Down Under scorching: Australia undergoes warmest year on record
Jan 6, 2014, 10:52 am By Jeremy Hance
Australia suffered its warmest year on record, with annual temperatures 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.16…Brazil begins evicting illegal settlers from hugely-imperiled indigenous reserve
Jan 6, 2014, 8:35 am By Jeremy Hance
Months after closing sawmills on the fringes of an indigenous reserve for the hugely-imperiled Awá…'They justify bigness:' rewilding the ancestor of the llama in Chile
Jan 6, 2014, 6:16 am By Tiffany Roufs
Local extinctions have occurred across a variety of habitats on every continent, affecting a gamut…China to destroy ivory stockpile
Jan 3, 2014, 5:12 pm By Rhett Butler
The Chinese government plans to destroy a stockpile of contraband elephant ivory and other seized…Good news: Refuge for last blue-throated macaws doubles in size in Bolivia
Jan 2, 2014, 1:49 pm By Rhett Butler
A reserve that is home to the world's largest population of the critically endangered blue-throated…Global warming could upset Antarctic foodchain
Jan 2, 2014, 3:55 am By Jeremy HanceResting near the bottom of the foodchain, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) underpin much of the…Most popular eco news articles of 2013
Jan 1, 2014, 10:21 am By Rhett Butler
The most popular environmental news article on mongabay.com during 2013 was a story about the…Small farmers see better access to credit with eco-certification
Dec 30, 2013, 5:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Participation in agricultural certification programs appears to boost access to credit for small…Climate change drives Florida mangroves northward
Dec 30, 2013, 4:16 pm By Rhett Butler
A decline in the frequency of extreme cold weather in Florida has allowed coastal mangrove forests…The year in wildlife stories
Dec 30, 2013, 1:25 pm By Rhett Butler
Like every year, wildlife conservation had its ups and downs in 2013. Elephant and rhino poaching…Python attack leaves one dead in Bali
Dec 27, 2013, 6:46 pm By Rhett ButlerA security guard at a hotel in Bali was killed after he tried to catch a 13-foot-long (4m) python,…Rainforest news review for 2013
Dec 26, 2013, 6:48 pm By Rhett Butler
2013 full of major developments in efforts to understand and protect the world's tropical…Curious bears take 'selfies' with camera traps
Dec 26, 2013, 12:31 pm By Tiffany Roufs
"Selfies" are all the rage this year, and even bears have jumped on the trend. Especially the…Our favorite nature pictures from 2013
Dec 24, 2013, 12:23 pm By Rhett ButlerWith 2013 drawing to a close, here are 100 nature photos taken during various Mongabay reporting…Our top nature images for 2013 - page 2
Dec 24, 2013, 10:02 am By Rhett ButlerWith 2013 drawing to a close, here are 100 nature pictures taken during my various Mongabay…Jaguars in Argentine Chaco on verge of local extinction
Dec 23, 2013, 1:13 pm By Tiffany Roufs
The majestic jaguar (Panthera onca), the largest of the New World cats, is found as far north as the…Bee-harming pesticides may impact human nervous system
Dec 23, 2013, 1:05 pm By Jeremy HanceNeonicotinoid pesticides, which have been increasingly blamed for the collapse of bee populations,…World first: Russia begins pumping oil from Arctic seabed
Dec 23, 2013, 9:17 am By Jeremy HanceOil has begun to be pumped from the Arctic seabed, according to Russian oil giant, Gazprom. The…Biggest new animal discoveries of 2013 (photos)
Dec 23, 2013, 12:32 am By Rhett ButlerThousands of species were scientifically described for the first time in 2013. Many of these were…Assassination 25 years ago catalyzed movement to protect the Amazon
Dec 22, 2013, 6:24 pm By Rhett ButlerTwenty-five years ago today, Chico Mendes, an Amazon rubber tapper, was shot and killed in front of…
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