South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction
Jul 14, 2016, 3:00 pm By David Brown
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n July 12, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea upheld the…Scientists have discovered six new dancing peacock spiders in Australia
Jul 14, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mike GaworeckiSix new species of peacock spiders have been discovered in Australia. The tiny spiders measure less…Scientists compile list of all known Amazon tree species, say it could take three centuries to find the rest
Jul 14, 2016, 9:20 am By Mike Gaworecki
Back in 2013, an international team of botanists estimated that there were about 16,000 species of…Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests
Jul 14, 2016, 2:20 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Rising sea temperatures are destroying corals in Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef. But…Illegal wildlife trade in Asia decimating species, warn scientists
Jul 13, 2016, 10:40 pm By Rhett A. ButlerAsia's burgeoning demand for wildlife is decimating wild populations around the planet, hastening…Fish kills at Amazon’s Belo Monte dam point up builder’s failures
Jul 13, 2016, 5:00 pm By Sue Branford
[caption id="attachment_187592" align="alignnone" width="768"] A proud Xingu River fisherman…Even reduced-impact logging in the Amazon may be unsustainable
Jul 13, 2016, 3:00 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon say they have found no evidence that the composition of timber…Forest conservation can offset emissions from palm oil expansion in Africa: Study
Jul 13, 2016, 9:12 am By Mike Gaworecki
Industrial oil palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia have caused regional greenhouse gas emissions…DRC declares first new national park in 20 years
Jul 12, 2016, 5:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Late last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government announced the creation of the…Putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based forest conservation
Jul 12, 2016, 3:40 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Forests are vital ecosystems that provide crucial habitat to wildlife and help regulate everything…Amazon turtles imperilled by dams, mercury pollution and illegal trade
Jul 12, 2016, 12:40 pm By Claire Salisbury
[caption id="attachment_187555" align="alignnone" width="768"] The Giant Amazon River Turtle…New orchid discovered in Colombia is critically endangered
Jul 12, 2016, 5:40 am By Shreya Dasgupta
In the forests of southern Colombia, scientists have discovered a new species of a reddish-violet…Can nature thrive in cities? New book looks at changing face of nature in Bangalore
Jul 11, 2016, 10:00 am By Shreya Dasgupta
Humanity is migrating to cities. More than half of the world’s human population now lives in urban…Bolivian expedition discovers 1,000th bird species
Jul 8, 2016, 6:20 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
An ongoing expedition in Bolivia's Madidi National Park has recorded its 1,000th bird species,…Citizen science leads to snail rediscovery in Vietnam
Jul 8, 2016, 2:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
Scientists have rediscovered a snail species not seen for over a hundred years after spotting a…Pre-Columbian Amazon settlement primarily ate fish — more sustainable?
Jul 8, 2016, 11:00 am By Claire Salisbury
[caption id="attachment_187518" align="alignnone" width="768"] Excavations at the Hatahara…Fires begin to appear en masse as Indonesia’s burning season gets going
Jul 7, 2016, 8:20 pm By Mongabay Haze Beat
Satellites on Wednesday recorded 145 fire-linked hotspots over Indonesia’s main western island of…Deforestation from illegal gold mining spreads to northern Peru
Jul 7, 2016, 7:00 pm By Apoorva Joshi
Satellite images released last week revealed evidence of the first known case of deforestation…New report exposes “network of secret deal-making and corruption” that has kept Cambodia’s ruling family in power for decades
Jul 7, 2016, 4:20 pm By Mike Gaworecki
An investigation by London-based NGO Global Witness has uncovered the corruption and secretive…Illegal gold mining causing mercury contamination in indigenous groups
Jul 7, 2016, 1:20 pm By Carolina Torres
[caption id="attachment_187501" align="alignnone" width="768"] Recent research has found that some…
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