Featured video: bears work together to take down camera traps
Oct 24, 2013, 10:20 am By Jeremy Hance
Scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have captured stunning images of Andean bear…Russia charges imprisoned Greenpeace protestors with hooliganism, instead of piracy
Oct 24, 2013, 9:37 am By Jeremy Hance
Russian investigators announced on Wednesday they are dropping piracy charges against 28…Illegal logging remains rampant in Brazil
Oct 23, 2013, 2:35 pm By Rhett Butler
Illegal logging remains pervasive in the Brazilian state of Pará, finds an assessment released…Fishermen illegally killing dolphins for shark-bait in Peru (video)
Oct 23, 2013, 10:23 am By Jeremy Hance
Peruvian fishermen slaughtered dolphins to use as bait for shark fishing, an undercover…Scientist splits Amazonian giants into separate species
Oct 23, 2013, 8:53 am By Jeremy Hance
It's hard to mistake an arapaima for anything else: these massive, heavily-armored, air-breathing…Small invertebrates could be key to uncovering the mysteries of killer amphibian fungus
Oct 22, 2013, 1:42 pm By Tiffany Roufs
In 2004, the first-ever Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) reviewed all 5,743 amphibian species known…Palm oil giant profiting off tiger habitat destruction, alleges Greenpeace
Oct 22, 2013, 1:34 pm By Rhett Butler
The world's largest palm oil trader is continuing to traffic in palm oil linked to deforestation and…98% of marine fish headed for the aquarium trade die within a year
Oct 22, 2013, 12:37 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Almost all wild caught marine fish for the aquarium trade will die within a year of capture,…The 'dead' ocean: eyewitness says overfishing has emptied the Pacific
Oct 22, 2013, 9:42 am By Jeremy Hance
An Australian sailor has described parts of the Pacific Ocean as "dead" because of severe…Orphaned gorillas successfully reintroduced where apes had been hunted to extinction
Oct 21, 2013, 3:15 pm By Rhett ButlerThe reintroduction of captive gorillas to areas where they have been hunted to extinction appears to…Global warming could shift tropical rainfall
Oct 21, 2013, 1:51 pm By Jeremy Hance
Ongoing burning of fossil fuels could flip which portion of the tropics receive more rainfall: the…The palm oil debate: can the world's most productive oilseed be less damaging to the environment?
Oct 21, 2013, 12:47 pm By Rhett Butler
On Thursday, 17 October 2013 Mongabay.com and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)…Art, education, and health: holistic conservation group embarks on new chapter
Oct 21, 2013, 9:30 am By Jeremy Hance
It's unlikely conservation organizations can survive if they are unwilling to embrace change: as an…Brazil's military takes on illegal loggers to protect nearly-extinct tribe
Jul 18, 2013, 3:37 pm By Jeremy HanceBrazil has launched a military campaign to evict illegal loggers working from the fringes of an…The hidden Caribbean: sustainable tourism arrives in the Dominican Republic
Jul 18, 2013, 11:49 am By Jeremy Hance
Finding true ecotourism companies isn't easy. While the tourism industry worldwide has latched onto…Conservationists work to give South Georgia back to the birds
Jul 18, 2013, 10:20 am By Jeremy Hance
A team on South Georgia has successfully completed the world's largest rodent eradication in an…China approves another mega-dam that will imperil endangered species
May 21, 2013, 11:59 am By Jeremy HanceChinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world's…Scientists capture one of the world's rarest big cats on film (photos)
May 21, 2013, 10:02 am By Jeremy Hance
Less than a hundred kilometers from the bustling metropolis of Jakarta, scientists have captured…Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea?
May 20, 2013, 12:36 pm By Jeremy Hance
Many people still believe the Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) survives in the wilds of…Biosphere conservation: monumental action is critical to avert global environmental crisis
May 20, 2013, 9:13 am By Jeremy Hance
Human-caused changes to our biosphere—the global total of the world's ecosystems—are now so…
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