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East African Court Blocks Paved Serengeti Highway

A court ruling means massive migrations of wildlife will not have to contend with a paved road in the Serengeti.

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Wildlife Agency Seeks Educational Use For Crushed Ivory

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking ideas on how to use the crushed remains of illegal ivory it has confiscated and destroyed. The agency wants to use the rubble in a way that increases...

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How a Porcupine and YouTube Helped Save the Bronx Zoo’s Budget

How a century-old conservation group chose YouTube and a porcupine to fight budget cuts in the depth of the recession.

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PBS Series Explores ‘A New Wild’ Sustained, Instead of Wrecked, by People

In a new PBS series, a conservation biologist explores how people can be a nurturing presence in what used to be called "the wild."

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Riled Herpetologists Press Obama Administration to Protect America’s...

Amphibian experts get righteously riled about the slow-motion federal response to an extreme, and preventable, threat to American wildlife.

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Sumatran Authorities Arrest Wildlife Dealer Caught with Young Orangutan

A small victory in efforts to stem Asia's booming illicit trade in orangutans and other rare wildlife.

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Extinction Up Close: A Rare Turtle Under Assault from Poachers

A population of rare turtles on an island in the Philippines is under assault from poachers.

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Lots of Sound, Not Much Fury – The Bellow of the Male Koala

In the mating season, male koalas bellow but the result isn't battle.

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Weighing Oregon Standoff Solutions, from Arrests to Birder Invasion

Is the solution to the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon a mass birdathon this spring?

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U.S. to Block Fungal Peril to Salamanders With Ban on Pet Imports

After months of urging by conservation biologists and environmental groups, the Obama administration moves to stave off a devastating threat to American salamanders.

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Celebrating African Biological Diversity, and Recalling Those Who’ve Fallen...

On World Biodiversity Day, a look at some of the myriad animal species that are increasingly hemmed in as Kenya's population and economy grow.

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The Peril that Lurks as People and Reptiles Flourish in Florida

The alligator attack on a toddler at an artificial lake in Disney World will not be the last violent encounter as people and reptiles increasingly overlap in Florida.

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The Future of Zoos

Is there any ethical way to keep apes, elephants and other intelligent animals in captivity given growing understanding of their emotional life -- and rights?

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A Conservationist’s Call for Humans to Curb Harms to Our Animal Kin

A conservationist explores climate change and implications of the blurring line between humans and other animals.

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Musing on Meat as Two Bulls Enjoy Brief Pre-Slaughter Freedom

Some meaty thoughts arise as two bulls bound for a slaughterhouse briefly roamed West Baltimore.

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