Articles – by publication
Articles by Laurel Neme (by publication)
National Geographic
- National Geographic: Hundreds of elephants mysteriously died. We may finally know why
- National Geographic: Story10 ReconAfrica pauses controversial oil drilling in Namibian wilderness
- National Geographic: FINAL ReconAfrica ripped through the Okavango watershed to find oil. Instead, they found trouble
- National Geographic: Canadian Oil Company Illegally Bulldozes Protected Land in Africa
- National Geographic: Oil Company Accused of Drilling in African Wildlife Reserve, Offering Jobs for Silence
- National Geographic: Members of Congress urge investigation into Okavango oil exploration
- National Geographic: Oil exploration company in Okavango wilderness misled investors, complaint to SEC says
- National Geographic: Oil company exploring in sensitive elephant habitat accused of ignoring community concerns
- National Geographic: Test drilling for oil in Namibia’s Okavango region poses toxic risk
- National Geographic: Test drilling for oil and gas begins in Namibia’s Okavango region
- National Geographic: Oil Drilling, Possible Fracking Planned for Okavango Region—Elephants’ Last Stronghold
- National Geographic: This ‘Rhino Court’ Had 100 Percent Poacher Convictions. Why Was it Closed?
- National Geographic: New Alarm System May Stop Poachers In Their Tracks
- National Geographic: Why Has This Rhino Poaching Trial Been Delayed 17 Times?
- National Geographic: Poachers Target Rescued Circus Lions in Worrying New Trend
- National Geographic: Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets Across China
- National Geographic: Triumphant Rhino Transfer Ends in Tragic Conservator Death
- National Geographic: A Mysterious Rhino Horn Heist in Vermont
- National Geographic: Exclusive Look Into How Rare Elephants’ Forests Are Disappearing
- National Geographic: Justice for Rhinos–When Will it Come?
- National Geographic: What to Expect at CITES: A Sneak Peak at Upcoming Endangered Species Meeting
- National Geographic: Schoolkids Write Adorable Book About Orphaned Orangutan
- National Geographic: How GPS Can Help Save the World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtles
- National Geographic: Hong Kong Starts Countdown to Ivory Trade Ban
- National Geographic: Palm Oil’s Human Cost Alleged in New Report
- National Geographic: Rescued Circus Lions Airlifted to Safety in Africa
- National Geographic: Abused Circus Tiger Gets Fairy-Tale Ending
- National Geographic: Remembering the Woman Who Helped Bears in Distress
- National Geographic: Inside the Secret Trade That Threatens Rare Birds
- National Geographic: Happy Ending for Smuggled Pangolins
- National Geographic: Even This Incredibly Elusive Bird Isn’t Safe from Traffickers
- National Geographic: Petition Seeks Ban on Trade in Fake Rhino Horn
- National Geographic: One Country Will Destroy Its Ivory—and Pray for Elephants
- National Geographic: Myanmar Feeds China’s Pangolin Appetite
- National Geographic: Elephants Win as Hong Kong’s Leader Says It Will Ban Ivory Trade
- National Geographic: Why Shutting Down China’s Ivory Trade Won’t Be Easy
- National Geographic: New Protections For World’s Largest Population of Giant Manta Rays
- National Geographic: How the International Trade in Geckos Is a Scam
- National Geographic: Chinese Researchers Explore How to Implement Ivory Ban
- National Geographic: Take it to the People: Model for an Ivory Sales Ban
- National Geographic: Hong Kong ‘Open-Minded’ to Banning its Ivory Trade
- National Geographic: Three-Year Timeline of Ivory Milestones in Hong Kong and Mainland China
- National Geographic: How World’s Largest Legal Ivory Market Fuels Demand for Illegal Ivory
- National Geographic: Ripple Effect: Saving Elephants One Kid at a Time
- National Geographic: Undercover Video Confirms Hong Kong’s Retail Market Is “Front” for Smuggled Ivory
- National Geographic: East African Smugglers Push Ivory Out of the Continent
- National Geographic: Elephant Killings in Chad’s Signature Park Cause Alarm
- National Geographic: Two Nations Show Good News, Bad News for Africa’s Elephants
- National Geographic: Speaking up for Elephants: Reflections on Vermont’s Ivory Sales Ban Hearing
- National Geographic: Citizens Spur States to Ban Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn
- National Geographic: Ethiopia Burns Entire 6.1-Ton Ivory Stockpile
- National Geographic: Will Mobilization of Military Forces Stop Elephant Poaching in Cameroon
- National Geographic: Circus Lions Rescued in Peru, Headed for New Home in Colorado
- National Geographic: U.S. Indictment Accuses South African Brothers of Trafficking Rhino Horns
- National Geographic: Endangered Orangutans Gain from Eco-Friendly Shifts in Palm Oil Market
- National Geographic: For Rangers on the Front Lines of Anti-Poaching Wars, Daily Trauma
- National Geographic: Hong Kong Set to Incinerate 29.6-Ton Ivory Stockpile in Largest Destruction to Date
- National Geographic: Brazilian Investigators Cracking the Case of Missing One-of-a-Kind Snake
- National Geographic: In Hong Kong, Kids Take Action to Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade
- National Geographic: Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without Poaching
- National Geographic: London Summit Intensifies Battle Against Wildlife Crime
- National Geographic: New WildLeaks Website Invites Whistle-Blowers on Wildlife Crime
- National Geographic: Elephant Foster Mom: A Conversation with Daphne Sheldrick
- National Geographic: Ivory Mandala: A Fitting Memorial from the U.S. Ivory Crush
- National Geographic: Al Shabaab and the Human Toll of the Illegal Ivory Trade
- National Geographic: A Powerful Weapon Against Ivory Smugglers: DNA Testing
- National Geographic: Chaos and Confusion Following Elephant Poaching in a Central African World Heritage Site
- National Geographic: Did Polar Bears Really Lose at CITES?
- National Geographic: New Promises Follow Elephant Slaughter in Chad and Cameroon
- National Geographic: A Young Voice for Elephants: Celia Ho
- National Geographic: Poachers Capitalize on Chaos in Central Africa
- National Geographic: Elephants in Cameroon and Chad face Imminent Threat
- National Geographic: Elephant Poachers Caught in Chad, Protection Efforts Stepped Up
Mongabay.com
- Snares: Low-tech, low-profile killers of rare wildlife the world over
- Mongabay.com: Two threatened whale groups had a mini baby boom, but not because of lockdown
- Mongabay.com: Life and new limbs: Creative thinking, 3D printers save injured wildlife
- Mongabay.com: Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalas
- Mongabay.com: What does it take to discover a new great ape species?
- Mongabay.com: New Species of orangutan threatened from moment of its discovery
- Mongabay.com: Sudden Death of Juvenile Zoo Elephant Raises Anew Issues of Life in Captivity
- Mongabay.com: Innovative technology creates safe haven for rhinos
- Mongabay.com: Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous Animals
- Mongabay.com: Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courts
- Mongabay.com: Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival
- Mongabay.com: Journey to oblivion: unraveling Latin America’s illegal wildlife trade
- Mongabay.com: Latin American illegal wildlife trade exploding in scope and scale
- Mongabay.com: Wildlife forensics unmask poachers and traffickers
- Mongabay.com: World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors
- Celebrate World Ranger Day
- Mongabay.com: CITES 40th Anniversary: Reflections of CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon
- Mongabay.com: Elephant and Rhino issues to be debated at CITES 16th Conference of Parties
- Mongabay.com: Overview of the CITES 16th Conference of Parties: Interview with CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon
- A Tree Calls for Help
- Sumatran rhinos survive in northern Sumatra
- Mongabay.com: Elephant slaughter continues in Chad, another baby rescued
- Mongabay.com: President of Chad sends troops after elephant poachers
- Mongabay.com: Dozens of Elephants Massacred in Chad
- Mongabay.com: The dark side of new species discovery
- Mongabay.com: Herpetology curator: behind-the-scenes of ‘new species’ discoveries
- Mongabay.com: Seahorses Under Stress
- Mongabay.com: Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of Seahorses
- Mongabay.com: Dung Beetles: A Sewage SWAT Team
- The WildLife: Dung Beetles, Doug Emlen
- Mongabay.com: Cambodia’s Wildlife Pioneer: Saving Species and Places in Southeast Asia’s Last Forest
- Mongabay.com: Pet trade, palm oil, and poaching: the challenges of saving the ‘forgotten bear’
- The WildLife: Protecting Wildlife in Cambodia, Suwanna Gauntlett
- Mongabay.com: Teaching orangutans to be wild – orangutan rehabilitation
- Mongabay.com: The secrets of animal TV: many nature shows rely on unethical tactics
- Mongabay.com: Undercover for Animals: On the Frontline of Wildlife Crime in the US
- Animal Planet: Busted: Is Brazil’s ‘Jaguar Tony’ a Traitor and Poacher?
- Mongabay.com: Operation Jaguar: Busting a Poaching Ring
- Mongabay.com: Determining which birds cause airplanes to crash: an interview with a feather expert
- Mongabay.com: Frogs and friends at risk from booming global wildlife trade
- Mongabay.com: The role of wildlife conservation in human health
- Mongabay.com: The biology and conservation of declining coral reefs, an interview with Kristian Teleki
- Mongabay.com: Dangerous and exploitative: a look at pet wild cats
- Mongabay.com: Top officials busted in Amazon logging raids, but political patronage may set them free
- Mongabay.com: The Changing Nature of Illegal Logging – and Illegal Logging Investigations – in Brazil’s Amazon
- Mongabay.com: Tiger Farming and Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Mongabay.com: An Interview with Rhett Butler
- Mongabay.com: Mexico has big role in the illegal parrot trade
- The WildLife: Mongabay.com, Rhett Butler
Huffington Post
- Huffington Post: Schoolkids Write Book About Orphaned Orangutan
- Huffington Post: The Secret Trade That Threatens Rare Birds
- Huffington Post: Orangutan Rescue in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
- Huffington Post: By Legal Means: Protecting Key Orangutan Habitat Through the Courts
- Huffington Post: For Pangolins, A Long Hard Road to Freedom
- Huffington Post: This Elusive Bird Isn’t Safe From Traffickers
- Huffington Post: Chinese Researchers Explore Options for Ivory Ban
- Huffington Post: In Latin America, Illegal Wildlife Trade Explodes
- Huffington Post: Hong Kong Open to Closing Ivory Trade Markets (3)
- Huffington Post: Unraveling Latin America’s Illegal Wildlife Trade
- Huffington Post: Take it to the People: Model for an Ivory Sales Ban
- Huffington Post: How Legal Markets Fuel Ivory Smuggling in Hong Kong
- Huffington Post: Saving Elephants One Kid at a Time
The Revelator
- The Revelator: Living on the Edge with Lions – Shivani Bhalla
- The Revelator: Elephant Ambassador in Chad: A Conversation with Stephanie Vergniault
Los Angeles Times
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology Journal
Moomah Magazine
Animal Planet
- Animal Planet: Rescued Elephant Orphan Adopted by New Herd
- Animal Planet: Busted: Is Brazil’s ‘Jaguar Tony’ a Traitor and Poacher?
Jeff Corwin’s Citizen Blog