Ecuador sends aid money back to Germany over planned rainforest visit
Dec 23, 2014, 5:52 pm By Jeremy Hance
A visit to a rainforest slated for oil drilling has blown up into a diplomatic row between Ecuador…Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact
Dec 23, 2014, 5:24 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Plans to convert eight million hectares of land for palm oil production on Palawan island in the…Advocacy group lashes out against palm oil expansion on Philippine island
Dec 23, 2014, 5:23 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
In the first week of November, an anti-oil palm expansion group sent a copy of their petition to the…How a frog with a strange name is helping improve conservation in Brazil
Dec 23, 2014, 12:22 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Protecting the biodiversity of the Amazon basin is an immense undertaking, and to its credit the…Conservation conflicting with local ways of life in Mexican reserve
Dec 23, 2014, 11:55 am By Tiffany Roufs
Although conservation has good intentions, it can give rise to conflicts when the interests of…Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014
Dec 23, 2014, 11:23 am By Jeremy Hance
In 2014, the unimaginable happened: companies representing the majority of palm oil production and…Child labor and palm oil in Indonesia
Dec 23, 2014, 1:53 am By Rhett Butler
Meet Bimo Kencana Arief. At 13 years old, this Indonesian middle school student is not spending his…Greenpeace: zero deforestation pioneer makes progress, but still has work to do
Dec 22, 2014, 6:26 pm By Rhett Butler
Half a decade ago, Golden-Agri Resources (GAR) was losing customers right and left in the midst of a…Shifting attitudes may help endangered wild dogs in Thailand
Dec 22, 2014, 1:10 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Once found throughout much of Asia, the dhole—a wild dog species that looks something like a…The biggest new species discoveries in 2014 (photos)
Dec 22, 2014, 12:19 pm By Rhett Butler
Biologists describe upwards of 15,000 previously undocumented species every year. Some of these…Phylogenetic study offers insight on conserving Chile’s most endangered bird
Dec 22, 2014, 11:12 am By Tiffany Roufs
A member of the Furnariidae family, the small brown and beige bird possesses rusty “spine-like”…Edited Reality: What I Learned from Filming Eaten Alive
Dec 22, 2014, 9:35 am By Jeremy Hance
On November 3, 2014, I woke up to check my flight status from Bangalore to New York. What I found…Pictures: the top new animal discoveries of 2014
Dec 19, 2014, 9:23 pm By Rhett Butler
Seemingly every year scientists set a new record with the number of species they describe. 2014 will…125M ha of degraded lands identified for forest-friendly agricultural expansion
Dec 19, 2014, 4:49 pm By Rhett Butler
A team of researchers have identified 125 million hectares (309 million acres) of land suitable for…Puerto Rico's only native toad bounces back from edge of extinction
Dec 19, 2014, 1:11 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Once common on the islands of Puerto Rico and Virgin Gorda, the Puerto Rican crested toad declined…Impacts of deforestation on Amazonian river ecosystems could be far-reaching
Dec 18, 2014, 3:19 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
A study by researchers in Brazil published this week has found that deforestation in the Southern…Plant wars: some tree species compete better against grasses for reforestation
Dec 18, 2014, 2:17 pm By Brittany Stewart
What happens to degraded pastureland once the cows are kicked out? After years of letting the area…Tropical deforestation could disrupt rainfall globally
Dec 18, 2014, 12:36 pm By Rhett Butler
Large-scale deforestation in the tropics could drive significant and widespread shifts in rainfall…Enough for an elephant: why are Cameroon's elephants raiding fields?
Dec 18, 2014, 11:25 am By Tiffany Roufs
Waza National Park in West Africa is a refuge to many endangered and vulnerable species. Walk…Ocelots live in super densities on Barro Colorado Island
Dec 18, 2014, 10:53 am By Jeremy Hance
By comparing camera trapping findings with genetic samples taken from feces, biologists have…
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