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Update on Orphan Rhino Reintroduction in India: Endangered Rhinoceros Released in Manas National Park, Assam

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

What is the AZA Species Survival Plan Program? Cooperative Endangered Species Captive Breeding and Management Plans

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Eastern American Burying Beetle Reintroduction: A Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Project in New England

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Will Last Galapagos Giant Tortoise Reproduce? Lonesome George Mates Again as Home Island of Pinta is Restored

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers: Limited Breeding Habitat May Hinder Recovery of Shorebird Species

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Whale Communication Aids Conservation Efforts: Singing Right & Blue Whales Found Using Underwater Sound Monitoring

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Monk Seal and Condor Gunshot Victims: Incidents Highlight Frustration With Wildlife Protection Efforts

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

More Rare Irrawaddy River Dolphins in Bangladesh: Endangered Asian Dolphin Species Gets Critical Population Boost

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Saving the Critically Endangered Amur Leopard: Captive Breeding may Aid Big Cat Subspecies Found Only in Russia

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Gray Wolves Partly Removed From Endangered List: Controversial Decision Reopens Debate On Predator Species Management

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Snow Leopard Numbers Continue to Fall: Poaching for Pelts, Conflict with Humans and Habitat Loss Threaten

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Free Endangered Species Ringtones and Wallpaper: Center for Biological Diversity Offers Unique Wildlife Phone Sounds

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Research Confirms Bonobo Hunt Other Primates: Endangered Great Apes Seen Killing and Eating Monkey Species

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Caspian Seal is Now an Endangered Species: Marine Mammal Population Collapse is the Result of Many Factors

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Hawaiian Monk Seal Critical Habitat Controversy: Mixed Reaction to Planned Inclusion of Main Island Beaches and Ocean

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Lowland Gorilla Population Numbers Questioned: Concerns Expressed About Counting Methods Used in Recent Survey

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

EBay Bans Global Internet Ivory Sales: IFAW Investigation Showed Significant Illegal Wildlife Web Trade

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Turtle Islands Heritage Protected Area: Malaysian and The Philippines Work Together to Save Marine Turtles

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

The Endangered Ganges River Dolphin: Pollution, Hunting and Habitat Loss Harm Indian Freshwater Cetacean

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Botulism Kills Laysan Ducks on Midway: Hawaiian Atoll Staff Works to Reduce Losses of Rare Bird Species

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Is The Lesser Long-Nosed Bat Endangered? New Colonies Discovered But Border Wall and Migration Pose Hazards

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Extinction For The Greater Bamboo Lemur? Habitat Loss and Specialized Diet Restrict This Endangered Species

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

The Top 25 Most Endangered Primates: Latest List Highlights The Need to Protect the World’s Rainforests

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Javan Gibbon Is Critically Endangered: Pet Trade and Habitat Loss Biggest Threats to Indonesia’s Primates

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Gibbon Released in India: Rare Hoolock Gibbon Successfully Rehabilitated and Returned to Wild

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Red-Legged Frog in California: Mark Twain’s Celebrated Jumping Frog Now Gone From Much of Its Range

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Protecting Malaysia's Sea Turtles: Habitat Restoration, Egg Protection, and Even Cloning Considered

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

China's White-Handed Gibbon Gone? Recent Yunnan Survey Suggests The Chinese Subspecies is Extinct

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered American Burying Beetle: One of Only a Very Few Insects Covered by The Endangered Species Act

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Five For Frogs Campaign Launched: Do Something to Save Endangered Amphibians in the Next Five Months

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

US Border Issues Threaten Wildlife: Wall Between Mexico and the US Hampers Endangered Species Protection

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Monarch Butterfly Migration: Habitat Loss and Genetically Modified Corn Threaten Butterflies

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

El Segundo Blue Butterfly Recovers: Restored Dunes Provide Habitat for Expanding Butterfly Population

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Threats to Sperm Whales Continue: Losses From Whaling, Net Entanglement, Ship Strikes and Ocean Noise

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Lemur Reintroduction in Madagascar: Return of Endangered Species Linked With Critical Habitat Protection

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Helping Monk Seals and Fishermen: Data From Fisheries Used to Protect Fish Stocks and Endangered Seal

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Alaskan Beluga Population Critical: White Whales of Cook Inlet Decline Despite End of Subsistence Hunt

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Fire Retardants Harm Killer Whales: High Levels of PBDE Contaminate Endangered Orca Off British Columbia

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Black Rhinos in Africa: Extinction Feared for One Subspecies As Poaching Continues

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Video Cameras Watch Monk Seals: Study of Endangered Seals Aided by Remote Cameras in Breeding Caves

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Sea Otters and Marine Pollution: Coastal Habitat and Shellfish Diet Lead to High Contaminant Exposure

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Panther Habitat Loss in Florida: Resulting Human Animal Conflict Threatens Endangered Big Cat

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

North Atlantic Loggerhead Turtles: Endangered Status for Sea Turtle Harmed by Fishing & Climate Change?

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat: At Risk of Extinction: Captive Breeding, Translocation Efforts Begun

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Florida Manatee Status Controversy: IUCN Gives Endangered Status; USFWS & Florida FWCC Want Downlisting

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Most Endangered Bat on Seychelles: Endemic Sheath-tailed Bat Population is Close to Extinction

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Hawaiian Monk Seals Endangered: Marine Pollution, Shark Predation and Starvation Are Threats

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Pygmy Hippo Calf Born in Europe: Zoo-based Captive Breeding May Be Only Hope for Endangered Species

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Indonesia’s Endangered Orangutan: Palm Oil and Pet Trade Threaten World’s Only Arboreal Great Ape

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Saiga Antelope, Rhinoceros and TCM: Conservation Plan for One Species Causes Second to Become Endangered

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Many Threats to Wild Chimpanzees: Popular Great Ape Victim of Habitat Loss, Bushmeat Trade and Farming

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Bonobo Conservation Programs: Aiding Humanity’s Closest Great Ape Relative in the Congo

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP): Preventing Extinction of Gorilla, Bonobo, Chimpanzee and Orangutan

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Gorilla Protection Treaty: In Wake of Killings of Nine Great Apes More Cooperation Needed

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Yangtze Finless Porpoise Born: Second Captive Birth Gives Hope as Wild Population Declines

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Vaquita: Most Endangered Cetacean: World's Smallest Porpoise May be Next to Face Extinction

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Ships Kill Endangered Blue Whales: Shipping Channel Deaths Emphasize Threats to World’s Largest Whales

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Protecting Asian River Dolphins: Reserves, Ecotourism Aid Critically Endangered Dolphin Populations

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

World's Most Endangered Wild Cat: Iberian Lynx Confronts Extinction With Help From Humans

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

10 Endangered Mammals of India: Little Known Species Populations Less Than Elephant, Rhino and Tiger

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Primates in Vietnam: Extra Population of Douc Langurs Increases Numbers Significantly

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

The Death of a Giant Panda: Loss of Bear Setback for Panda Rehabilitation Program

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

American Crocodile is Downlisted: Another Endangered Species Recovering With Help From ESA

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

India’s Tiger Numbers Are Lower: Yet China Will Ask to Reopen Trade in Tiger Parts at CITES meeting

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

The Endangered Species Act of 1973: Changes to Law That Saved Many Species May Result in Its Extinction

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Sonoran Pronghorn Numbers Recover: Severe Drought Nearly Cost Entire Arizona Population in 2002

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Five Different Rhinosceros: All Threatened as Poaching and Habitat Loss Reduce Their Numbers

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Great Leatherback Turtle Race: Raising Awareness and Money for Highly Endangered Sea Turtles

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

MOm Cares for Monk Seals in Greece: Greek Team Combines Research and Rehabilitation of Endangered Seals

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Polar Bear Cub, Knut: Ambassador for his Species or Victim of Human Interference?

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

The Ten Most Endangered Mammals: Yantze River Dolphins and Hairy-Nosed Wombats on Extinction Watch

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Grey Wolf Proposed for Delisting: Reduced Protection Under Endangered Species Act for One Population

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Right Whale Disentangled Off NC: Endangered North Atlantic Whale Rescued From Fishing Gear

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

New Whale Species Confirmed: Eastern Pacific Right Whale is Now the World's Most Endangered Whale

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Indian Elephants in Crisis: Human-Animal Conflict and Habitat Loss in Assam

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal: Conservation on the Atlantic Coast of Africa

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

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