Photo essay: the flying fox show
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Rain or clear, wind or still, full moon or no. Every night thousands of flying foxes rise from a…50 nature pictures for Earth Day
1:03pm By Rhett Butler
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Tropical forests support the greatest diversity of species in the world, yet we are rapidly…Of leopards and lemons: Superstition aids wildlife researchers in India
11:37am By Tiffany Roufs
Many Westerners see science and superstition as lying at extreme ends of the logic spectrum.…Indonesian ombudsman asks minister to offer fishermen ‘exit strategy' from seining
3:57am By Philip Jacobson
On Sunday, the Indonesian ombudsman asked the maritime affairs minister to help fishermen adapt to…World's largest sovereign wealth fund takes stand against deforestation
Tue 10:19pm By Rhett Butler
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global — the world's largest sovereign wealth fund — is…McDonald's to address deforestation across all commodities it sources
Tue 5:45pm By Rhett Butler
Fast food giant McDonald's will combat deforestation across its main commodity supply chains,…Dam proposals for Salween River threaten tentative ceasefire between Myanmar government and minority groups
Tue 1:02pm By Rebecca Kessler
A conference showcased the natural and cultural heritage of Myanmar's Salween River, where proposed…Camera traps catch rare Amazon bird following peccaries
Tue 11:04am By Jeremy HanceAlthough a large, attractive bird found across Latin America, scientists know almost nothing about…Keeping up with the climate: efforts to reduce African crop losses face the extra hurdle of climate change
Tue 11:01am By Rebecca Kessler
The loss of crops to insects, rodents, and mold before they ever reach consumers is a newly…Woman defeats mine, saves wildnerness, wins $175,000
Apr 20, 2015, 6:42 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
When a huge open-pit mind threatened a pristine lake and surrounding forest in British Columbia,…Earth Day call to double native forest canopy by 2035
Apr 20, 2015, 4:46 pm By Rhett Butler
A group of prominent researchers, philanthropists, and activists are calling for a doubling of the…Killings of environmental activists jumped by 20 percent last year
Apr 20, 2015, 3:31 pm By Jeremy Hance
The assassination, murder, and extrajudicial killing of environmental activists rose by 20 percent…Commercial bushmeat hunters put previously undetected pressure on Central Africa's large birds
Apr 20, 2015, 2:47 pm By Brittany Stewart
While conducting a bird survey in the Ebo Forest Reserve of Cameroon, Scottish ornithologist Robin…Farmers fall short in legal challenge to Java cement plant
Apr 20, 2015, 7:35 am By Philip Jacobson
A grassroots movement to halt construction of a cement factory and mine in Indonesia's Rembang…Growing need for deforestation-free rubber as tire demand destroys native forests
Apr 18, 2015, 11:53 am By Rhett Butler
Surging demand for natural rubber is decimating some of the world's most endangered forests, putting…Your name here: auctioning the naming rights to new species to fund conservation
Apr 17, 2015, 4:09 pm By Brittany Stewart
Meg Lowman is on a mission to save northern Ethiopia's church forests, one at a time. Numbering…Newly discovered 'punkrocker' frog changes skin texture in minutes
Apr 17, 2015, 1:57 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In 2006, two scientists discovered a tiny new frog species in the Reserva Las Gralarias, a nature…Photo Essay: Geopolitical pawns, the fishermen of Lý Sơn, Vietnam
Apr 17, 2015, 12:41 pm By Tiffany Roufs
'When they came, what could we do?' 46-year-old fisherman Nguyên Phú asks, crouching down like a…Indonesia's public water movement consolidates after two of its biggest wins
Apr 17, 2015, 10:26 am By Philip JacobsonWith the tide of privatized water in Indonesia as close to turning since the dictator Suharto was…
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