Articles by Laurel Neme (chronological order) National Geographic: Why Has This Rhino Poaching Trial Been Delayed 17 Times? The Revelator: Living on the Edge with Lions – Shivani Bhalla National Geographic: Poachers Target Rescued Circus Lions in Worrying New Trend Mongabay.com: Sudden Death of Juvenile Zoo Elephant Raises Anew Issues of Life in Captivity National Geographic: Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets Across China National Geographic: Triumphant Rhino Transfer Ends in Tragic Conservator Death The Revelator: Elephant Ambassador in Chad: A Conversation with Stephanie Vergniault National Geographic: A Mysterious Rhino Horn Heist in Vermont National Geographic: Exclusive Look Into How Rare Elephants’ Forests Are Disappearing Mongabay.com: Innovative technology creates safe haven for rhinos National Geographic: Justice for Rhinos–When Will it Come? National Geographic: What to Expect at CITES: A Sneak Peak at Upcoming Endangered Species Meeting Huffington Post: Schoolkids Write Book About Orphaned Orangutan National Geographic: Schoolkids Write Adorable Book About Orphaned Orangutan National Geographic: How GPS Can Help Save the World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtles Mongabay.com: Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous Animals 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 Huffington Post: The Secret Trade That Threatens Rare Birds Huffington Post: Orangutan Rescue in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem National Geographic: Abused Circus Tiger Gets Fairy-Tale Ending National Geographic: Remembering the Woman Who Helped Bears in Distress Huffington Post: By Legal Means: Protecting Key Orangutan Habitat Through the Courts National Geographic: Inside the Secret Trade That Threatens Rare Birds Mongabay.com: Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courts Mongabay.com: Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival Huffington Post: For Pangolins, A Long Hard Road to Freedom National Geographic: Happy Ending for Smuggled Pangolins Huffington Post: This Elusive Bird Isn’t Safe From Traffickers 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 Huffington Post: Chinese Researchers Explore Options for Ivory Ban National Geographic: Chinese Researchers Explore How to Implement 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 National Geographic: Take it to the People: Model for an Ivory Sales Ban Huffington Post: Take it to the People: Model for an Ivory Sales Ban Mongabay.com: Journey to oblivion: unraveling Latin America’s illegal wildlife trade Mongabay.com: Latin American illegal wildlife trade exploding in scope and scale 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 Huffington Post: How Legal Markets Fuel Ivory Smuggling in Hong Kong National Geographic: How World’s Largest Legal Ivory Market Fuels Demand for Illegal Ivory Huffington Post: Saving Elephants One Kid at a Time 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 Moomah Magazine: Doing Unto Animals: Taegen Yardley – Saving Elephants One Kid at a Time National Geographic: East African Smugglers Push Ivory Out of the Continent National Geographic: Elephant Killings in Chad’s Signature Park Cause Alarm Mongabay.com: Wildlife forensics unmask poachers and traffickers 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 Mongabay.com: World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors Celebrate World Ranger Day 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 Los Angeles Times: Terrorism and the Ivory Trade (OpEd) 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 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 National Geographic: A Young Voice for Elephants: Celia Ho National Geographic: Poachers Capitalize on Chaos in Central Africa A Tree Calls for Help National Geographic: Elephants in Cameroon and Chad face Imminent Threat National Geographic: Elephant Poachers Caught in Chad, Protection Efforts Stepped Up Animal Planet: Rescued Elephant Orphan Adopted by New Herd 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 The Wildlife Professional: Protecting Mexico’s Feathered Treasures 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 Shop so Orangutans don’t Drop Dung Beetles: Nature’s Cleanup Crew Bird vs. Machine: How Wildlife Forensic Science Prevents Crashes Mongabay.com: Dung Beetles: A Sewage SWAT Team The WildLife: Dung Beetles, Doug Emlen The Forgotten Bear Mongabay.com: Cambodia’s Wildlife Pioneer: Saving Species and Places in Southeast Asia’s Last Forest Coral Reef Opera Operation Jaguar: Poaching and Human-Wildlife Conflict Mongabay.com: Pet trade, palm oil, and poaching: the challenges of saving the ‘forgotten bear’ The WildLife: Protecting Wildlife in Cambodia, Suwanna Gauntlett The Wildlife Professional: Wildlife’s Most Wanted 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 Forensic Science, Medicine & Pathology Journal: Interpol’s Wildlife Crime Working Group Meeting Mongabay.com: An Interview with Rhett Butler Mongabay.com: Mexico has big role in the illegal parrot trade The WildLife: Mongabay.com, Rhett Butler
