Over 75 percent of large predators declining
Jan 9, 2014, 2:01 pm By Jeremy Hance
The world's top carnivores are in big trouble: this is the take-away message from a new review paper…Tree islands more effective way to replant the world's forests
Jan 9, 2014, 8:24 am By Jeremy Hance
Worldwide, large swaths of land lay barren in the wake of agricultural expansion, and as global…Lions face extinction in West Africa: less than 250 survive
Jan 8, 2014, 5:03 pm By Jeremy Hance
The lions of West Africa, which may represent a distinct subspecies, are on the precipice of…U.S. palm oil company fined $4.6m in discrimination suit
Jan 8, 2014, 4:35 pm By Rhett Butler
Herakles Farms, an American agribusiness company, has been ordered to pay $4.6 million by a court in…Requiem or recovery?: the Sumatran rhino 200 years after its description
Jan 8, 2014, 9:46 am By Jeremy Hance
In 1893, William Bell, a surgeon in the service of the Dutch East India Company stationed in…Company accused of logging endangered rainforest trees in breach of timber legality certificate
1:34pm By Rhett Butler
An Indonesian wood supplier that was recently certified under the country’s legal timber…Environmental degradation leads to public health crises
1:15pm By Tiffany Roufs
A "systematic and comprehensive" approach is needed to understand the impact of human behavior on…Scientists uncover new crocodile in Africa
9:34am By Jeremy Hance
Scientists working in Africa have uncovered a new crocodile species hiding in plain site, according…Japanese whale hunt stopped, for now
Mon 6:44pm By Rhett Butler
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said its fleet of ships has successfully disrupted the annual…Activists urge Southwest to drop SeaWorld over whale concerns
Mon 5:52pm By Rhett Butler
More than 27,000 people have signed a petition calling on Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) to drop its…China destroys 6 tons of elephant ivory
Mon 1:57pm By Rhett Butler
China authorities destroyed 6.1 tons of illegal ivory during a public event held in Guangzhou on…Down Under scorching: Australia undergoes warmest year on record
Mon 10:52am By Jeremy Hance
Australia suffered its warmest year on record, with annual temperatures 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.16…Brazil begins evicting illegal settlers from hugely-imperiled indigenous reserve
Mon 8:35am By Jeremy Hance
Months after closing sawmills on the fringes of an indigenous reserve for the hugely-imperiled Awá…'They justify bigness:' rewilding the ancestor of the llama in Chile
Mon 6:16am By Tiffany Roufs
Local extinctions have occurred across a variety of habitats on every continent, affecting a gamut…China to destroy ivory stockpile
Jan 3, 2014, 5:12 pm By Rhett Butler
The Chinese government plans to destroy a stockpile of contraband elephant ivory and other seized…Good news: Refuge for last blue-throated macaws doubles in size in Bolivia
Jan 2, 2014, 1:49 pm By Rhett Butler
A reserve that is home to the world's largest population of the critically endangered blue-throated…Global warming could upset Antarctic foodchain
Jan 2, 2014, 3:55 am By Jeremy HanceResting near the bottom of the foodchain, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) underpin much of the…Most popular eco news articles of 2013
Jan 1, 2014, 10:21 am By Rhett Butler
The most popular environmental news article on mongabay.com during 2013 was a story about the…Small farmers see better access to credit with eco-certification
Dec 30, 2013, 5:58 pm By Rhett Butler
Participation in agricultural certification programs appears to boost access to credit for small…Climate change drives Florida mangroves northward
Dec 30, 2013, 4:16 pm By Rhett Butler
A decline in the frequency of extreme cold weather in Florida has allowed coastal mangrove forests…
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