Stories by John Platt

British crayfish now officially endangered, thanks to killer fungus

Mystery virus threatens an already critically endangered Australian parrot species

Can endangered Mexican wolves be conditioned to dislike the taste of sheep?

Ssssuccessss: World's rarest snake is back from the brink

Precious: Gollum (the fish) risks extinction in New Zealand

Extinction crisis revealed: One fifth of the world's mammals, birds and amphibians are threatened

20 die in air disaster after smuggled crocodile escapes on a plane

Asian coral die-off could be worst ever; Is climate change to blame?

Rare New Zealand pigs to be killed for their semen

From chytrid to ranavirus: Another disease is devastating frog populations

New record size for a genome goes to rare plant

Survival denied: Birds, fish, plant, pygmy rabbits lose out on endangered species protection

Population crash in Kenya: Rare bird gets much, much rarer--but why?

Does the smelly kiwi need deodorant to protect it from predators?

Only you can help prevent firefly extinction

I yam what I yam--and what I yam is endangered and under-researched

Bad news for crested gibbons, the forgotten apes

Are Frogs Injurious Species?

Horn of rarity: Asia's "unicorn" resurfaces after 10 years--then dies

Cost to save the world's tigers: $10,000 each per year (or just pennies a day!)

British bumblebees are inbreeding themselves into extinction

Deepwater doom: Extinction threat for world's smallest sea horse

Report: 21 percent of Africa's freshwater species threatened with extinction

Toxic avenger: One man's desperate idea to save the rhinos--poison their horns