CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Illegal logger turned forest champion — with help from hummingbirds
By Cassandra Kane
January 5, 2016
For Norbil Becerra, destroying forests was a necessary evil — until the day he saw a hummingbird.
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Turning the tide on manta slaughter: A story in pictures
By Shawn Heinrichs
December 1, 2015
Photojournalist Shawn Heinrichs takes us inside a grisly manta hunt in eastern Indonesia.
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On the trail of the South Pacific’s great humpbacks
By Olive Andrews
November 12, 2015
A team of whale researchers makes some exciting discoveries in a place never before surveyed for marine mammals.
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4 things we’ve discovered from tagging Indonesia’s mantas
By Nicole Han
October 27, 2015
We’ve never known much about the ocean’s winged giants — until now.
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‘Big, hot blob’ puts Hawaiian reefs at risk
By Cassandra Kane
October 22, 2015
As El Niño takes hold in the Pacific, the island state braces for a record coral bleaching event.
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