Reducing deforestation is good for business, argues report
Nov 12, 2014, 5:09 pm By Rhett Butler
Some of the world's largest companies are making progress in disclosing and addressing deforestation…Mapping mistake leaves wildlife at risk
Nov 12, 2014, 3:11 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Scientists have discovered a new, endangered plant species in the Democratic Republic of Congo…Local people are not the enemy: real conservation from the frontlines
Nov 12, 2014, 12:58 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Saving one of the world's most endangered primates means re-thinking conservation. When Noga Shanee…'Guns kill trees too': overhunting raises extinction threat for trees
Nov 12, 2014, 11:50 am By Jeremy Hance
A new paper confirms what ecologists have long feared: hunting birds and mammals drastically raises…Only place where rhinos, tigers, elephants, and orangutans coexist is under threat
Nov 11, 2014, 8:40 pm By Rhett Butler
A forest that is the only place where rhinos, tigers, elephants, and orangutans coexist is under…‘Militarized occupation’: local communities pay the price for palm oil
Nov 11, 2014, 3:17 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
There’s little doubt that the use of palm oil is expanding rapidly throughout the world, and with…Using mobile apps to stop wildlife trafficking at the border
Nov 11, 2014, 2:19 pm By Rhett Butler
Conservationists are successfully developing mobile apps that enable authorities to identify illegal…New birds arise due to emigration not separation
Nov 11, 2014, 2:17 pm By Tiffany Roufs
A bird's eye view of speciation in the Neotropics. How long does it take for a new species to…Chief Curiosity Correspondent tackles sexism, aids conservation
Nov 11, 2014, 11:07 am By Tiffany Roufs
Have you ever been offered the job of your dreams without knowing you were being interviewed? Have…Poor rains then floods lead to food crisis in Somalia
Nov 11, 2014, 8:52 am By Jeremy Hance
Four years after over a quarter of a million people perished in a famine in Somalia, the East…Peru has massive opportunity to avoid emissions from deforestation
Nov 10, 2014, 4:43 pm By Rhett Butler
Nearly a billion tons of carbon in Peru's rainforests is at risk from logging, infrastructure…Citizen scientist site hits one million observations of life on Earth
Nov 10, 2014, 3:24 pm By Jeremy Hance
On Friday, Jonathan Hiew from Singapore took a photo of several insects and uploaded them on the…It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world's biggest birds
Nov 10, 2014, 10:17 am By Jeremy Hance
The first settlers of New Zealand killed off nine species of giant birds, known as moas, with a…It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world's biggest birds
Nov 10, 2014, 10:17 am By Jeremy HanceThe first settlers of New Zealand killed off nine species of giant birds, known as moas, with a…Will merging competing ministries help save Indonesia's forests?
Nov 9, 2014, 11:27 pm By Rhett Butler
Newly elected Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo announced on October 26th that the Ministry…Human infections by 'monkey malaria' increasing as forests disappear
Nov 9, 2014, 9:25 pm By Rhett Butler
68% of malaria hospitalizations in Malaysia last year were caused by a once-rare strain of the…New laws may turn Brazil's forests into mines
Nov 7, 2014, 5:06 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
With the world’s largest system of protected areas and a 70 percent drop in the deforestation rate…Flying under the radar in Central Africa, Chinese companies may be wreaking environmental havoc
Nov 7, 2014, 1:57 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Tchimpounga, chimpanzees, and extractive industries in the Republic of Congo. 'Tchimpounga is not…Between the Forest and the Sea: Passing Down Traditions - Part III
Nov 6, 2014, 1:51 pm By Tiffany Roufs
In 1925, Nele Kantule led a revolution that would make the Guna Yala tribe an independent and…Indonesia's new president, ministers have big plans for fish
Nov 6, 2014, 12:02 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Indonesia’s new president, Joko Widodo (or Jokowi, as he’s popularly called) spent half his…
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