Obama announces new strategy to tackle wildlife trafficking, including toughening ivory ban
Feb 12, 2014, 8:40 am By Jeremy HanceYesterday, the Obama administration announced an ambitious new strategy to help tackle the global…Indonesia rejects, delays 1.3m ha of concessions due to moratorium
Feb 11, 2014, 11:13 pm By Rhett ButlerThe Indonesian government has rejected nearly 932,000 hectares (2.3 million acres) of oil palm,…Despite falling palm oil price, premium for 'sustainable' product rises
Feb 11, 2014, 9:44 pm By Rhett Butler
Despite a sharp drop in the price of palm oil since 2011, premiums for certificates representing…Helping the Amazon's 'Jaguar People' protect their culture and traditional wisdom
Feb 11, 2014, 3:33 pm By Rhett ButlerTribes in the Amazon are increasingly exposed to the outside world by choice or circumstance. The…Incredible encounter: whales devour European eels in the darkness of the ocean depths
Feb 11, 2014, 11:29 am By Jeremy Hance
The Critically Endangered European eel makes one of the most astounding migrations in the wild…Photos: mass turtle hatching produces over 200,000 babies
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Biologists recently documented one of nature's least-known, big events. On the banks of the Purus…Cambodia protects forest for giant ibis
Feb 10, 2014, 1:48 pm By Jeremy Hance
Cambodia has set aside an area of forest just slightly smaller than Singapore to protect the…Study: 59% of Marine Protected Areas are ineffective
Feb 10, 2014, 9:48 am By Rhett Butler
Protecting large, isolated areas of no-take zones for over 10 years with strong enforcement is the…On edge of extinction, could drones and technology save the Little Dodo?
Feb 10, 2014, 9:44 am By Jeremy Hance
Almost nothing is known about the little dodo, a large, archaic, pigeon-like bird found only on the…Reduced impact logging failing to cut emissions in Indonesia
Feb 10, 2014, 8:47 am By Rhett Butler
Advocates for reduced impact logging in tropical forests often make a case that better forest…365-988 million birds killed annually in U.S. window collisions
Feb 10, 2014, 12:54 am By Tiffany Roufs365-988 million birds are killed in the U.S. each year in collisions with buildings, estimates a…Madagascar's new president pledges to fight illegal logging
9:24am By Rhett Butler
Madagascar's newly elected president Hery Rajaonarimampianina pledged to 'lead the fight' against…35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you
8:31am By Rhett Butler
Last month scientists released a study warning that one quarter of all sharks and rays are…Next big idea in forest conservation? Incentivize keeping primary forests intact
5:08am By Rhett Butler
Much of Dr. Corey Bradshaw's work has a singular aim: to keep primary habitats and functioning…Proposed rail and road projects could devastate Nepal's tigers and rhinos
Thu 10:24am By Jeremy Hance
Chitwan National Park is a conservation success story. Since its establishment in 1973 the park's…Drought, fire reducing ability of Amazon rainforest to store carbon
Thu 7:02am By Rhett ButlerNew research published in Nature adds further evidence to the argument that drought and fire are…Amazon rainforest does not 'green up' during the dry season
Thu 6:09am By Rhett Butler
Analysis of satellite imagery has cleared up a controversy over whether the Amazon rainforest…REDD+ could fail without near-term financial support
Thu 2:30am By Rhett Butler
An ambitious plan to save the world's tropical forests by valuing them for the carbon the store may…Alaska roasting: new NASA map shows the Final Frontier in grip of January heatwave
Feb 5, 2014, 10:10 am By Jeremy Hance
Alaska got California weather at the end of January, as displayed by a new map based on data by…Alpine bumblebees capable of flying over Mt. Everest
Feb 5, 2014, 8:31 am By Jeremy Hance
The genus Bombus consists of over 250 species of large, nectar-loving bumblebees. Their bright…
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