‘Sounds like Adele’: Melodious song leads to discovery of new bird species in India
Jan 27, 2016, 9:15 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaFor a long time, birders called it the plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima). But in 2009,…Most ‘frontiers of plantation expansion’ are losing far more trees to deforestation than harvesting
Jan 26, 2016, 4:50 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaNearly all of the recent tree cover loss in several “frontiers of plantation expansion” is…Over-hunting’s surprising connection to global warming
Jan 26, 2016, 2:08 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaWe know that deforestation threats like timber extraction and wildfires are bad for the stability of…Study answers question: how do boa constrictors kill their prey?
Jan 26, 2016, 12:38 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaHollywood and Youtube have shown us plenty of images of constrictor snakes killing their prey. But…Sri Lanka crushes and destroys over 350 ivory tusks
Jan 26, 2016, 9:11 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn May 2012, customs authorities at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka seized a shipment of 359…Do palm oil financiers care about sustainability?
Jan 26, 2016, 2:30 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaPart one in a five-part series on the attitudes of palm oil financiers toward sustainability.…Over 40 years, half of China’s land vertebrates disappear
2:33pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom 1970 to 2010, the world’s populations of mammals, reptiles, amphibians,…The Paris climate talks ended in elation — now the real work begins, say Faith leaders
2:07pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_175934" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Statue at the entrance to Le Bourget…Special issue of Biotropica makes the case for protecting South America’s white-sand forests
12:32pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaPublished this month, a special issue of Biotropica, the journal of the Association for Tropical…Man selling monkey heads on eBay sentenced, supplier in Indonesia arrested
6:44am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaOn January 11, a 63 year-old illegal wildlife trader, George Bush of London, U.K., was sentenced to…iBats: Emerging tools for acoustic surveys and species identification
Jan 22, 2016, 9:22 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaWith more than 1,300 species worldwide, bats make up over 25% of all mammals on Earth. They live on…The week in environmental news – Jan 22, 2016
Jan 22, 2016, 9:15 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaMarine birds and mammals have been spotted in the “wrong ocean” [CBS] As sea ice melts, species…China to shut down 4,300 old coal mines, ban new coal mines
Jan 22, 2016, 7:32 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIn December 2015, China announced a three-year ban on new coal mine approvals, starting 2016. China…Aceh citizens sue government to save Leuser Ecosystem
Jan 22, 2016, 12:17 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaWith the filing of a class-action lawsuit today in Jakarta, a bitter fight over the future of one of…Leonardo DiCaprio puts millions toward nature conservation
Jan 21, 2016, 6:04 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaLeonardo DiCaprio's philanthropic foundation has put another $15 million toward environmental…Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin
Jan 21, 2016, 5:50 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaEarth’s surface temperatures were warmer in 2015 than any other year since modern record keeping…2015 was the worst year on record for rhino poaching in Africa
Jan 21, 2016, 3:59 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga2015 was yet another deadly year for rhinos in Africa as at least 1,305 animals were killed by…Popular pet fish listed as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act
Jan 21, 2016, 12:14 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThe US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a final rule Wednesday listing the Banggai…Scientists rush to save an iconic frog from an active volcano in Ecuador
Jan 21, 2016, 11:04 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaNo one can say exactly when Volcán Cotopaxi will erupt again, but the volcano remains active ever…Yaguas National Park, another great attempt at conservation in Peru
Jan 21, 2016, 10:55 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaMuch is known and has been studied about the rampant deforestation in Madre de Dios due to illegal…
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