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The Exotic Pet Trade Harms Animals and Humans. The European Union Is Studying a Potential Solution

EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right.

September 15, 2025

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Tracy Keeling

EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done right.

Voices

Save This Species: Temminck’s Pangolin

In Zimbabwe, traditional conservation methods offer new hope for this heavily trafficked, reclusive, and shy animal.

September 12, 2025

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Andrew Mambondiyani

In Zimbabwe, traditional conservation methods offer new hope for this heavily trafficked, reclusive, and shy animal.

Wildlife

Holy Herbaria: Protecting Plant History — or About to Become History?

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face new threats from the Trump administration.

September 8, 2025

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Karen Mockler

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face new threats from the Trump administration.

Reviews

Wild Reads: 10 New Books that Celebrate Wildlife and Their Environments

From chimpanzees and wolves to snakes and starlings, these new books capture hidden truths about fascinating species — and reveal how to better protect them.

September 5, 2025

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Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.

From chimpanzees and wolves to snakes and starlings, these new books capture hidden truths about fascinating species — and reveal how to better protect them.

Wildlife

Wildlife Trade: Does the ‘Livelihoods Depend on It’ Defense Hold Up?

New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.

September 2, 2025

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Tracy Keeling

New research into the turtle-meat trade reveals that assumptions and unsubstantiated claims could hurt conservation efforts.

Reviews

Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature

From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.

July 30, 2025

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John R. Platt

From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.

Op-Eds

50 Years Later: The Vietnam War’s Enduring Effect on the Tiger Trade

The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.

July 29, 2025

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Rob Pickles

The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.

Wildlife

In Patagonia, a Frog Makes a Comeback

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog.

July 18, 2025

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Mongabay

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog.

Op-Eds

Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks?

Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.

July 16, 2025

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Dr. David Shiffman

Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.

A roughly maintained lawn with wildflowers

Wildlife

Going Beyond Grass: Turning Lawns Into a Pollinators’ Paradise

It’s time to rethink the American lawn: a landscaping default that sucks up money, water, chemicals, and time.

July 7, 2025

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Karen Mockler

It’s time to rethink the American lawn: a landscaping default that sucks up money, water, chemicals, and time.