First insight into the ecology of an elusive and threatened rabbit

A new study carried out by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in collaboration with WWF-Vietnam, WWF-Laos and the Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (CRES) of the Việt Nam National University provides the first detailed information about the Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) – a little-known lagomorph not discovered until 1995.

Endangered gaurs losing habitat in national park

The number of gaurs living in Ja Book Valley has been declining over the last 20 years as the grasslands where they used to roam have slowly been replaced by forests.

Large-antlered muntjac recorded by camera trap in Quảng Nam

Two rare large-antlered muntjac have been photographed in a forest in Quang Nam Province, providing hope for the future of the species.

Bạch Mã Park to host saola breeding centre

The Bạch Mã National Park has been selected as the site for the world’s only breeding centre for the saola, the extremely elusive forest-dwelling bovine only found in the forests of Việt Nam and Laos.

Traps snap endangered species

Biologists have found 22 animal species, including nine endangered ones, through a wildlife supervision programme in the Bà Nà-Núi Chúa Nature Reserve near the central city of Đà Nẵng.

Đà Nẵng to supervise wildlife with camera traps

The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation (GreenViet), in co-operation with US-based San Diego Zoo Global and the management board of Bà Nà-Núi Chúa Nature Reserve, has begun a wildlife supervision programme by setting up 20 camera traps across the 28,000ha reserve.

Tracking the sao la in Trường Sơn Mountains

The sao la, Vũ Quang ox, spindlehorn, or Asian bicorn (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) is one of the world's rarest large mammals, a forest-dwelling bovine found only in the Trường Sơn Mountain Range of Việt Nam and Laos. 

A Season Of Forest Flowers After several rainy days, the sky began clearing up and turned quite blue. Standing by the window of his flat on the 11th floor of the condo, the elderly photo editor of a magazine could see early yellowish sunbeams spreading over the canopies and house roofs.

Students enjoy wildlife summer camp Nearly 40 university students from HCM City, Ha Noi, Can Tho and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province attended the Wildlife Summer Camp 2015 which ended yesterday (June 22) at Wildlife At Risk's (WAR) Hon Me Wildlife Rescue Station.

Endangered Asiatic black bear found1 Camera traps installed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recorded another Asiatic black bear (Ursus Thibetanus) in the central province last month, the WWF's communications department said yesterday.