CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Study: Patterns of wildlife 'range loss' could offer clues for conservation
By Mary Kate McCoy
March 14, 2023
More than one million species are at risk of extinction largely because they are being pushed out of places where they have long lived — known as “ranges.” But not all range loss looks the same.
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3 ways climate change affects tropical rainforests
By Jessica Pink
June 26, 2018
Climate change will affect tropical rainforests — here are 3 ways how.
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To weather a changing climate, coffee needs bees, trees: study
By Allie Goldstein
September 11, 2017
Climate change is threatening coffee supplies just as global demand for it is at an all-time high. New research highlights how bees and forests factor into the equation.
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Climate change spells trouble for orangutans
By Leah Duran
August 18, 2017
Editor’s note: August 19 is World Orangutan Day. The world’s orangutan population is dwindling.
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Primates face greater extinction threat than any other large mammal group
By Molly Bergen
February 3, 2017
Tropical forest destruction threatens 63 percent of the world’s primate species with extinction. But experts say there’s hope of reversing this trend.
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