Stories by John Platt

Dammed if they don't: Cost to protect endangered sturgeon in South Carolina could be $100 million, utility says

Close call for endangered moapa dace as fire destroys only habitat

Reefs at risk: Roundup at the not-so-OK coral corral

Study: Climate change identified as extinction threat in nearly 60 percent of species recovery plans

California sea otter populations sink as research funding dries up

Struck out: Fatal fungus could kill off U.S. Northeast's little brown bats in 20 years

Road killed: Australia's common wombat could soon be uncommon

Thaw deal: Climate change could leave penguins in the dark

Can Australia save the dingo from extinction?

Imperiled giant pandas need replanted bamboo forests in order to reconnect

Island hoping: Japan breeding program aims to save rare albatross

Unfair trade: A week in the world of illegal wildlife trafficking

Slender hope: A tiny primate is rediscovered after 65 years

Endangered Sonoran pronghorn seen as hindering U.S. attempts to shore up its border

International collaboration is key to saving the Middle East's rarest bird

Polar Rare: The Arctic's apex predator could disappear from Hudson Bay in 10 years

Marmot meltdown averted: Vancouver Island species on the brink of extinction regaining social bonds

Rights wronged: North Pacific right whale nearly extinct in Bering Sea

Aw nuts: Plan to save endangered squirrels scuttled as too expensive

Invasive Asian carp on verge of entering Great Lakes

Tiger, tiger, burning out: What is killing Russia's critically endangered Amur tigers?

Fished out: Wildlife group objects as South Africa lifts abalone ban

From soup to tots: Breeding success for one of the world's rarest turtles

Found Today, Gone Tomorrow?: Gulf oil spill could wipe out a newly discovered species