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Do Species Awareness Days Work?

New research into events like World Pangolin Day and International Tiger Day reveals how to make these celebrations more effective.

September 15, 2021

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John R. Platt

New research into events like World Pangolin Day and International Tiger Day reveals how to make these celebrations more effective.

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Species Spotlight: Baird’s Tapir, Our Allies Against Climate Change

This endangered mammal, known as the “gardener of the forest,” is related to rhinos and horses but has an elephant-like nose.

August 27, 2021

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Christopher Jordan

This endangered mammal, known as the “gardener of the forest,” is related to rhinos and horses but has an elephant-like nose.

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Species Spotlight: Will the Panamanian Golden Frog Survive?

These golden jewels have vanished from Panama’s streams, but there’s still hope for the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog.

July 30, 2021

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Kelsey Neam

These golden jewels have vanished from Panama’s streams, but there’s still hope for the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog.

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Species Spotlight: The Straw-Headed Bulbul Sings About Extinction

Rampant capture for the songbird trade threatens to silence the forests of this species’ evolutionarily marvelous melody.

July 16, 2021

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Loretta Shepherd

Rampant capture for the songbird trade threatens to silence the forests of this species’ evolutionarily marvelous melody.

Extinction Countdown

Seahorses Extinction Assessment Reveals Threatened Species and Knowledge Gaps

The charismatic animals could serve as flagship species for ocean conservation, according to researchers, but only if we understand their extinction risks.

July 7, 2021

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John R. Platt

The charismatic animals could serve as flagship species for ocean conservation, according to researchers, but only if we understand their extinction risks.

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Species Spotlight: The Buffy-Headed Marmoset Is Menaced on Multiple Fronts

This miniature monkey from Brazil faces a losing battle with disease, invasive species and an ever-shrinking habitat.

June 17, 2021

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Carla B. Possamai and Sarisha Trindade

This miniature monkey from Brazil faces a losing battle with disease, invasive species and an ever-shrinking habitat.

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Species Spotlight: The Large-Antlered Muntjac Faces a ‘Quiet Extinction’

This critically endangered, fanged deer species is losing out to the snaring crisis in Laos and Vietnam.

June 4, 2021

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Minh Nguyen

This critically endangered, fanged deer species is losing out to the snaring crisis in Laos and Vietnam.

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Species Spotlight: The Gentle and Quirky White-Bellied Pangolin

This is not your regular anteater. It’s one of the world’s only scaly mammals, representing millions of years of evolution.

May 21, 2021

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Charles Emogor

This is not your regular anteater. It’s one of the world’s only scaly mammals, representing millions of years of evolution.

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Species Spotlight: Velvet Scoter — the Disappearing Diving Duck

A nearly extinct population of this wide-ranging species represents a unique element of biodiversity in the Caucasus.

May 7, 2021

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Nika Paposhvili

A nearly extinct population of this wide-ranging species represents a unique element of biodiversity in the Caucasus.

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Species Spotlight: The El Rincon Stream Frog Is in Hot Water

Invasive predators have cornered these endangered Patagonian frogs in the last remnant of their habitat.

April 21, 2021

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Federico Kacoliris

Invasive predators have cornered these endangered Patagonian frogs in the last remnant of their habitat.