By killing off older fish, overfishing may lead to lost migratory patterns
Oct 29, 2014, 3:22 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Catching older fish may impact a school's ability to migrate from spawning grounds to feeding areas,…Tigers vs. diamonds: India’s protected areas rampantly downgraded to make room for people, industry (PART II)
Oct 29, 2014, 2:19 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh lie 500 square kilometers (200 square miles) of…Will 2014 be the warmest year on record?
Oct 29, 2014, 11:31 am By Jeremy Hance
With the news that September was the warmest on record globally, 2014 takes one step closer to being…Bunge commits to zero deforestation palm oil
Oct 28, 2014, 6:39 pm By Rhett Butler
Agribusiness giant Bunge has joined the growing ranks of companies that have established zero…The inconvenient solution to the rhino poaching crisis
Oct 28, 2014, 5:34 pm By Rhett Butler
Daily, we read or hear of more rhino being poached to satisfy the seemingly insatiable demand from…World's rarest gorilla gets a new protected home
Oct 28, 2014, 3:06 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The Cross River Gorilla, the rarest and most threatened of gorilla subspecies, has reason to cheer.…How protected are they? Report finds world's Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear (PART I)
Oct 28, 2014, 1:00 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
On March 1, 1872, the United States Congress declared 3,400 square miles of land spanning three…Artists, musicians, writers protest government plans for massive coal plant in the Sundarbans
Oct 28, 2014, 11:02 am By Jeremy Hance
Over the weekend, Bangladeshi artists performed plays, sang songs, and recited poetry all in a bid…In shakeup, Jokowi merges Indonesia's forest and environment ministries
Oct 27, 2014, 7:31 pm By Rhett ButlerIndonesia's newly elected president Joko Widodo has merged the country's ministries of forestry and…Between the forest and the sea: life and climate change in Guna Yala - Part I
Oct 27, 2014, 2:19 pm By Tiffany Roufs
The island-dwelling Guna people of Panama are one of the most sovereign indigenous communities in…Photos: slumbering lions win top photo prize
Oct 27, 2014, 11:32 am By Jeremy Hance
The king of beasts took this year's top prize in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition,…Scientific association calls on Nicaragua to scrap its Gran Canal
Oct 27, 2014, 8:46 am By Jeremy Hance
ATBC—the world's largest association of tropical biologists and conservationists—has advised…With drones, satellites, and camera traps proliferating, conservation needs better networking
Oct 26, 2014, 10:36 pm By Rhett Butler
With scientists rapidly adopting and using a range of remote sensing tools for monitoring…Conservationists propose Dracula Reserve in Ecuador
Oct 24, 2014, 4:29 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Deep in the dark, cool forests of Ecuador and Colombia live strange and mysterious organisms. Some…Google's new Gombe Street View lets users 'walk' along chimp trails and into Jane Goodall's house
Oct 24, 2014, 1:22 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Google Maps is now available for Tanzanian forest paths. Users can walk virtually along the same…Beef, palm oil, soy, and wood products from 8 countries responsible for 1/3 of forest destruction
Oct 23, 2014, 4:23 pm By Jeremy Hance
Four commodities produced in just eight countries are responsible for a third of the world's forest…Brazil declares new protected area larger than Delaware
Oct 23, 2014, 2:27 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Earlier this week, the Brazilian government announced the declaration of a new federal reserve deep…When cute turns deadly – the story of a wildlife biologist who was bit by a venomous slow loris, and lived to tell the tale
Oct 23, 2014, 1:36 pm By Brittany StewartSlow lorises are YouTube stars. A quick search on the website will greet you with several videos of…Next big idea in forest conservation? Recognize the value of novel forests
Oct 23, 2014, 10:45 am By Jeremy Hance
Think first before you eradicate non-native species says Dr. Ariel E. Lugo, the current director of…Demand for rhino horn drops 38 percent in Vietnam after advertising campaigns
Oct 22, 2014, 4:21 pm By Jeremy Hance
A new poll finds that consumer demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has dropped precipitously following…
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