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Tourism and infrastructure threaten habitat of India’s Himalayan salamanders
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (299+ words) Every monsoon season, in the misty hills of Darjeeling, in West Bengal, eastern India, the elusive Himalayan salamander emerges from beneath the forest floor. According to Koushik Deuti of the Zoological Survey of India, the salamander’s future is tethered to…...
Tiny trackers reveal where migratory shorebirds need protection across Africa
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (1034+ words) They have names like Victoria, Makgadikgadi, Wembere and Dwarskersbos — but unlike their namesakes, they’re not landmarks in Africa. Instead, they’re small birds flying halfway across the world, showing conservationists the places that should be protected to sustain them on their…...
Scientific & traditional knowledge are key for effective & community-centered conservation (commentary)
10+ hour, 32+ min ago (516+ words) Lobzang Yangchen, the coordinator of the Kibber team of 11 women, says, “I started as a volunteer because I was curious about snow leopards. Now it has become my livelihood. There isn’t much else to do during winters, so this is…...
Peru’s only penguin species at risk from upcoming El Niño and bird flu, experts warn
15+ hour, 14+ min ago (571+ words) In Punta San Juan de Marcona National Reserve, one of the penguins’ major nesting colonies in southern Peru, the number of penguin nests has halved between April and May 2026, from 190 on April 10 to 94 on May 30, according to scientists’ recordings. “They…...
White-rumped vulture returns to a Cambodian sanctuary after a decade’s absence
17+ hour, 26+ min ago (384+ words) For the first time in 10 years, a critically endangered white-rumped vulture has been spotted in Cambodia’s Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary. However, this conservation milestone is unfolding just as the sanctuary stares down new threats from mining operations and hydropower dams. During…...
America’s retreat from wildlife protection will be felt far beyond its borders
23+ hour, 17+ min ago (715+ words) news - Mongabay America’s retreat from wildlife protection will be felt far beyond its borders If you liked this story, share it with other people. - The Trump administration has removed habitat destruction from the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered…...
Can harpy eagles attack humans? Amazon case rekindles scientific debate
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1196+ words) In a remote area of French Guiana, a 29-year-old woman was attacked by a harpy, considered the world’s largest eagle, in October 2023. In an area with extensive tracts of preserved forest, such interactions between humans and wildlife are extremely rare…...
How Costa Rica’s extreme climate changes the social behaviors of white-faced capuchin
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1210+ words) COSTA RICA: Dawn is yet to break when primatologist Susan Perry and her field research team move through Costa Rica’s tropical dry forest for a day in the field studying Central American white-faced capuchin monkeys. Despite the darkness, the forest…...
How a community is helping sea turtles hatch in the Philippines
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1210+ words) When Jerald Mahusay was a kid, he and his friends saw turtle eggs so often, they treated them like toys. “We were always playing with the eggs,” Mahusay recalled of his childhood in Santo Niño, a village in the Philippines…...
‘Beasts of the East’ chronicles the unheralded restoration successes of America’s eastern wildlife
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (879+ words) Thinking of America’s iconic wild creatures and places usually brings images of Yellowstone or Denali National Park to mind, or the many wilderness areas scattered across multiple states, but the collective imagination generally passes over the East Coast, with its…...