After years in tiny cages, 27 moon bears in Laos finally taste freedom

The raid on a brutal bile extraction facility disguised as a zoo was believed to be the largest in Southeast Asian history.

Dramatic rescues of pangolins and other rare wildlife can start with a single message

Southeast Asia is a hotspot for illegal wildlife trade. Nonprofits with hotlines to report trafficking produce an outsized ...
Indiatimes

‘Living fossil’ discovered in Laos: Animal thought extinct for 11 million years found alive

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 million years ago. This rodent is called the Laotian rock rat. The discovery ...
Slate

Charming Portraits of Villagers in Laos With Their Pets

At the end of 2012, photographer Ernest Goh collaborated with the Canadian charitable organization, Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB) on a project to vaccinate dogs and cats (and one monkey) against ...
Digital Journal

Researchers analyse DNA from dung to save Laos elephants

Elephants bathe in a pond at the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos' Sainyabuli province - Copyright AFP TANG CHHIN Sothy Elephants bathe in a pond at the Elephant ...
Science News

Genetics might save the rare, elusive saola — if it’s not already extinct

It’s not looking good for the saola. If it still exists, it is one of the world’s rarest large mammals — a deerlike creature from the mountainous rainforests of Vietnam and Laos that’s been called ...