Despite high deforestation, Indonesia making progress on forests, says Norwegian official
Oct 2, 2014, 11:23 am By Rhett Butler
Despite having a deforestation rate that now outpaces that of the Brazilian Amazon, Indonesia is…Infamous pet and zoo supplier lost 3,500 animals a week (photos)
Oct 2, 2014, 11:00 am By Tiffany Roufs
Nearly five years ago, a seven month long investigation, led by PETA, into an exotic animal…What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights this mega-predator's remarkable past and precarious future
Oct 2, 2014, 9:55 am By Jeremy Hance
For thousands of years the jaguar was a God, then it was vermin to be destroyed, and today it is the…Throng of 35,000 walruses is largest ever recorded on land, sign of warming arctic
Oct 1, 2014, 6:57 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A mass of thousands of walruses were spotted hauled up on land in northwest Alaska during NOAA…Small chocolate company takes big steps toward conservation and human development
Oct 1, 2014, 5:53 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Madécasse is not just another chocolate company selling their bars in high-end supermarkets across…Officials bust one of the biggest players in illegal Indonesian manta ray trade
Oct 1, 2014, 2:47 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Writing this from a hotel room in Indonesia’s second-largest city, Surabaya, I realize that I am…High Court denies appeal by palm oil company that cleared protected peat forest
Sep 30, 2014, 7:40 pm By Rhett Butler
Furthering Indonesia's renewed commitment to environmental justice, the High Court of Banda Aceh…The largest biosphere reserve in Southeast Asia: Vietnam’s success story or a conservation failure? PART I
Sep 30, 2014, 1:24 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In 2010, poachers shot and killed the last Javan rhino in Vietnam, wiping out an entire subspecies.…Studying common birds could help save rare species in Thailand
Sep 30, 2014, 1:17 pm By Jeremy Hance
Studies in conservation biology often focus on rare, threatened species faced with impending…Malaysian palm oil company destroys Borneo forests, despite buyer's zero deforestation commitment
Sep 30, 2014, 11:40 am By Rhett Butler
Malaysian palm oil company Genting Plantations is continuing to destroy forests despite a…Armed conflict decimates tigers, rhinos, and swamp deer in Indian park
Sep 30, 2014, 9:26 am By Jeremy Hance
The human cost of war is horrendous. However, while most attention is focused on the suffering…Joint force uses Google Earth to find elephant poaching camps in Mozambique, captures poachers in raid
Sep 29, 2014, 10:03 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
On Monday, September 22, two ivory poachers were arrested in Mozambique during a late-night raid…A weed by any other name: remnant shrubs and trees play vital role in regenerating forests
Sep 29, 2014, 4:47 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Tropical forest restoration projects are exciting research sites for scientists studying factors…Did the world's only venomous primate evolve to mimic the cobra?
Sep 29, 2014, 10:26 am By Jeremy Hance
The bite of a slow loris can be painful, and sometimes even lethal. After all, this cute-looking…Dogs may be responsible for declining mammals in Brazil’s agroforests
Sep 26, 2014, 2:39 pm By Tiffany Roufs
With an estimated population of 700 million individuals, domestic dogs are the most abundant…Diverse, deceptive, declining: orchids threatened by deforestation in South America
Sep 26, 2014, 1:41 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Pushing past a thick fern leaf, Crain stopped short, overcome by joy. As he broke into dance, his…Coal mine has heavy impact in Indonesian Borneo
Sep 26, 2014, 5:37 am By Rhett Butler
Baharuddin should be happy. The rambutan and durian trees flanking his home are heavy with fruit.…Hitchhiking Caribbean lizard upends island biogeography theory
Sep 25, 2014, 11:15 pm By Rhett Butler
The biggest factor determining species diversity and distribution on islands is not size and…Climate change to boost farmland, diminish harvests, says new study
Sep 25, 2014, 7:40 pm By Brittany Stewart
Climate change is likely to alter how we humans grow adequate amounts of food for a swelling global…Reintroduction program ups Mexico's scarlet macaw population by 34 percent in one year
Sep 25, 2014, 7:01 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
While listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, the scarlet macaw has disappeared from almost all of its…
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