EnvironmentSeptember 7, 2012
First Purebred Bison Calf Born after Disease-Washing Embryo Transfer
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.
EnvironmentSeptember 5, 2012
Japanese River Otter Declared Extinct
EvolutionSeptember 1, 2012
Cougars Are Returning to Midwest After 100 years
Cougars are returning to the U.S. Midwest
EnvironmentAugust 29, 2012
Updates from the Brink: Dying Devils, Disappearing Vultures and a $473,000 Fish
EnvironmentAugust 28, 2012
Chimps Infected with Human Diseases Pose Possible Risk to Reintroduction Efforts
EnvironmentAugust 24, 2012
Recently Discovered Lizard Species Down to 3 Remaining Females
EnvironmentAugust 21, 2012
How Did Zebras Give 2 Polar Bears Herpes?
EnvironmentAugust 16, 2012
South Africa Invests in Elephant Birth Control [Video]
EnvironmentAugust 14, 2012
Okapi Conservation Center Recovering after Militia Attack that Killed 6 People and 14 Animals
EnvironmentAugust 10, 2012
World's Largest Butterfly Threatened by Shrinking Habitat and Deforestation
EnvironmentAugust 8, 2012
Fishing Nets, Climate Change Threaten Yellow-Eyed Penguins in New Zealand
EnvironmentAugust 3, 2012
Rare Success: Critically Endangered Gharial Crocodiles Have Record Hatching Year
EnvironmentAugust 1, 2012
DNA Test Could Help Save Scottish Wildcat from Extinction If It Still Exists
EnvironmentJuly 30, 2012
O'Reilly Animals Enlists Technology Community to Help Save Endangered Species from Extinction
EnvironmentJuly 24, 2012
Bear Bile Industry Reportedly Shrinking in South Korea, but China Market Stays Strong
EnvironmentJuly 19, 2012
Snow Leopard News: Climate Change, Radio Collars, Heart Troubles and a Video First
EnvironmentJuly 18, 2012
Hong Kong Imported 10 Million Kilograms of Shark Fins Last Year
EnvironmentJuly 12, 2012
An Invasive Plant Is Killing Wombats in Australia
EnvironmentJuly 10, 2012
Little Time Left for the Tamaraw? Philippine Buffalo Species Down to Last 300 Animals
The SciencesJuly 5, 2012
Extinction Countdown: Your Turn
EnvironmentJuly 3, 2012
Citizen Scientists, Funding Needed to Help Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Project
EnvironmentJune 27, 2012
Massive Ivory Burn in Gabon Sends Message to Elephant Poachers
ConservationJune 25, 2012
RIP, Lonesome George, the Last-of-His-Kind Galapágos Tortoise
EnvironmentJune 21, 2012
Rarest Kiwi Species Takes Flight