Lombok’s blooming community forest bears fruit and raises livelihoods – and haj trips
Oct 7, 2015, 12:16 am By Philip Jacobson[dropcap type="3"]F[/dropcap]or hundreds of years water has run down the western foothills of…Chile announces one of the largest marine parks in the world off the coast of Easter Island
6:08pm By Mike GaworeckiAlready known the world over for its famous moai statues, Easter Island might soon become just as…Giant carnivorous rat with long pubic hair discovered in Indonesia
1:22pm By Rhett ButlerResearchers have discovered a species of rodent in the mountainous interior of Sulawesi, a…Indonesia says doing all it can as neighbors ready new haze measures
8:11am By Philip JacobsonHaze pollution continued to cover much of Southeast Asia on Tuesday as Malaysia said it would draft…Good news! Some corals show surprising resilience to ocean acidification
12:56am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_149038" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Yellow finger coral (Porites…Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest
Mon 10:30pm By Rhett ButlerDestruction of primary forests across the Amazon basin has declined significantly since the 2000s,…Researchers look to the past to predict future wildfires in a warming world
Mon 6:49pm By Mike GaworeckiSome of the largest wildfires in US history have occurred in recent years, and 2015 has so far been…Photos: Hundreds of new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas
Mon 1:32pm By Mike GaworeckiThe Eastern Himalayas in South Asia is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, and now there are…California bans ivory
Mon 12:40pm By Rhett ButlerThe state of California has officially banned the sale of virtually all elephant ivory and rhino…Amazing but overlooked bettongs: the case for Australia’s small hopper
Mon 12:20pm By Glenn SchererMost people know and love marsupials like kangaroos and koalas, but some members of this infraclass…Cacti more threatened than mammals and birds
Mon 11:30am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_149101" align="aligncenter" width="896"] Eriosyce chilensis found in Chile…Test-driving an origami microscope
Mon 10:49am By Caleb O'BrienWhat costs pennies, fits in your pocket, and can illuminate a world invisible to the naked eye? The…The Manu road in Peru: separate paths of development and conservation
Mon 10:48am By Ruxandra GuidiThe residents of the districts of Fitzcarrald and Manu, in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern…Malaysia PM turns up heat on Indonesia as Australian firm faces fires probe
Mon 7:42am By Philip JacobsonInternational pressure on Indonesia to address haze pollution escalated on Monday after Malaysia’s…Hidden cameras, prosecutions, and passion: confronting the corruption at the heart of Africa’s illegal wildlife trade
Oct 4, 2015, 7:00 am By Sue PalminteriTackling the illegal trade in wildlife requires tremendous concern for the welfare of other species…HORN looks at rhino poaching through a different lens
Oct 3, 2015, 2:20 pm By Rhett ButlerHORN sheds light on South Africa’s rhino poaching crisis from a different angle In 2011, filmmaker…Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains at a 500-year low
Oct 2, 2015, 5:50 pm By Mike GaworeckiOn April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a Sierra Nevada meadow atop parched, brown…Road creeps into Peru’s Sierra del Divisor as it awaits national park designation
Oct 2, 2015, 3:58 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisAn unauthorized logging road has encroached in the past three months on the border of what could…WCTC update: tech designs advance in competition to beat wildlife crime
Oct 2, 2015, 3:08 pm By Sue PalminteriWhat kinds of technology can help reduce wildlife crime? Last week, the Wildlife Crime Tech…Brazil to cut emissions 300 million tons by 2030
Oct 2, 2015, 2:22 pm By Rhett ButlerBrazil pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 300 million metric tons per year by 2030,…
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