Stories by John Platt

Losing the race: Illegal trade devastating Madagascar's radiated tortoise

Penguin personalizer: Software that allows recognition of individual birds could aid in conservation

Ayurveda out of balance: 93 percent of medicinal plants threatened with extinction

The fly's revenge: Are cadmium-contaminated insects killing endangered meat-eating plants?

Gorillas in the list: New extinction fears for central African gorillas

Shell Shock: U.S. State Department bans shrimp imports from Mexico to protect endangered turtles

Shark fin soup: CITES fails to protect 5 species of sharks from overfishing and finning

Minor victories for tigers, elephants and rhinos at CITES meeting

Sushi-cide: Secret ballot kills hopes for bluefin tuna protections

Bugs off: Habitat loss killing Europe's butterflies, beetles and dragonflies

Study: High Arctic's biodiversity down 26 percent since 1970

"Glimmer of hope": A Tasmanian devil colony displays possible immunity to deadly facial tumor disease

Report: Climate change is taking a toll on U.S. bird populations

Fighting aliens with aliens: U.K. imports insect species to tackle invasive plant

Endangered in a Dangerous Land: Afghanistan expands its protected species list, including the "world's least-known bird"

"Extinct" Australian frog reappears 30 years after last sighting

A plan to protect Tanzania's flamingos also encourages rare cooperation among African nations

Rabbit season? Duck season? In Florida, it's time to hunt pythons

U.K. zoo builds a "love shack" for critically endangered frogs

Is the great white shark slowly slipping into extinction?

Bad news for bats: Deadly white-nose syndrome still spreading

What is sickening and killing California's brown pelicans?

Downcast: Critically endangered bahaba caught and sold for $500,000

Romanticism undone: Invasive species, global warming taking toll on plants at Thoreau's Walden Pond