Eight species, including Tapanuli orangutan, make first appearance on list of most endangered primates
Oct 8, 2019, 3:57 pm By MongabayWhen the Tapanuli orangutan was discovered in 2017 in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, it…Philippines races to save its increasingly endangered hornbills
Oct 8, 2019, 11:08 am By MongabayMANILA — The last 15 years have been harsh on hornbills in the Philippines: Nine out of the 11…For Indonesia’s newest tarsier, a debut a quarter century in the making
Oct 8, 2019, 10:45 am By MongabayJAKARTA — In 1993, scientists Alexandra Nietsch and Carsten Niemitz reported finding tarsiers, a…Bouncing back: The recovery of the tenkile tree kangaroo
Oct 8, 2019, 6:20 am By MongabayThe tenkile, or Scott’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae), doesn’t bounce exactly — more of…CITES appeals to countries to watch out for trafficked Malagasy rosewood
Oct 7, 2019, 1:36 pm By MongabayInternational wildlife trade regulators have issued an advisory drawing attention to $50 million…International wildlife trade sweeps across ‘tree of life,’ study finds
Oct 7, 2019, 8:44 am By MongabayWatching a helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) swoop through the canopy of a tropical forest sits…The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)
Oct 7, 2019, 7:09 am By MongabayThree decades ago, scientists surveying the forests of Malaysian Borneo discovered a plant extract…EU market a factor as Sri Lanka pulls its punches on protection for lizards
Oct 6, 2019, 11:37 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — With its spectacular green coloration and reddish eyes set behind a knob-like snout, the…Expedition finds new humpback breeding ground and sends first deep divers to Amazon Reef
Oct 4, 2019, 4:24 pm By MongabayA scientific expedition launched by environmental NGO Greenpeace has discovered a new humpback…Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples
Oct 4, 2019, 11:52 am By MongabaySeeing the Amazon gravely at risk, the Vatican has called a conference to help protect the world’s…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, October 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019, 11:21 am By MongabayTropical forests An insect could help farmers battle invasive cacti in Kenya (Biographic). The world…Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Java
Oct 4, 2019, 9:51 am By MongabayCILACAP, Indonesia — Hundreds of people in this city in central Java staged a protest this week…Sumatra survey looks to identify at-risk rhinos for captive breeding
Oct 4, 2019, 7:48 am By MongabayAs Indonesia prepares to launch a new captive-breeding facility for Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus…Demand for charcoal threatens the forest of Madagascar’s last hunter-gatherers
Oct 3, 2019, 3:05 pm By MongabayMIKEA FOREST, Madagascar — A spear, an ax, a fire starter crafted from cow horn, a hand-carved…How bioacoustics can transform conservation – Wildtech event in Palo Alto
Oct 3, 2019, 1:26 pm By MongabaySatellites have revolutionized forest monitoring, but there remains a major gap in biodiversity…Brazil land reform head fired amid push to legalize cleared Amazon land
Oct 3, 2019, 1:09 pm By MongabayBrazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has fired the head of the federal agency in charge of…Study tracks first incursion of poachers into ‘pristine’ African forest
Oct 3, 2019, 11:21 am By MongabayElephant poachers are using logging roads to infiltrate some of the last remaining pristine forests…Brazilian beef industry plays outsized role in tropical carbon emissions: report
Oct 3, 2019, 10:56 am By MongabayDaily life on a cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon. Image © Erik Lopes courtesy of The Nature…As wildfires roil Sumatra, some villages have abandoned the burning
Oct 3, 2019, 10:56 am By MongabayUPANG CERIA/GELEBAK DALAM, Indonesia — Boat drivers sometimes decide not to work when the smoke is…Indonesian enforcement questioned as fires flare up on the same concessions
Oct 3, 2019, 6:39 am By MongabayJAKARTA — At least three companies whose concessions were burned in the 2015 fires that razed huge…
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