Geographical Location: Asia

January 23, 2025

New portable DNA test could help detect rare turtle

Conservationists are searching for more Swinhoe’s softshell turtles—only two are known to exist in the world

January 8, 2025

Surveillance drones in Bangladesh help curtail poaching

Surveillance drones assist wildlife managers in protecting birds

November 15, 2024

Over one-third of Vietnam’s mammals are at risk of extinction

Despite some being located in a protected area, hundreds of mammal species in Vietnam face extinction

November 12, 2024

Urbanization challenges Eurasian red squirrels 

Changes in the squirrels’ genetics have occurred in the last 30 years

October 23, 2024

American parasite infects Japanese snakes

The pet and aquarium plants trade likely brought the trematode to Asia

September 13, 2024

JWM: Borneo turtles do well when logging is done right

Occupancy of vulnerable species is high in sustainably logged areas

September 12, 2024

Wildlife Vocalizations: Shannon Barber-Meyer

A research wildlife biologist recalls her tiger monitoring work in Sumatra

August 5, 2024

Israel-Hamas war stresses lizards

Research shows that reptiles have doubled metabolic rates after the sound of bombing

July 26, 2024

Invasive ants travel by car

Seven different alien insect species were observed moving around by vehicle in Taiwan

July 15, 2024

Elephants receive first of its kind vaccine

A female 40-year-old received an mRNA vaccine against a herpesvirus