World’s largest gorilla now Critically Endangered
Sep 5, 2016, 2:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
The world’s largest ape, the Grauer’s gorilla or the eastern lowland gorilla, is now on the…Deep-rooted migration cycles challenge green growth in Vietnam
Sep 5, 2016, 1:05 am By Shanti Johnson
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]alking in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is not for the faint of heart. Motorbikes…Rainforest destruction rises in the Brazilian Amazon
Sep 3, 2016, 7:00 pm By Rhett A. ButlerNewly released data suggest that rainforest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon has reached the…African elephant population declining at 8% per year
Sep 3, 2016, 1:00 pm By Mongabay.comElephant populations across Africa's savannas are plummeting due to poaching for the ivory trade…U.S., China officially join Paris climate agreement
Sep 3, 2016, 12:00 pm By Mongabay.com
Today U.S. President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China formally joined the Paris…Indonesian military plans anti-haze operation in Sumatra
Sep 2, 2016, 4:40 pm By Mongabay Haze Beat
Two Indonesian military commanders in Sumatra said this week that they were seeing more fires…How humans create as well as destroy species
Sep 2, 2016, 11:40 am By Jack Peacock
It is often said that we are living through one of our planet's great mass extinction events, and…Deforestation reducing monsoon rainfall in India: new study
Sep 2, 2016, 6:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Large-scale conversion of forests to crop lands is disrupting India’s rainfall, a new study has…No fire, no food: tribe clings to slash-and-burn amid haze crackdown
Sep 1, 2016, 6:20 pm By Cory Rogers
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ome August in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, it is time for the indigenous Dayak…Calls for increased anti-poaching efforts to protect African forest elephants
Sep 1, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike GaworeckiAn editorial published in Nature yesterday argues that more attention needs to be paid to…Towards a fairer future for conservation
Sep 1, 2016, 3:00 pm By Phil Franks
This commentary is part of a series that is running around the IUCN World Conservation Congress…657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers
Sep 1, 2016, 7:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
On August 25, Indonesian authorities seized 657 pangolins, weighing about 2.3 metric tons, from…Korean palm oil firm burned large tracts of forestland in Indonesia, NGOs allege
Sep 1, 2016, 12:20 am By Alice Cuddy
Indonesia’s final frontier of forestland is being decimated by a Korean conglomerate, which is…Shifting the debate about conservation justice from rights to responsibilities
Aug 31, 2016, 4:20 pm By Harry Jonas and Dilys Roe
This commentary is part of a series that is running around the IUCN World Conservation Congress…NOAA establishes final rule on marine mammal bycatch for seafood imports
Aug 31, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike GaworeckiExporters of fish and fish products to the United States must now follow the same protective rules…World’s watersheds lost 6 percent of their forests in 14 years
Aug 31, 2016, 3:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The world's 230 watersheds have critical functions in providing water to ecosystems and human…Tasmanian devils are rapidly evolving resistance to deadly cancer
Aug 31, 2016, 5:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
A transmissible cancer -- the devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) -- has decimated Tasmanian devil…Why did millions of fish turn up dead in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba?
Aug 30, 2016, 7:00 pm By Aria Danaparamita
[caption id="attachment_188985" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A fish farm in Lake Toba, the…Protected areas are effective conservation tools, but even they can’t keep out rising temperatures
Aug 30, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Protected areas have emerged as a key conservation tool for curbing deforestation and preserving…Field Notes: Expedition to Cuba seeks out new and endemic species
Aug 30, 2016, 12:00 pm By Elizabeth Devitt
[caption id="attachment_188971" align="alignnone" width="768"] Ana Porzecanski (director of AMNH’s…
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