Passenger pigeon redo? Superabundant bird collapses across Eurasia
Jun 8, 2015, 4:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
In 1914 the world's last passenger pigeon died. Nicknamed, Martha, she was not killed by hunters,…Well grounded: orangutans are more terrestrial than previously thought
Jun 8, 2015, 3:03 pm By Rebecca Kessler
For years scientists have believed that orangutans are primarily arboreal. Indeed, most photographs…In Sumatra, an oasis in a sea of oil palm
Jun 8, 2015, 5:29 am By Philip JacobsonSumatra is estimated to have lost 85 percent of its forests in the past half century, primarily due…Amid rhinoceros poaching frenzy, dark days for South African society
Fri 11:33am By Rebecca Kessler
South Africa is in the eye of a global rhino-poaching cyclone, with highly organized and elusive…Population of Maui's dolphins slips below 50
Fri 10:36am By Rebecca Kessler
Maui's dolphins are edging closer to extinction. Strikingly marked, with a dark, rounded dorsal fin…Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries
Fri 9:45am By Philip JacobsonFrench NGO ReAct is coordinating protest actions against the plantation operations of Socfin, a…In Aceh, an illegal logger reformed
Fri 8:36am By Philip JacobsonMukhtar used to be an illegal logger. Now he coordinates community forest rangers in Indonesia's…Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin
Jun 4, 2015, 12:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
High in the Andes Mountains, countless minor streams begin their pilgrimage downward, joining forces…As mangroves disappear at 'an alarming rate,' conservationists urge more protection
Jun 4, 2015, 12:39 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In 2010, the Jakarta Post reported that, according to a local NGO called People’s Coalition for…Sri Lanka becomes first country to completely protect mangroves
Jun 4, 2015, 11:37 am By Morgan Erickson-DavisIn a press conference held in May 2015 in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, U.S.-based nonprofit…Tigers expanding? Conservationists discover big cats in Thai park
Jun 4, 2015, 11:00 am By Jeremy Hance
For the first time conservationists have confirmed Indochinese tigers in Thailand's Chaloem…Student becomes first researcher to hold an Annamite striped rabbit
Jun 3, 2015, 7:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
Almost nothing is known about the Annamite striped rabbit. First described in 1999, this…Cajamarca: Let them Eat Gold
Jun 3, 2015, 2:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Mega-dam projects on the main stem of the Marañón River would drown Peru's Breadbasket. The…Pulp giant APRIL updates much-maligned sustainability policy with Greenpeace's tentative approval
Jun 3, 2015, 8:54 am By Philip Jacobson
Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper producer has announced a new sustainability policy it…The poachers' bill: at least 65,000 elephants in Tanzania
Jun 2, 2015, 2:38 pm By Jeremy Hance
During the last couple years there have been persistent rumors and trickles of information that…Photo essay: Polluted, overfished, and choked by weeds, world's second-largest lake is 'on its knees'
Jun 2, 2015, 11:24 am By Rebecca Kessler
Lake Victoria is choking with pollution from industrial, agricultural, and human waste. Its problems…Director-generals inaugurated as merger of Indonesian Environment, Forestry Ministries continues
Jun 2, 2015, 3:25 am By Philip JacobsonIndonesia's newly merged Environment and Forestry Ministry completed a major step in its…How many tree species are found in the world's rainforests?
Jun 1, 2015, 5:35 pm By Rhett Butler
The world's tropical rainforests are likely home to 40,000 to 53,000 tree species, argues a paper…PepsiCo, Walmart, investors call for stronger palm oil standard
Jun 1, 2015, 5:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Major global brands and a network of activist investors have joined together to call on the…Have the 'Bandit 6' poached their last toothfish in the Southern Ocean?
Jun 1, 2015, 5:15 pm By Rebecca Kessler
Last month the Songhua and the Yongding were boarded by authorities in Cape Verde. They were the…
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