Catch a whiff? Device aims to reveal age, gender, and identity of endangered wolves from the scent of their poop
Jun 11, 2015, 2:22 pm By Rebecca Kessler
Wolves use their noses to track their quarry by its scent. Now a scientist is turning the tables,…Tapajós and other Amazon dams not sustainable development say reports
Jun 11, 2015, 1:53 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Plans to build hydroelectric dams globally -- especially in the Amazon and other tropical locales --…Experts question White House claim that new free trade agreements have strong environmental protections
Jun 11, 2015, 1:03 pm By Rebecca Kessler
A report released by the Obama administration last month claims that new international trade deals…Oil palm company accused of violating RSPO, IPOP standards in Indonesia
Jun 11, 2015, 8:22 am By Philip Jacobson
The reputation of oil palm business group Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, a holding of one of Indonesia's…151 dams could be catastrophic to Amazon ecological connectivity
Jun 10, 2015, 1:03 pm By Tiffany Roufs
As South American countries begin to move beyond fossil fuels, many are looking to hydropower. The…Satellite images provide new view of uncontacted Amazonian communities
Jun 10, 2015, 12:01 pm By Brittany Stewart
A laundry list of dangers threaten Amazonia’s few remaining uncontacted indigenous communities.…Conservationists appeal to donors after mystery kills 134,252 saiga
Jun 10, 2015, 11:10 am By Jeremy Hance
The good news: conservationists believe that whatever killed off over a hundred thousand saiga in…New fund helps groups buy land quickly to protect threatened wildlife
Jun 9, 2015, 3:50 pm By Rebecca Kessler
When an opportunity to acquire some crucial piece of habitat becomes available, conservationists…Saving the greater sage grouse, the most hotly-debated bird since the spotted owl (PHOTOS)
Jun 9, 2015, 2:11 pm By Tiffany Roufs
The greater sage grouse -- also known as the sage chicken, sage hen and sage cock -- is North…Happy tigers: Siberian population continues to grow
Jun 9, 2015, 11:53 am By Jeremy Hance
The Siberian tiger population continues to rebound, according to the latest numbers from the…Bolivia's aggressive agricultural development plans threaten forests
Jun 8, 2015, 4:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Bolivia's government, supported by some small and most large producers, pushes to expand…Passenger pigeon redo? Superabundant bird collapses across Eurasia
Jun 8, 2015, 4:01 pm By Jeremy Hance.jpg)
In 1914 the world's last passenger pigeon died. Nicknamed, Martha, she was not killed by hunters,…Well grounded: orangutans are more terrestrial than previously thought
Jun 8, 2015, 3:03 pm By Rebecca Kessler
For years scientists have believed that orangutans are primarily arboreal. Indeed, most photographs…In Sumatra, an oasis in a sea of oil palm
Jun 8, 2015, 5:29 am By Philip JacobsonSumatra is estimated to have lost 85 percent of its forests in the past half century, primarily due…Amid rhinoceros poaching frenzy, dark days for South African society
Jun 5, 2015, 11:33 am By Rebecca Kessler
South Africa is in the eye of a global rhino-poaching cyclone, with highly organized and elusive…Population of Maui's dolphins slips below 50
Jun 5, 2015, 10:36 am By Rebecca Kessler
Maui's dolphins are edging closer to extinction. Strikingly marked, with a dark, rounded dorsal fin…Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries
Jun 5, 2015, 9:45 am By Philip JacobsonFrench NGO ReAct is coordinating protest actions against the plantation operations of Socfin, a…In Aceh, an illegal logger reformed
Jun 5, 2015, 8:36 am By Philip JacobsonMukhtar used to be an illegal logger. Now he coordinates community forest rangers in Indonesia's…Proposed Andean headwater dams an ecological calamity for Amazon Basin
Jun 4, 2015, 12:43 pm By Tiffany Roufs
High in the Andes Mountains, countless minor streams begin their pilgrimage downward, joining forces…As mangroves disappear at 'an alarming rate,' conservationists urge more protection
Jun 4, 2015, 12:39 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In 2010, the Jakarta Post reported that, according to a local NGO called People’s Coalition for…
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