In Girl Scouts vs. Kellogg’s over palm oil, rainforests and orangutans win
Feb 14, 2014, 5:32 pm By Rhett ButlerAfter a campaign waged by two charismatic Girl Scouts over questionably-sourced palm oil used in…Google forest data now available for download
Feb 14, 2014, 3:24 pm By Rhett Butler
The University of Maryland, Google, and other partners have made available a trove of forest cover…REDD+ should finance corridors between protected areas, argues study
Feb 14, 2014, 2:36 pm By Rhett ButlerThe Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) program should finance…Local communities key to saving the Critically Endangered Mexican black howler monkey
Feb 14, 2014, 1:36 pm By Tiffany Roufs
For conservation initiatives around the world, community involvement is often crucial. An additional…Next big idea in conservation? Recognizing we are our own obstacles
Feb 14, 2014, 9:03 am By Rhett Butler
Cythia Ong is not satisfied with the conservation status-quo. Her work aims to bring people together…Scientists discover new whale species
Feb 13, 2014, 10:12 pm By Jeremy Hance
Beaked whales are incredibly elusive and rare, little-known to scientists and the public…Featured video: camera traps catch jaguars, anteaters, and a sloth eating clay in the Amazon rainforest
Feb 13, 2014, 11:53 am By Jeremy HanceThese are sights that have rarely been seen by human eyes: a stealthy jaguar, a bustling giant…Wonderful Creatures: the bizarre-looking marine worm with an incredibly important ecological role
Feb 13, 2014, 8:51 am By Jeremy Hance
Almost everyone knows what an earthworm is, but these very familiar animals are just one variation…Ivory trade's shocking toll: 65% of world's forest elephants killed in 12 years (warning: graphic image)
Feb 12, 2014, 12:44 pm By Jeremy HanceForest elephants have suffered unprecedented butchery for their ivory tusks over the past decade,…One person killed, two injured in elephant attacks in Indonesia this year
Feb 12, 2014, 9:16 am By Rhett Butler
It was near dawn on Jan. 4 when a critically endangered Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus…Obama announces new strategy to tackle wildlife trafficking, including toughening ivory ban
Feb 12, 2014, 8:40 am By Jeremy HanceYesterday, the Obama administration announced an ambitious new strategy to help tackle the global…Indonesia rejects, delays 1.3m ha of concessions due to moratorium
Feb 11, 2014, 11:13 pm By Rhett ButlerThe Indonesian government has rejected nearly 932,000 hectares (2.3 million acres) of oil palm,…Despite falling palm oil price, premium for 'sustainable' product rises
Feb 11, 2014, 9:44 pm By Rhett Butler
Despite a sharp drop in the price of palm oil since 2011, premiums for certificates representing…Helping the Amazon's 'Jaguar People' protect their culture and traditional wisdom
Feb 11, 2014, 3:33 pm By Rhett ButlerTribes in the Amazon are increasingly exposed to the outside world by choice or circumstance. The…Incredible encounter: whales devour European eels in the darkness of the ocean depths
Feb 11, 2014, 11:29 am By Jeremy Hance
The Critically Endangered European eel makes one of the most astounding migrations in the wild…Photos: mass turtle hatching produces over 200,000 babies
Feb 11, 2014, 9:07 am By Jeremy Hance.150.jpg)
Biologists recently documented one of nature's least-known, big events. On the banks of the Purus…Cambodia protects forest for giant ibis
Feb 10, 2014, 1:48 pm By Jeremy Hance
Cambodia has set aside an area of forest just slightly smaller than Singapore to protect the…Study: 59% of Marine Protected Areas are ineffective
Feb 10, 2014, 9:48 am By Rhett Butler
Protecting large, isolated areas of no-take zones for over 10 years with strong enforcement is the…On edge of extinction, could drones and technology save the Little Dodo?
Feb 10, 2014, 9:44 am By Jeremy Hance
Almost nothing is known about the little dodo, a large, archaic, pigeon-like bird found only on the…Reduced impact logging failing to cut emissions in Indonesia
Feb 10, 2014, 8:47 am By Rhett Butler
Advocates for reduced impact logging in tropical forests often make a case that better forest…
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