Singapore to fine domestic, foreign companies for causing haze
Aug 6, 2014, 10:33 pm By Rhett Butler
Singapore's parliament has approved a controversial measure that could penalize companies — both…Blue-footed boobies on the decline, plummeting sardine stocks may be to blame
Aug 6, 2014, 12:40 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The iconic blue-footed booby of the Galapagos Islands has suffered a population decline of 50…Elephants under the sea: awkward-looking fish modify the coral-reef ecosystem in mixed ways
Aug 6, 2014, 10:08 am By Jeremy Hance
Bumphead parrotfish are noisy feeders. They break off large branches of corals using their powerful…Oil palm, mining prompts local govt in Borneo to declare water unsafe for drinking
Aug 5, 2014, 8:57 pm By Rhett Butler
The Environment Ministry of Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia declared that the water in…95% of Amazon deforestation happens near roads or major rivers
Aug 5, 2014, 6:10 pm By Rhett Butler
94.9 percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon occurs on land less than 5 kilometers from a…New Jersey bans elephant ivory trade
Aug 5, 2014, 5:23 pm By Rhett Butler
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed into law a ban on elephant ivory sales, reports…Yellow spots, red stripes: vivid new frog species discovered in Malaysia
Aug 5, 2014, 3:17 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Scientists have identified a new species of frog on the Malay Peninsula. The newly named Hylorana…Featured video: new documentary highlights the Long March to save the Sundarbans
Aug 5, 2014, 2:18 pm By Jeremy Hance
Last fall tens of thousands of Bangladeshis participated in a five day march that took them from the…Biomass burning accounts for 18% of CO2 emissions, kills a quarter of a million people annually
Aug 5, 2014, 11:26 am By Jeremy Hance
Biomass burning takes many forms: wildfires, slash-and-burn agriculture, clearing forests and other…How did Ebola Zaïre Get to Guinea?
Aug 5, 2014, 10:41 am By Tiffany Roufs
The vicious Ebola virus outbreak that has already killed more than 800 people this year, in addition…Tin mining, palm oil plantations wreaking havoc on small Indonesian island
Aug 4, 2014, 4:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Belitung, a picturesque island off the east coast of Sumatra, has experienced an uptick in tourism…Scientists catalog the world's 10,000th reptile
Aug 4, 2014, 2:36 pm By Jeremy Hance
As of this year, scientists have named and described over 10,000 reptiles, marking a new milestone…Where have all the big animals gone? Indian park devoid of many species, further threatened by forest loss
Aug 4, 2014, 12:53 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Namdapha National Park is part of the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot. However, locating many…2 prize-winning journalists will report on Amazon, 2 new prizes announced
Aug 1, 2014, 12:47 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Mongabay.org's Special Reporting Initiative (SRI) program has recently awarded two different…Ndoki Forest, charmed or cursed? Conservationists admit sustainable logging wilting in naïve chimp habitat
Aug 1, 2014, 10:11 am By Tiffany Roufs
'You come across that crest, and … you're going from forest that has already been exploited to…Brazil releases video showing first contact with rainforest tribe
Jul 31, 2014, 3:44 pm By Rhett Butler
The Brazilian government has released footage showing 'first contact' with an isolated group of…Ecologists underestimating impacts of old-growth logging
Jul 31, 2014, 12:03 pm By Rhett Butler
Ecologists may be underestimating the impact of logging in old-growth tropical forests by failing to…World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors
Jul 31, 2014, 11:14 am By Jeremy Hance
Like Memorial Day, when we honor our nation's military veterans, World Ranger Day is a day to…The Philippines: where 'megadiversity' meets mega deforestation
Jul 31, 2014, 10:33 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Ongoing loss of forest cover in the Philippines places it among the top ten most threatened forest…Seeking justice for Corazón: jaguar killings test the conservation movement in Mexico
Jul 31, 2014, 8:53 am By Jeremy Hance
Eight years ago, a female jaguar cub was caught on film by a motion-triggered camera trap set in the…
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