Tin mining, palm oil plantations wreaking havoc on small Indonesian island
Aug 4, 2014, 4:13 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Belitung, a picturesque island off the east coast of Sumatra, has experienced an uptick in tourism…Scientists catalog the world's 10,000th reptile
Aug 4, 2014, 2:36 pm By Jeremy Hance
As of this year, scientists have named and described over 10,000 reptiles, marking a new milestone…Where have all the big animals gone? Indian park devoid of many species, further threatened by forest loss
Aug 4, 2014, 12:53 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Namdapha National Park is part of the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot. However, locating many…2 prize-winning journalists will report on Amazon, 2 new prizes announced
Aug 1, 2014, 12:47 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Mongabay.org's Special Reporting Initiative (SRI) program has recently awarded two different…Ndoki Forest, charmed or cursed? Conservationists admit sustainable logging wilting in naïve chimp habitat
Aug 1, 2014, 10:11 am By Tiffany Roufs
'You come across that crest, and … you're going from forest that has already been exploited to…Brazil releases video showing first contact with rainforest tribe
Jul 31, 2014, 3:44 pm By Rhett Butler
The Brazilian government has released footage showing 'first contact' with an isolated group of…Ecologists underestimating impacts of old-growth logging
Jul 31, 2014, 12:03 pm By Rhett Butler
Ecologists may be underestimating the impact of logging in old-growth tropical forests by failing to…World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors
Jul 31, 2014, 11:14 am By Jeremy Hance
Like Memorial Day, when we honor our nation's military veterans, World Ranger Day is a day to…The Philippines: where 'megadiversity' meets mega deforestation
Jul 31, 2014, 10:33 am By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Ongoing loss of forest cover in the Philippines places it among the top ten most threatened forest…Seeking justice for Corazón: jaguar killings test the conservation movement in Mexico
Jul 31, 2014, 8:53 am By Jeremy Hance
Eight years ago, a female jaguar cub was caught on film by a motion-triggered camera trap set in the…Poachers target elephants, tigers in Sumatran park
Jul 31, 2014, 1:10 am By Rhett Butler
The Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh, Indonesia is gaining the attention of international animal…Cargill to cut off suppliers who don't provide deforestation-free palm oil
Jul 30, 2014, 7:11 pm By Rhett Butler
Agricultural giant Cargill, America's largest palm oil importer, will no longer buy palm oil from…Conservation controversy: are bonobos protected in the right ways and in the right places?
Jul 30, 2014, 3:10 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Bonobos, endangered great apes, continue to survive in forests south of the Congo River in the DRC,…The world's best mother: meet the octopus that guards its eggs for over four years
Jul 30, 2014, 2:00 pm By Jeremy Hance
The ultimate goal of all species on the planet is procreation, the act of making anew. But few…The future of tropical biology research and conservation
Jul 30, 2014, 1:05 pm By Rhett Butler
Last week, the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) held its 51st annual meeting…Stunning high-resolution map reveals secrets of Peru's forests
Jul 30, 2014, 9:19 am By Rhett Butler
Peru’s landmass has just been mapped like never before, revealing important insights about the…87 new bird species considered threatened with extinction
Jul 29, 2014, 4:30 pm By Jeremy Hance-Vulnerable_copyright-Peter-Steward.360.jpg)
Scientists have added 361 new bird species to the IUCN Red List following a major taxonomic review…Peruvian oil spill sparks concern in indigenous rainforest community
Jul 29, 2014, 3:25 pm By Rhett ButlerA ruptured pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Marañón River…Deforestation ramping up in Yasuni as Ecuador sets to open up national park to drilling
Jul 29, 2014, 2:34 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Yasuni National park has been in the conservation spotlight in recent years, with oil drilling…Don't eat or touch fruit bat bushmeat amid worsening Ebola outbreak, UN warns
Jul 29, 2014, 11:12 am By Jeremy Hance
The world's worst Ebola outbreak was likely begun by a hunter shooting a fruit bat for their dinner…
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