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Climate Change

Want to Fight Climate Change? Start by Protecting These Endangered Species

Giant forest elephants and blue whales play an enormous role in climate sequestration. Can putting a financial value on that role help conserve them — and us?
December 7, 2020
by
Rocky Kistner
Giant forest elephants and blue whales play an enormous role in climate sequestration. Can putting a financial value on that role help conserve them — and us?
wildlife skins
Op-Eds

Biden Must Take a Leadership Role Against Wildlife Crime

The incoming administration has an important opportunity to protect biodiversity and human health.
November 18, 2020
by
Richard Thomas
The incoming administration has an important opportunity to protect biodiversity and human health.
rescued tiger cub
Wildlife

Wildlife Trafficking: 10 Things Everyone Needs to Know

These crimes threaten tens of thousands of species around the world, causing extinctions, hurting people and spreading disease.
September 10, 2020
by
John R. Platt
These crimes threaten tens of thousands of species around the world, causing extinctions, hurting people and spreading disease.
Malayan porcupine
Extinction Countdown

Porcupines Face a Poaching Crisis — and It’s All Because of What’s in Their Stomachs

New research indicates a growing online trade in porcupine bezoars — a ball of inedible material that sometimes gathers in their digestive tracks.
July 31, 2020
by
John R. Platt
New research indicates a growing online trade in porcupine bezoars — a ball of inedible material that sometimes gathers in their digestive tracks.
Hawk sits on top of sign
Wildlife

Hunting for Game Wardens: A Shortage of Conservation Officers Threatens Wildlife

States are facing significant shortages of conservation officers, who help protect natural resources and wildlife. COVID-19 could make it worse.
June 1, 2020
by
Jodi Helmer
States are facing significant shortages of conservation officers, who help protect natural resources and wildlife. COVID-19 could make it worse.
Sun bear cage
Essays

Bear-ly on the Radar: Indonesia’s Illegal Trade in Sun Bears Could Worsen in the Pandemic

The world’s smallest bears face oversized pressure from poaching, traditional medicine and the illegal pet trade. The COVID-19 pandemic could make things even worse.
May 27, 2020
by
Lalita Gomez
The world’s smallest bears face oversized pressure from poaching, traditional medicine and the illegal pet trade. The COVID-19 pandemic could make things even worse.
Trump border wall
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

The Final Frontiers? A Call to Protect the Biodiversity on the Borders

President Trump’s notorious border wall is just one transboundary threat to the world’s wildlife.
April 30, 2020
by
John R. Platt
President Trump’s notorious border wall is just one transboundary threat to the world’s wildlife.
Amazon deforestation
Wildlife

5 Ways Environmental Damage Drives Human Diseases Like COVID-19

Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.
April 24, 2020
by
Dipika Kadaba
Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.
Pedestrians
Essays

Coronaviruses and the Human Meat Market

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.
April 3, 2020
by
Russell A. Mittermeier
We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.
clearcut
Extinction Countdown

Where Pandemics Come From — and How to Stop Them

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.
March 23, 2020
by
John R. Platt
As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.

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