Government of Peru’s Proposal to Protect the Matamata Accepted at CITES CoP19 — By Yovana Murillo | November 22, 2022 Many conservationists who work to protect matamata freshwater turtles found in the Amazon have never even seen one in the wild. There are two species of matamata turtles, and both are good at camouflaging themselves in streams, rivers and lakes; they look like…

A unique and wonderful feature of so many birds — their songs — is making them the targets of a growing trade in live caged birds. — By Elizabeth L. Bennett | November 18, 2022 What would a forest, urban garden or park be without the rich and diverse early morning bird chorus and sounds of birds throughout the day and at different seasons? …

By Samantha Strindberg and Fiona Maisels | September 14, 2022 Wildlife conservation management aims to halt or reverse the ongoing biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse engendered by the crushing weight of human pressure during the “Anthropocene” — the name for the current geological epoch, so named because humans are having…

By Dahlia Berns | September 6, 2022 On the southeast side of Alaska’s Kodiak Island, tucked just beneath the Koniag Mountains, is the place that I call home. Just short of 200 citizens, Old Harbor is an Alutiiq community where the values of tradition, culture, and unity are immeasurable. It…

By Tony Lynam | September 1, 2022 In the late 1980s, the discipline of conservation science was conceived to address the challenges of habitat fragmentation, extinction risk, and saving small populations. Tools of the trade at the time were desktop computers and mathematical models. …

By Diane Detoeuf | August 23, 2022 [Note: See French language version of this essay below.] When I arrived in the Republic of Congo in 2014, the person who hired me told me something she used to say to all new employees. One of her friends had a professor in…

By Luke Warwick | July 27, 2022 This month, as shark fans enjoyed a wealth of summer content on the ocean’s top predators, leading shark conservationists from 10 nations came together to ensure that these species have a future. Action is badly needed, as the world’s sharks (and their near-relatives…

By Dave van Beuningen & Rhett Bennett | June 8, 2022 The global trade in shark and ray products remains strong, and although much is legal and conducted through legitimate channels, this trade is also characterized by underreporting, hidden and illegal shipments, and a sinister underworld. Globally this trade (which…

By Diego Montecino | May 19, 2022 Human-caused changes in the planet’s ecology over the past two centuries have destroyed wildlife habitat, promoted the introduction of species, and created opportunities for pathogens to interact with new hosts. …