World’s watersheds lost 6 percent of their forests in 14 years
Wed 3:00pm 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
Wed 5:20am 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…Cables reveal US gov’t role in Herakles Farms land grab in Cameroon
Aug 30, 2016, 8:40 am By Mike Gaworecki
Cables obtained by the non-profit Oakland Institute through a Freedom of Information Act request…More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway
Aug 30, 2016, 7:03 am By Shreya DasguptaA lightning strike killed more than 300 reindeer in Norway’s Hardangervidda region last Friday. At…Another Indonesian court convicts a company of causing fires
Aug 29, 2016, 11:20 pm By Mongabay Haze Beat
Pulp and paper supplier PT Bumi Mekar Hijau has been declared guilty of causing fires in South…Logging roads have long-lasting impacts on forests
Aug 29, 2016, 5:40 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisWhen logging roads appear in forests, they are often spotlighted by conservationists as harbingers…Oil pipeline sparks fierce opposition among American tribes and farmers
Aug 29, 2016, 3:40 pm By Saul Elbein
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Joye Braun first got to North Dakota in early April, she found nothing but…The biologist terrifying the US Forest Service and the timber and forest fire-fighting industries
Aug 29, 2016, 3:00 pm By Derek E. Lee
Monica Bond is a wildlife biologist who has spent the past 15 years becoming an expert on spotted…US creates world’s largest marine reserve off Hawaii
Aug 29, 2016, 9:00 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Last week, President Barack Obama of the United States of America announced the creation of the…Detector Dogs sniff out illegal ivory, help nab poacher in Tanzania
Aug 29, 2016, 3:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
In a bust earlier this month, two detector dogs helped seize illegal ivory in a village outside…Yosemite as a case study in protected area downsizing and habitat fragmentation
Aug 26, 2016, 4:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Yosemite National Park in California was officially designated in 1890, but the land was first…Indonesian police arrest hundreds in connection to burning land
Aug 26, 2016, 2:40 pm By Mongabay Haze Beat
Singapore’s National Environment Agency said on Friday it expected air quality to remain poor into…Planned Tapajós industrial waterway a potential environmental disaster
Aug 26, 2016, 12:40 pm By Sue Branford
[caption id="attachment_188914" align="alignnone" width="768"] A family living along the Tapajós…New species of extinct, kitten-sized marsupial lion named after David Attenborough
Aug 26, 2016, 2:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
In the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in north-western Queensland, Australia, scientists have…Aceh governor eyes geothermal project in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
Aug 25, 2016, 8:20 pm By Junaidi Hanafiah
The governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province is moving forward with a plan to rezone part of Mount…Rising sea levels could actually help coral reefs survive global warming: Study
Aug 25, 2016, 5:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
We are currently in the midst of the the third and quite possibly worst global coral bleaching event…New ‘sleeping beauty’ frog discovered in fragmented Peruvian forest
Aug 25, 2016, 5:20 pm By Apoorva Joshi
The world of amphibians has a new official member, with a species of rain frog discovered recently…
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