Bonobos, the ‘hippy apes’, may not be as peaceful as once thought
Apr 12, 2024, 11:39 am ByAnthropologist Maud Mouginot recalls an encounter with bonobos early one morning in 2019 deep in the…Between Brazil’s Caatinga & Cerrado, communities profit from native fruits
Apr 12, 2024, 7:49 am ByPORTEIRINHA, Minas Gerais — Beneath the shade of the umbu tree, Maria Neves tells Maria José that…New technologies to map environmental crime in the Amazon Basin (commentary)
8:10pm ByEnvironmental crime slows climate action, deters investment in nature-based solutions, and…Rainwater reserves a tenuous lifeline for Sumatran community amid punishing dry season
6:07pm ByINDRAGIRI HILIR, Indonesia — Dahniar starts worrying after a few days without rain during the dry…Research links deforestation in Cambodia to stunting in kids, anemia in women
1:11pm ByNew research has linked prenatal exposure to deforestation in Cambodia to child stunting and anemia…New online tool is first to track funding to Indigenous, local and Afro-descendant communities
12:01pm ByDevelopers have rolled out the first ever interactive online tool to track all funding for…A new and improved bird family tree shows rapid post-dinosaur evolution
8:15am ByScientists have created the largest and most detailed bird family tree ever, showing how various…In Java Sea, vigilantism and poverty rise as purse seine fishing continues
5:10am BySEMBILAN ISLAND, Indonesia — Until recently, skippers on this island relied on their day’s catch…Unseen and unregulated: ‘Ghost’ roads carve up Asia-Pacific tropical forests
4:34am ByRoads are being built at an unprecedented rate across the globe. Some 25 million kilometers (15.5…Forests in Vietnam’s Central Highlands at risk as development projects take priority
Wed 5:00pm ByLÂM ĐỒNG, Vietnam — In 1991, Trần Văn Ry migrated from his home in northern Vietnam to Lâm…A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
Wed 3:06pm ByA professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago, Anna Roosevelt has been dubbed…Haunting song pays tribute to Toughie, the frog whose extinction went unnoticed
Wed 2:37pm ByWhen the last Rabbs’ fringe-limbed treefrog (Ecnomiohyla rabborum) died in 2016 at the Atlanta…Brazil’s cattle industry could suffer major losses without climate policies, report says
Wed 2:32pm ByThe cattle ranching industry in Brazil is one of the largest in the world, but it could see huge…Tapirs in Brazil’s Cerrado inspire research on human health & pesticides
Wed 12:49pm ByIt was in 2015 when researchers were attempting to capture tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the…In highly urbanized Japan, city farmers are key to achieving organic goal
Wed 10:53am ByTOKYO — The train to the farm rose from Tokyo’s labyrinthine subway network, revealing a…Tracking wildlife health & disease via bioacoustics is effective: More research is needed (commentary)
Wed 10:14am ByVocalizations have the capacity to illuminate valuable information about an animal’s health and…One of Colombia’s largest estuary ecosystems is drying up, communities warn
Wed 10:06am ByNUEVA VENECIA, Colombia — Sandra Milena Manjarez puts two plates of bright yellow rice topped with…Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Apr 9, 2024, 6:31 pm BySERAM ISLAND, Indonesia — Samadin Samalehu paced up and down the beach in Haya village this past…Effective climate activism requires honest conversations about its challenges
Apr 9, 2024, 5:36 pm ByThere’s “this myth [of] perfection within activism and I think that’s something that sort of…As fires ravaged Indonesia in 2023, some positive trends emerged, data show
Apr 9, 2024, 12:22 pm ByJAKARTA — 2023 saw the worst fire season in Indonesia since 2019, with an area the size of Qatar…
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