APP, environmentalists talk future of Indonesia's forests
Feb 19, 2014, 7:30 pm By Rhett Butler
In February 2013, one of the world's most notorious forestry companies announced it would no longer…Uprising against illegal mining in Indonesia pits villagers against miners, police
Feb 19, 2014, 4:18 pm By Rhett Butler
Hundreds of villagers and fishermen on Bangka Island in North Sulawesi attempted to stop a ship…The making of Amazon Gold: once more unto the breach
Feb 19, 2014, 10:42 am By Jeremy Hance
When Sarah duPont first visited the Peruvian Amazon rainforest in the summer of 1999, it was a…Animals of the Serengeti – book review
Feb 19, 2014, 10:28 am By Jeremy HanceAnimals of the Serengeti: And Ngorongoro Conservation Area by Adam Scott Kennedy and Vicki Kennedy…Two kids, one year, from the Amazon to the Arctic: the environmental adventure of a lifetime
Feb 19, 2014, 8:06 am By Jeremy Hance
The Kraft family—Larry, Lauri, Jamie (age 8), and Jason (age 6)—are on the trip of a lifetime, a…Conservation groups launch new whistleblower site for wildlife and forest crimes
Feb 18, 2014, 9:02 am By Jeremy Hance
Welcome to Wildleaks: a new website that aims to give the global public a secure and anonymous…Scientists discover new gecko hanging-on in single forest fragment
Feb 17, 2014, 2:05 pm By Jeremy Hance
Scientists have identified a new species of day gecko that is the largest in its genus (Cnemaspis)…Wilmar refutes Sarawak govt's claims on palm oil ban
Feb 17, 2014, 12:42 pm By Rhett Butler
Palm oil giant Wilmar has flatly refuted a claim that it will stop buying crude palm oil from the…Tracking one of the world's last Great Indian Bustards to save the species
Feb 17, 2014, 10:00 am By Jeremy Hance
Bilal Habib is closely tracking the flight of a bird. Six times a day he gets its location, within a…Microsoft buys Madagascar carbon credits
Feb 15, 2014, 1:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Technology giant Microsoft has bought the first carbon credits generated under a rainforest…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…
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