EnvironmentMay 1, 2013
Just 35 Devils Hole Pupfish Remain Does Extinction Loom?
Stories by John R. Platt
John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator. An award-winning environmental journalist, his work has appeared in Scientific American, Audubon, Motherboard, and numerous other magazines and publications. His "Extinction Countdown" column has run continuously since 2004 and has covered news and science related to more than 1,000 endangered species. John lives on the outskirts of Portland, Ore., where he finds himself surrounded by animals and cartoonists.
EnvironmentApril 27, 2013
Slaughtered Rhinos, Vanishing Cheetahs, the Lonely Dodo and Other Links from the Brink
EnvironmentApril 25, 2013
Hunter Allowed to Import Rhino Trophy into U.S. for First Time in 33 Years
EnvironmentApril 24, 2013
Satellite Reveals Possible Habitats for Rare Apes in China and Vietnam
EvolutionApril 22, 2013
When Did the Barbary Lion Really Go Extinct?
EnvironmentApril 20, 2013
Pygmy Elephants, Asiatic Lions and Other Links from the Brink
EnvironmentApril 16, 2013
Chlamydia Is Killing Koalas Will Genetics Find a Cure?
EnvironmentApril 13, 2013
Starving Orangutans, Dead Bats and Other Links from the Brink (April 13, 2013)
EnvironmentApril 11, 2013
Beautiful Striped Bat Identified as Entirely New Genus
EnvironmentApril 10, 2013
The 6 Most Endangered Feline Species
EnvironmentApril 6, 2013
Ethiopian Lions, Sumatran Rhinos and Other Links from the Brink (April 6, 2013)
EnvironmentApril 4, 2013
Who Will Save the Last Hoolock Gibbons? [Video]
EnvironmentApril 2, 2013
Poachers Have Killed 62 Percent of Forest Elephants in the Past Decade
EnvironmentMarch 30, 2013
Links from the Brink (March 30, 2013)
EnvironmentMarch 28, 2013
3,000 Feral Cats Killed to Protect Rare Australian Bilbies
March 27, 2013
‘Extinct’ Indian Gecko Rediscovered After 135 Years
In 1877 a British lieutenant colonel and naturalist named R.H. Beddome looked under a rock in the Indian state of Orissa and discovered a new gecko species.
EnvironmentMarch 23, 2013
Links from the Brink (March 23, 2013)
EnvironmentMarch 21, 2013
Illegal Pet Trade Wiping Out Yellow-Crested Cockatoos
EnvironmentMarch 20, 2013
5 Turtles from Nearly Extinct Species Fly Home to Hong Kong
EnvironmentMarch 14, 2013
Google Earth Inspires Rediscovery of Lost Butterfly Species
EnvironmentMarch 11, 2013
Bat-killing Fungus Reaches South Carolina; Now Found in 21 States and 5 Provinces
EnvironmentMarch 7, 2013
Great Apes in Crisis: Thousands Poached and Stolen from the Wild Annually
EnvironmentMarch 6, 2013
De-Extinction: Can Cloning Bring Extinct Species Back to Life?
EnvironmentMarch 1, 2013
What Happens When Forest Elephants Are Wiped Out in an Ecosystem?