbye.

By Ami Vitale

What to Know About Trump's Reversal of an Elephant Import Ban

A lot of people don't like it

By Joseph Hincks

Wildlife Experts Spotted a Rare All-White Giraffe and Her Cub in the Wild

Their color is caused by a genetic condition

By Rachel Lewis

Czech Zoo Removing Rhinos' Horns to Ward Off Poachers

Surgery has begun on Dvur Kralove Zoo's herd of 21 critically endangered black and southern white rhinos

By Ryan Kilpatrick

How the Endangered Species Act Helps Save Humans, Too

Republicans are trying to reform the law

By Justin Worland

Google's Valentine's Day Doodles Aren't Just About Love

Google is using Valentine's Day to raise awareness of the threat faced by the world's most trafficked animal

By Kevin Lui

Traditional Chinese Medicine Unable to Stop Rare Animal Trade

Although reputable practitioners of TCM have long shunned the use of rhino and tiger parts, the message is not getting through to ordinary Chinese

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing and Mong La, Burma

Dorothy's Ruby Slippers From The Wizard of Oz Get a Rescue Fund on Kickstarter

The money will help help slow the slippers' deterioration

By Kate Samuelson

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Posed With a ‘Vulnerable’ Shark He Caught and People Are Mad

A conservation group categorizes the thresher shark as "vulnerable"

By Michal Addady

Getting to the Truth Behind Thailand's Infamous Tiger Temple

Buddhist animal sanctuary or commercial theme park? The truth about the now defunct Tiger Temple probably lies somewhere in between

By Charlie Campbell / Kanchanaburi

The Bison’s Comeback Is an American Epic

Hope springs eternal in the Great Plains

By Jared Leto and Carter Roberts

Kenya Will Burn Over $100 Million in Ivory

Authorities and conservationists are hoping to send a message to poachers

By Daniel White

Half of Natural World Heritage Sites Threatened

Some 114 of a total of 229 sites have oil, gas or mining concessions

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

Japanese Expedition Kills 333 Minke Whales

Japan's whaling program is heavily criticized for having little scientific value

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

Rare Sumatran Rhino Seen in Indonesian Borneo for the First Time in 40 Years

Less than 100 Sumatran rhinos still live in the wild

By Mark Rivett-Carnac
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