Stories by John Platt

AIDS-like retrovirus threatens Australia's koalas with extinction

One in six Mediterranean mammals in trouble

Should cheetahs be reintroduced in India?

Rare plant worthy of Endangered Species Act protection--But won't get it

DNA bar codes, a new tool for tracking illegal wildlife trade

Last chance to save the Christmas Island bat fails; Species doomed to extinction?

Can Google's page-rank algorithm help save endangered species and ecosystems?

Experts on the saola: The "Last chance" to save one of the world's rarest mammals

World's largest bat being hunted into extinction

The population of a unique Mexican amphibian drops 90 percent in four years

Orangutans illegally killed in the past decade: 20,000--Prosecutions: 0

Lemur poaching on the rise due to unrest in Madagascar

How much is a wolf worth in Idaho? $11.75

Pandas' newest threat--economics--threatens extinction in 2 to 3 generations

Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings stolen from North Carolina beach

Tasty bird not so extinct after all

Puppeteer helping to save real-life "Big Bird" from extinction

Komodo dragons? Not in my backyard--Or yours

British crayfish get a "safe haven" from American invaders and a fungus that eats them from the inside out

Hope for critically endangered Indian vulture as chick is born in captivity

Most restrictive turtle-harvesting ban in the U.S. enacted in Florida

Rhino poaching approaches 15-year high

Sweet smell of success follows reintroduction of stinking hawk's-beard to U.K.

Rare Siberian tigers face potential genetic bottleneck