"There Could Be Local Extinction": The Fight to Protect Indonesia’s Orangutans as El Niño Fuels Devastating Fires
By Hans Nicholas Jong Published by Mongabay Conservation News Executive Overview A severe El Niño-driven wildfire season is…
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Vanishing Equators: The Imminent Extinction of Papua’s "Eternal Snow" and the Erasure of an Ancient Landscape
By Abraham Utama BBC Indonesia Executive Overview High above the tropical canopy of Indonesia’s westernmost territory, nestled within…
Britain’s Great Squirrel Stand-Off: The Fight to Save the Native Red from Total Extinction
Executive Overview For centuries, the idyllic woodlands of the United Kingdom were defined by the darting, russet-furred silhouette…
Saving the Ooze: The Race Against Time to Prevent the Extinction of Britain’s Rarest Water Snail
Executive Overview In an era defined by grand, charismatic megafauna conservation projects—ranging from the reintroduction of Eurasian beavers…
Walking the Edge of Extinction: Javan Rhinos Survive Mount Anak Krakatau Eruption, Renewing Focus on Habitat Vulnerability
By Basten Gokkon Published by Mongabay Conservation News DOI: https://doi.org/10.66709/news-329426 Executive Overview Indonesia’s critically endangered Javan rhinos have…
"Forgotten Fauna": The Silent Extinction Crisis Facing the World’s Inland Sharks and Rays
Executive Overview For generations, the global conversation surrounding shark and ray conservation has focused heavily on the open…
Chronicles of Extinction and Resilience: The Biodiversity Heritage Library at 20
Executive Overview For two decades, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) has served as the world’s most comprehensive open-access…
Resurrecting a Lost Soul: How the Siraya People Defied Extinction to Become Taiwan’s 17th Official Indigenous Group
Executive Overview For centuries, the story of Taiwan’s Indigenous Siraya people was written as a tragedy of erasure.…
Fast-Tracking Extinction: How an Emergency Permitting Loophole is Fueling Plaquemines LNG’s Massive Expansion in Sinking Louisiana
By Investigative News Desk In partnership with Grist and Verite News Executive Overview Less than two years after…
Silent Giants in Peril: Asia’s Threatened Oaks Face an Unprecedented Extinction Crisis
Executive Overview When the mind wanders to the dense, mist-shrouded rainforests of Southeast and East Asia, images of…
