365-988 million birds killed annually in U.S. window collisions
Feb 10, 2014, 12:54 am By Tiffany Roufs365-988 million birds are killed in the U.S. each year in collisions with buildings, estimates a…Madagascar's new president pledges to fight illegal logging
Feb 7, 2014, 9:24 am By Rhett Butler
Madagascar's newly elected president Hery Rajaonarimampianina pledged to 'lead the fight' against…35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you
Feb 7, 2014, 8:31 am By Rhett Butler
Last month scientists released a study warning that one quarter of all sharks and rays are…Next big idea in forest conservation? Incentivize keeping primary forests intact
Feb 7, 2014, 5:08 am By Rhett Butler
Much of Dr. Corey Bradshaw's work has a singular aim: to keep primary habitats and functioning…Proposed rail and road projects could devastate Nepal's tigers and rhinos
Feb 6, 2014, 10:24 am By Jeremy Hance
Chitwan National Park is a conservation success story. Since its establishment in 1973 the park's…Drought, fire reducing ability of Amazon rainforest to store carbon
Feb 6, 2014, 7:02 am By Rhett ButlerNew research published in Nature adds further evidence to the argument that drought and fire are…Amazon rainforest does not 'green up' during the dry season
Feb 6, 2014, 6:09 am By Rhett Butler
Analysis of satellite imagery has cleared up a controversy over whether the Amazon rainforest…REDD+ could fail without near-term financial support
Feb 6, 2014, 2:30 am By Rhett Butler
An ambitious plan to save the world's tropical forests by valuing them for the carbon the store may…Alaska roasting: new NASA map shows the Final Frontier in grip of January heatwave
Feb 5, 2014, 10:10 am By Jeremy Hance
Alaska got California weather at the end of January, as displayed by a new map based on data by…Alpine bumblebees capable of flying over Mt. Everest
Feb 5, 2014, 8:31 am By Jeremy Hance
The genus Bombus consists of over 250 species of large, nectar-loving bumblebees. Their bright…Peatland plantations drive steep GHG gas emissions in Indonesia's Riau Province
Feb 5, 2014, 12:09 am By Rhett Butler
Versatile is the best way to describe the reddish brown fruit born from oil palm trees. Both the…20 million people face hunger in Africa's Sahel region
Feb 4, 2014, 11:13 am By Jeremy HanceThe UN and partner humanitarian groups today called on the international community to spend $2…How hunters have become key to saving Bulgaria's capercaillie
Feb 4, 2014, 9:30 am By Jeremy Hance
Surprising clatter cuts through the silence in the snowy forest shortly before sunrise. The powerful…Gas company to drill in Manu National Park buffer zone, imperiling indigenous people
Feb 4, 2014, 7:57 am By Jeremy HanceThe Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into a…'Flying snakes' achieve surprising lift through unique body shape
Feb 4, 2014, 4:46 am By Rhett Butler
Flying snakes achieve surprising amounts of lift through the shape of their bodies, report…Total says it will not drill in any World Heritage Sites
Feb 3, 2014, 12:25 pm By Jeremy HanceOne of the world's largest oil and gas companies, Total, has committed to leave the planet's UNESCO…Australia proposes removing old-growth forests from World Heritage Site
Feb 3, 2014, 8:26 am By Jeremy HanceLast year, after decades of fighting, environmentalists and the forestry industry reached a landmark…Brazilian soy industry extends deforestation moratorium
Feb 1, 2014, 8:26 am By Rhett ButlerSoy traders and producers in the Brazilian Amazon agreed to extend a moratorium on soybeans produced…Endangered tiger killed in Sumatra
Feb 1, 2014, 8:06 am By Rhett ButlerA young Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) was shot and killed by a coffee farmer in Jambi…L'Oreal pledges to wipe out forest destruction from its products by 2020
Jan 31, 2014, 11:28 am By Jeremy Hance
French cosmetics giant, L'Oreal, has pledged to stop using palm oil linked to deforestation for its…
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