Meeting an Illegal Logger
Aug 27, 2014, 7:55 pm By Tiffany Roufs
'I make six times the amount of money logging as I would working my small plot of land or even…Where should the roads go? New map offers a solution to the 'Pandora's Box of environmental problems'
Aug 27, 2014, 6:35 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Roads make it possible to bring goods to market, to get to the office, to log a forest, to hunt its…Invasion of the lionfish: new research finds the situation may be worse than we thought
Aug 27, 2014, 2:57 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
You may have recently read the controversial story on invasive lionfish research involving Dr. Zack…The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua's big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?
Aug 27, 2014, 2:52 pm By Jeremy Hance
A hundred years ago, the Panama Canal reshaped global geography. Now a new project, spearheaded by a…How do we save the world's vanishing old-growth forests?
Aug 26, 2014, 4:18 pm By Jeremy Hance
There's nothing in the world like a primary forest, which has never been industrially logged or…What lies within, we may never know: deforestation threatening Sulawesi’s unique wildlife
Aug 26, 2014, 3:35 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
For 10 million years the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has been disconnected from other landforms,…Can it be stopped? Ghana's forests 'could completely disappear in less than 25 years'
Aug 25, 2014, 3:43 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Ghana contains forests that are biologically unique and important both for the wildlife they contain…Featured video: new Netflix documentary highlights the work of Sylvia Earle to save the oceans
Aug 25, 2014, 10:56 am By Jeremy Hance
Sylvia Earle is one of the ocean's staunchest defenders. A National Geographic Society Explorer in…Scientists honor missing activists by naming a spider after him
Aug 24, 2014, 9:32 pm By Rhett Butler
Swiss researchers have honored the memory of a missing indigenous peoples activist by naming an…Scientists name new endangered species after the company that will decide its fate
Aug 24, 2014, 1:33 pm By Jeremy Hance
Scientists have discovered a new snail species near a cement quarry in Malaysia, which as far as…Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples' grievances on land disputes
Aug 22, 2014, 5:56 pm By Rhett Butler
Public hearings into alleged violations of indigenous peoples' land rights will open next week in…An uncertain future: world's last wild Siberian tigers threatened by iIllegal logging, global warming, disease (PART II)
Aug 22, 2014, 3:37 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Every year, between 20 and 30 tigers are poached. Illegal logging is reducing the tigers' habitat,…Greenpeace alleges SLAPP suit tactic by logging company
Aug 22, 2014, 3:08 pm By Rhett Butler
Greenpeace Canada has filed a Statement of Defense in response to a $7 million lawsuit by Resolute…Invasive species worsen damage from Hawaii's storms
Aug 22, 2014, 2:14 pm By Rhett ButlerDamage from Hurricane Iselle, which recently battered Hawaii's Big Island, was exacerbated by…Under pressure over pollution complaints, Aceh calls for closure of gold mines
Aug 22, 2014, 1:09 pm By Rhett Butler
In the wake of massive fish die-offs and repeated calls from environmental groups to do more than…Of Prawns and Men on the Bali Strait
Aug 22, 2014, 12:17 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Why is shrimp so cheap? The answer: it's not. An in depth look at the shrimp farm industry in…Scientists uncover new primate species...maybe
Aug 21, 2014, 5:51 pm By Jeremy Hance
Despite some media reports, scientists have not yet discovered a new species of big-eyed, nocturnal…Running to reforest: communities, NGOs work to save Ugandan reserve in the midst of massive deforestation
Aug 21, 2014, 1:17 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Stung by massive loss of forest cover in Bugoma central forest reserve, part of a vast chimpanzee…Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging
Aug 21, 2014, 10:56 am By Jeremy Hance
As a professor at Texas Tech, Dr. Chuck Cannon has been, among other things, working to create a…Selective logging hurts rainforest frogs
Aug 21, 2014, 1:03 am By Rhett Butler
Selective logging in India's Western Ghats forests continues to affect frogs decades after…
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