Climate catastrophe avoidable if tropical deforestation halved, say scientists
Dec 3, 2015, 7:00 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThis is the second in a two-part series. Read the first part here. In 2010, governments agreed that…The inadequate global zoo response to the amphibian extinction crisis
Dec 3, 2015, 6:20 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaAmphibians have experienced massive declines worldwide, and scientists estimate that as many as 200…Conservationists Want to Track Biodiversity — from Space
Dec 3, 2015, 12:00 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Christmas Eve in 1968, on their fourth orbit around the moon, the three…New short film urges world to ‘stop the burning’
Dec 3, 2015, 12:40 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption width="780" align="alignnone"] Rainforest in Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler[/caption]…Future droughts could put majority of world’s tree species at risk, starting with the tallest
Dec 3, 2015, 12:00 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaEarlier this month, researchers said that 40 to 60 percent of the more than 15,000 tree species they…New mapping platform sees the forest for the carbon
Dec 2, 2015, 7:00 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaThe heads of nations are meeting this week at the COP21 conference in Paris, where they are…Indigenous leaders at COP21: 20 percent of tropical forest carbon is sitting on Indigenous land
Dec 2, 2015, 6:20 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaIndigenous leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America gathered at the Paris climate talks today to…Organized crime role in Latin American wildlife trade hidden in shadow
Dec 2, 2015, 11:20 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_165419" align="alignleft" width="768"] Market Four in Asuncion, the…Jokowi leaves COP21 talks as questions remain over Indonesia haze reforms
Dec 2, 2015, 9:20 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo returned to Jakarta on Wednesday from crucial climate talks in…#ChennaiRainsHelp: Torrential downpour floods Indian city, Twitter users crowdsource help
Dec 2, 2015, 6:00 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaHeavy rains, resulting from tropical low pressure areas created over the Bay of Bengal, have…Tracking imperiled elephants with cutting-edge technology: an interview with Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Dec 2, 2015, 3:20 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaSitting at a conference table in Washington DC, Iain Douglas-Hamilton taps at an iPhone clad in a…Community conservation efforts in northern Kenya reduced elephant poaching by more than a third last year
Dec 1, 2015, 7:00 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaTens of thousands of African elephants are poached every year for their ivory, which has had a…‘Catastrophic’ decline: nearly 99% of Ghana’s African grey parrots wiped out
Dec 1, 2015, 8:00 am By (Published by Shreya Dasgupta)African grey parrots are known to be smart, talented mimics. Alex, one of the most well-known…Brazilian environmental NGOs depend heavily on corporate money
Dec 1, 2015, 6:20 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_162610" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Area in the state of Minas Gerais,…Japan to relaunch whale hunts tomorrow, still insists it’s for ‘research’
Nov 30, 2015, 8:40 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaJapan’s controversial whaling program will resume tomorrow when its fleet departs for a 3-month…Palm oil expansion triggers ecological cascade, boosting pigs but hurting other species
Nov 30, 2015, 7:40 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaAn interview with Matthew Luskin, a part of our on-going Interviews with Young Scientists series.…Paris climate meeting begins in optimism; REDD+ part of solution?
Nov 30, 2015, 4:00 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption id="attachment_164643" align="alignleft" width="768"] Maintaining tropical forests is…Controversial Nicaragua canal on hold
Nov 30, 2015, 2:20 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaConstruction work on a controversial canal that would link the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean via…Hong Kong’s pink dolphins could disappear due to airport expansion and bridge construction
Nov 30, 2015, 5:20 am By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.mongaFuture of the Chinese white dolphins -- also called pink dolphins -- in Hong Kong waters could be…Amazon deforestation jumps in Brazil
Nov 27, 2015, 12:20 pm By <a class="author-link" href="http://news.monga[caption width="768" align="alignnone"] INPE estimates of annual forest loss in the Brazilian…
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