It might sound like a joke: How do you launder a python? But the answer is no laughing matter. At least 80% of the green pythons exported each year from Indonesia are illegally caught in the wild and then “laundered” through farms that claim to breed the reptiles. Leer más.

The researchers studied and examined the species for two years after its discovery to ensure that the serpent was indeed a new species. The discovery and research later was printed in an international journal, Mr Kirati added. Leer más.

South-East Asian amphibians are both poorly known and highly threatened. That’s the biggest reason that my colleagues and I spend weeks searching the montane forests of the region, discovering and documenting the amazing diversity of the amphibians found there. It’s a vital first step towards amphibian conservation. Leer más.

A string of smuggling attempts have been stopped in Indonesia at the country’s largest and busiest airport, including a case of three slow lorises stuffed into socks and hidden under a trafficker’s clothes. Leer más.

Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don’t account for species competition and movement, they could grossly underestimate future extinctions. Leer más.