Brazil pledges ‘largest restoration commitment ever made’
Dec 8, 2016, 3:20 pm By Mongabay
Brazil will restore 22 million hectares of land in what’s being called “the largest restoration…Trump taps Oklahoma’s climate denier attorney general to head EPA
Dec 8, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to head the…Expedition finds serious damage to Southeast Sulawesi’s marine ecosystem
Dec 8, 2016, 12:40 pm By Mongabay
Southeast Sulawesi Province consists mostly of water. Around 75 percent of the province's territory…Reports that wild Sumatran rhinos may survive in Malaysia prompt hope, skepticism
Dec 8, 2016, 10:20 am By Mongabay
In 2015, Malaysian officials publicly confirmed there were no wild rhinos left in Malaysia. It was…Study points to El Niño-like global connections between forests
Dec 7, 2016, 3:20 pm By Mongabay
When a forest falls prey to disease, pests, drought or clearing by humans, the impacts ripple well…The media megaphone: does it help curb bad infrastructure projects?
Dec 7, 2016, 1:00 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191558" align="alignnone" width="768"] A family of chimpanzees in Uganda.…“My spirit is there”: life in the shadow of the Mong Ton dam
Dec 7, 2016, 11:00 am By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191546" align="alignright" width="1246"] The riverscape of Kunhing township,…Sea ice extent tumbles around both poles in November
Dec 7, 2016, 6:00 am By Mongabay
Water and air temperatures and shifts in wind patterns conspired to hold down sea ice extent,…Watch video of baby slow loris born to mother rescued from wildlife traffickers
Dec 7, 2016, 4:00 am By Mongabay
In October this year, Indonesian police rescued 34 critically endangered Javan slow lorises…Chimps help farmers ‘plant’ cacao in Guinea
Dec 6, 2016, 5:40 pm By Mongabay
Human-wildlife conflict is an ongoing drama playing out all over the world, from southern India…From loathed to loved: Villagers rally to save Greater Adjutant stork
Dec 6, 2016, 12:40 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191507" align="alignnone" width="768"] Greater Adjutants in a nest at the…Over 50% of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction
Dec 6, 2016, 4:20 am By Mongabay
More than 50 percent of the sharks and rays native to the Mediterranean Sea are at a high risk of…Peru pledges tougher stance against illegal timber
Dec 5, 2016, 7:40 am By Mongabay
Peru’s recent pledge to wage a fiercer battle against illegal logging and timber trafficking could…Mexico to get its largest ever protected area
Dec 5, 2016, 4:00 am By Mongabay
Mexico is set to get its largest-ever protected area. The new Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve,…Australian retailers accused of misusing the RSPO’s label on their palm oil products
Dec 4, 2016, 10:40 pm By Mongabay
Two of Australia’s biggest retailers have been misleading customers with claims that palm oil used…Q&A with the creators of the ‘Amazonian Travels of Richard Evans Schultes’ story map
Dec 2, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mongabay
Richard Evans Schultes was a Harvard professor, a scientist, an explorer, a writer, and a…Swallowing swimming pools: New sensory tags capture kinetics of lunge-feeding whales
Dec 2, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mongabay
Swimming 4 meters per second, a feeding blue whale swings open its jaws and, in four seconds,…Land reclamation in Malaysia puts environment, endangered turtle at risk
Dec 2, 2016, 1:40 pm By Mongabay
[caption id="attachment_191390" align="alignright" width="1200"] An excavator shifts sand between…California court upholds ban on ivory and rhino horn
Dec 2, 2016, 4:40 am By Mongabay
In October, last year, the state of California banned the sale of nearly all ivory and rhino horn.…Grasslands in US Great Plains are being destroyed at “alarming rate”
Dec 1, 2016, 2:40 pm By Mongabay
Temperate grassland ecosystems are being destroyed around the world, largely due to conversion to…
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