Ocean becoming more acidic, potentially threatening marine life
A dramatic increase in carbon dioxide levels is making the world’s ocean more acidic, which may adversely affect the survival of marine life and organisms that depend on them, such as humans.

Wildlife reintroduction: considerations of habitat quality at the release site
Data are presented from an island in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia which has been used as a release site for agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis albibarbis) since January 2003.

World's Most Endangered Gorilla Fights Back
The Wildlife Conservation Society has announced new field surveys to better protect this most endangered great ape.

For The Birds Or For Me? Why Do Conservationists Really Help Wildlife?
Volunteers who take part in conservation efforts may do it more for themselves than the wildlife they are trying to protect, a University of Alberta case study shows.

Large Areas Of Conservation Land Needed To Save Small Frogs, Turtles And Other Marine Species
Scientists were surprised with findings of a recent study that reveals many animal species believed to persist in small contained areas actually need broad, landscape level conservation to survive.

World's Only Captive Hairy-nosed Otter Gets New Home
Dara, the world's only captive hairy-nosed otter, is one of the rarest of otter species.

Asian Waterbirds Stage Remarkable Comeback
According to a new report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), several species of rare waterbirds from Cambodia's famed Tonle Sap region have staged remarkable comebacks

Study Questions The 'Biodiversity Hotspot' Approach To Wildlife Conservation
In recent years, major international conservation groups have focused their limited resources on protecting a small number of "biodiversity hotspots"-threatened habitats that are home to many of the world's rarest plants and animals.

Future ‘Battlegrounds’ for Habitat Conservation Very Different to Those in Past
Biologists have developed a series of global maps that show where projected habitat loss and climate change are expected to drive the need for future reserves to prevent biodiversity loss.

Byproduct of steel shows potential in CO2 sequestration
With steelworks around the world emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide, scientists are reporting that a byproduct of steel production could be used to absorb that greenhouse gas to help control global warming

A database of schemes that prioritize sites and species based on their conservation value: focusing business on biodiversity
Biodiversity offsets are conservation projects used mainly by business to counterbalance the environmental impacts of their operations, with the aim of achieving a net neutral or even beneficial outcome for biodiversity.

Correspondence regarding 'Clouded leopards, the secretive top-carnivore of South-East Asian rainforests: their distribution, status and conservation needs in Sabah, Malaysia'
Correspondence regarding Wilting A, Fischer F, Bakar SA, Linsenmair KE: Clouded leopards, the secretive top-carnivore of South-East Asian rainforests: their distribution, status and conservation needs in Sabah, Malaysia. BMC Ecol 2006, 6:16.

Wai Wai choose conservation economy for traditional Amazon territory
Land rights allow indigenous group to decide best use of resources

Amazon rainforest at risk from initiative to connect South American economies
New study offers solutions to balance development, conservation needs

Why conservation efforts often fail
Modern conservation techniques have brought us the resurgence of American bald eagles, sustainable forest harvests and the rescue of prized lobster fisheries.

Conservation International and Toyota partner to protect Philippines' rain forests
Initiative demonstrates strong tie between conservation and community development

Corals added to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species for first time
For the first time in history, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes ocean corals in its annual report of wildlife going extinct.

Failing protection of Africa's national parks
For years, biologists in Africa have known that large mammals – including antelopes and their predators - were disappearing outside reserves.

New golden frog discovered in remote region of Colombia
Discovery made possible through the Conservation Leadership Program

Male elephants get 'photo IDs' from scientists
Identifying male Asian elephants by unique features will help monitor threats