Articles by Laurel Neme (chronological order) National Geographic: Members of Congress urge investigation into Okavango oil explorationNational Geographic: Oil exploration company in Okavango wilderness misled investors, complaint to SEC saysNational Geographic: Oil company exploring in sensitive elephant habitat accused of ignoring community concernsMongabay.com: Life and new limbs: Creative thinking, 3D printers save injured wildlifeThe New York Times for Kids Magazine: Vibe Check: How Animals Show They’re HappyNational Geographic: Test drilling for oil in Namibia’s Okavango region poses toxic riskNational Geographic: Test drilling for oil and gas begins in Namibia’s Okavango regionNational Geographic: Oil Drilling, Possible Fracking Planned for Okavango Region—Elephants’ Last StrongholdNational Geographic: This ‘Rhino Court’ Had 100 Percent Poacher Convictions. Why Was it Closed?New Yorker: Bill McKibben column: Annals of a Warming Planet: Our Best Chance to Slow Global Warming Comes in the Next Nine YearsThe New York Times for Kids Magazine: Cold? No Problem. How 6 Animals Winterize ThemselvesMuse Magazine: Advocates for Elephants – Kids on Different Continents are Working to Protect PachydermsBats Magazine: Backyard “BATIVISTS”Bats Magazine: Boosting Bats by Restoring Mexico’s AgavesMongabay.com: Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalasMongabay.com: What does it take to discover a new great ape species?Mongabay.com: New Species of orangutan threatened from moment of its discoveryNational Geographic: New Alarm System May Stop Poachers In Their TracksNational Geographic: Why Has This Rhino Poaching Trial Been Delayed 17 Times?The Revelator: Living on the Edge with Lions – Shivani BhallaNational Geographic: Poachers Target Rescued Circus Lions in Worrying New TrendMongabay.com: Sudden Death of Juvenile Zoo Elephant Raises Anew Issues of Life in CaptivityNational Geographic: Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets Across ChinaNational Geographic: Triumphant Rhino Transfer Ends in Tragic Conservator DeathThe Revelator: Elephant Ambassador in Chad: A Conversation with Stephanie VergniaultNational Geographic: A Mysterious Rhino Horn Heist in VermontNational Geographic: Exclusive Look Into How Rare Elephants’ Forests Are DisappearingMongabay.com: Innovative technology creates safe haven for rhinosNational Geographic: Justice for Rhinos–When Will it Come?National Geographic: What to Expect at CITES: A Sneak Peak at Upcoming Endangered Species MeetingHuffington Post: Schoolkids Write Book About Orphaned OrangutanNational Geographic: Schoolkids Write Adorable Book About Orphaned OrangutanNational Geographic: How GPS Can Help Save the World’s Most Endangered Sea TurtlesMongabay.com: Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous AnimalsNational Geographic: Hong Kong Starts Countdown to Ivory Trade BanNational Geographic: Palm Oil’s Human Cost Alleged in New ReportNational Geographic: Rescued Circus Lions Airlifted to Safety in AfricaHuffington Post: The Secret Trade That Threatens Rare BirdsHuffington Post: Orangutan Rescue in Indonesia’s Leuser EcosystemNational Geographic: Abused Circus Tiger Gets Fairy-Tale EndingNational Geographic: Remembering the Woman Who Helped Bears in DistressHuffington Post: By Legal Means: Protecting Key Orangutan Habitat Through the CourtsNational Geographic: Inside the Secret Trade That Threatens Rare BirdsMongabay.com: Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courtsMongabay.com: Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survivalHuffington Post: For Pangolins, A Long Hard Road to FreedomNational Geographic: Happy Ending for Smuggled PangolinsHuffington Post: This Elusive Bird Isn’t Safe From TraffickersNational Geographic: Even This Incredibly Elusive Bird Isn’t Safe from TraffickersNational Geographic: Petition Seeks Ban on Trade in Fake Rhino HornNational Geographic: One Country Will Destroy Its Ivory—and Pray for ElephantsNational Geographic: Myanmar Feeds China’s Pangolin AppetiteNational Geographic: Elephants Win as Hong Kong’s Leader Says It Will Ban Ivory TradeNational Geographic: Why Shutting Down China’s Ivory Trade Won’t Be EasyNational Geographic: New Protections For World’s Largest Population of Giant Manta RaysNational Geographic: How the International Trade in Geckos Is a ScamHuffington Post: Chinese Researchers Explore Options for Ivory BanNational Geographic: Chinese Researchers Explore How to Implement Ivory BanHuffington Post: In Latin America, Illegal Wildlife Trade ExplodesHuffington Post: Hong Kong Open to Closing Ivory Trade Markets (3)Huffington Post: Unraveling Latin America’s Illegal Wildlife TradeNational Geographic: Take it to the People: Model for an Ivory Sales BanHuffington Post: Take it to the People: Model for an Ivory Sales BanMongabay.com: Journey to oblivion: unraveling Latin America’s illegal wildlife tradeMongabay.com: Latin American illegal wildlife trade exploding in scope and scaleNational Geographic: Hong Kong ‘Open-Minded’ to Banning its Ivory TradeNational Geographic: Three-Year Timeline of Ivory Milestones in Hong Kong and Mainland ChinaHuffington Post: How Legal Markets Fuel Ivory Smuggling in Hong KongNational Geographic: How World’s Largest Legal Ivory Market Fuels Demand for Illegal IvoryHuffington Post: Saving Elephants One Kid at a TimeNational Geographic: Ripple Effect: Saving Elephants One Kid at a TimeNational Geographic: Undercover Video Confirms Hong Kong’s Retail Market Is “Front” for Smuggled IvoryMoomah Magazine: Doing Unto Animals: Taegen Yardley – Saving Elephants One Kid at a TimeNational Geographic: East African Smugglers Push Ivory Out of the ContinentNational Geographic: Elephant Killings in Chad’s Signature Park Cause AlarmMongabay.com: Wildlife forensics unmask poachers and traffickersNational Geographic: Two Nations Show Good News, Bad News for Africa’s ElephantsTrafficking Jam: In Wildlife CSI, Scientists Become Nature’s Detectives (Weather.com)National Geographic: Speaking up for Elephants: Reflections on Vermont’s Ivory Sales Ban HearingNational Geographic: Citizens Spur States to Ban Trade in Ivory and Rhino HornNational Geographic: Ethiopia Burns Entire 6.1-Ton Ivory StockpileNational Geographic: Will Mobilization of Military Forces Stop Elephant Poaching in CameroonNational Geographic: Circus Lions Rescued in Peru, Headed for New Home in ColoradoNational Geographic: U.S. Indictment Accuses South African Brothers of Trafficking Rhino HornsNational Geographic: Endangered Orangutans Gain from Eco-Friendly Shifts in Palm Oil MarketMongabay.com: World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectorsCelebrate World Ranger DayNational Geographic: For Rangers on the Front Lines of Anti-Poaching Wars, Daily TraumaNational Geographic: Hong Kong Set to Incinerate 29.6-Ton Ivory Stockpile in Largest Destruction to DateNational Geographic: Brazilian Investigators Cracking the Case of Missing One-of-a-Kind SnakeNational Geographic: In Hong Kong, Kids Take Action to Stop the Illegal Ivory TradeNational Geographic: Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without PoachingNational Geographic: London Summit Intensifies Battle Against Wildlife CrimeNational Geographic: New WildLeaks Website Invites Whistle-Blowers on Wildlife CrimeNational Geographic: Elephant Foster Mom: A Conversation with Daphne SheldrickNational Geographic: Ivory Mandala: A Fitting Memorial from the U.S. Ivory CrushLos Angeles Times: Terrorism and the Ivory Trade (OpEd)National Geographic: Al Shabaab and the Human Toll of the Illegal Ivory TradeNational Geographic: A Powerful Weapon Against Ivory Smugglers: DNA TestingNational Geographic: Chaos and Confusion Following Elephant Poaching in a Central African World Heritage SiteNational Geographic: Did Polar Bears Really Lose at CITES?National Geographic: New Promises Follow Elephant Slaughter in Chad and CameroonMongabay.com: CITES 40th Anniversary: Reflections of CITES Secretary-General John ScanlonMongabay.com: Elephant and Rhino issues to be debated at CITES 16th Conference of PartiesMongabay.com: Overview of the CITES 16th Conference of Parties: Interview with CITES Secretary-General John ScanlonNational Geographic: A Young Voice for Elephants: Celia HoNational Geographic: Poachers Capitalize on Chaos in Central AfricaA Tree Calls for HelpNational Geographic: Elephants in Cameroon and Chad face Imminent ThreatNational Geographic: Elephant Poachers Caught in Chad, Protection Efforts Stepped UpAnimal Planet: Rescued Elephant Orphan Adopted by New HerdSumatran rhinos survive in northern SumatraMongabay.com: Elephant slaughter continues in Chad, another baby rescuedMongabay.com: President of Chad sends troops after elephant poachersMongabay.com: Dozens of Elephants Massacred in ChadThe Wildlife Professional: Protecting Mexico’s Feathered TreasuresMongabay.com: The dark side of new species discoveryMongabay.com: Herpetology curator: behind-the-scenes of ‘new species’ discoveriesMongabay.com: Seahorses Under StressMongabay.com: Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of SeahorsesShop so Orangutans don’t DropDung Beetles: Nature’s Cleanup CrewBird vs. Machine: How Wildlife Forensic Science Prevents CrashesMongabay.com: Dung Beetles: A Sewage SWAT TeamThe WildLife: Dung Beetles, Doug EmlenThe Forgotten BearMongabay.com: Cambodia’s Wildlife Pioneer: Saving Species and Places in Southeast Asia’s Last ForestCoral Reef OperaOperation Jaguar: Poaching and Human-Wildlife ConflictMongabay.com: Pet trade, palm oil, and poaching: the challenges of saving the ‘forgotten bear’The WildLife: Protecting Wildlife in Cambodia, Suwanna GauntlettThe Wildlife Professional: Wildlife’s Most WantedMongabay.com: Teaching orangutans to be wild – orangutan rehabilitationMongabay.com: The secrets of animal TV: many nature shows rely on unethical tacticsMongabay.com: Undercover for Animals: On the Frontline of Wildlife Crime in the USAnimal Planet: Busted: Is Brazil’s ‘Jaguar Tony’ a Traitor and Poacher?Mongabay.com: Operation Jaguar: Busting a Poaching RingMongabay.com: Determining which birds cause airplanes to crash: an interview with a feather expertMongabay.com: Frogs and friends at risk from booming global wildlife tradeMongabay.com: The role of wildlife conservation in human healthMongabay.com: The biology and conservation of declining coral reefs, an interview with Kristian TelekiMongabay.com: Dangerous and exploitative: a look at pet wild catsMongabay.com: Top officials busted in Amazon logging raids, but political patronage may set them freeMongabay.com: The Changing Nature of Illegal Logging – and Illegal Logging Investigations – in Brazil’s AmazonMongabay.com: Tiger Farming and Traditional Chinese MedicineForensic Science, Medicine & Pathology Journal: Interpol’s Wildlife Crime Working Group MeetingMongabay.com: An Interview with Rhett ButlerMongabay.com: Mexico has big role in the illegal parrot tradeThe WildLife: Mongabay.com, Rhett Butler
