Stories by John R. Platt

Wildlife products and drugs both fuel massive levels of international crime, according to a new United Nations report

A new study finds that five bird subspecies may already be extinct

The 2016 State of North America’s Birds report finds that at least 37 percent of species are at risk

Poverty drives bushmeat consumption in some regions of Madagascar, but not everywhere

A new study of one of the world’s most endangered primates finds new clues to its conservation

Researchers in Barbados have found some unusual side effects when people join green turtles in the ocean

A new survey finds this critically endangered species on the knife’s edge of extinction

A few of these rare birds still exist in neighboring Queensland, but planned coal mines could push them over the edge

Attempts to save this revered species in the rivers of Cambodia appear to have failed

The San Nicholas Island fox has “flatlined” genetically, according to a new study

The critically endangered plant known as Mrs. Barber’s beauty eluded modern researchers for decades

Survival of the big cats in the wild is far from guaranteed

The number of wild tigers has risen to nearly 3,900, thanks to enhanced protections and conservation commitments

The sale and trafficking of so-called “generic” tigers and tiger cubs will now be regulated just like other endangered species

The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome leapt over the Rockies and turned up in Washington State

“Lethal blindness” threatens the red-billed chough in Scotland

A new study finds that every single primate species will be adversely affected by rising temperatures and changing rainfall levels

Nobody has seen the Morro Bay kangaroo rat since 1986, but biologists say we shouldn’t give up hope that it still exists

The welcome move could help threatened species both in the U.S. and abroad

This critically endangered plant is a smaller relative to the world’s largest flower

At least a quarter of shark and ray species are threatened with extinction. A new strategy hopes to turn that around

The U.S. government says the bears are recovered, but conservation groups disagree

Some species could soon lose up to 98 percent of their habitats, according to new research

A new study suggests researchers need to expand their efforts beyond studying gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans