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Rhino poacher gets 17-year prison sentence

March 19, 2024

Authorities in South Africa handed a steep prison sentence to a man convicted of poaching at a famous game reserve and national park. South African National Parks officials celebrated the 17-year sentence imposed on Mbongeni […]

Kaieteur Falls in Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean

Iconic South American park caught in the middle of territorial dispute

January 9, 2024

One of world’s most biodiverse national parks finds itself in the middle of a simmering and increasingly dangerous territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. The park is also a central pillar of Guyana’s plans to […]

zebra mussel
North America

Colorado moves forward with extreme zebra mussels eradication plan

November 7, 2023

Colorado parks authorities are moving forward with their radical plan to completely rid a lake of zebra mussels. Zebra mussels are a species of invasive freshwater mollusk that have infested lakes across the United States. […]

A close-up picture of a cluster of zebra mussels.
North America

Colorado will go to extreme measures to defeat zebra mussels

October 17, 2023

The state of Colorado says it must destroy a lake in order to save it. Zebra mussels are an invasive pest that causes waterway managers across the United States enormous problems. An invasive species, zebra […]

Wyoming Toad Conservation Area
North America

America gets two new protected areas for wildlife

October 12, 2023

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has established two new wildlife refuges in the continental US, increasing the number of protected areas under the Service’s care to 570. In celebration of National Wildlife Refuge […]

Lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific, is an invasive species in the Atlantic basin and Caribbean Sea.
Global

Invasives threaten protected areas everywhere

September 12, 2023

The global invasive species problem is causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to ecosystems and protected areas, according to a new report. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) finds that “invasive […]

Müller's gibbon on the tree in the island of Borneo.
Asia

Parks increase animal diversity beyond their boundaries

September 7, 2023

Large parks on land create biodiversity “spillover” effects similar to marine protected areas, new research shows. Scientists and fisheries managers have long known that marine protected areas—zones where fishing is heavily restricted or banned—become so […]

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