Like ancient humans, some lemurs slumber in caves
Dec 5, 2013, 5:06 pm By Jeremy Hance
After playing, feeding, and socializing in trees all day, some ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) take…World's biggest palm oil company makes zero deforestation commitment
Dec 5, 2013, 3:11 pm By Rhett Butler
Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil trader and a long-time target of environmentalists, has signed…Top scientists propose ambitious plans to safeguard world from devastating climate change
Dec 5, 2013, 1:14 pm By Jeremy Hance
Two degrees is too much: that's the conclusion of a landmark new paper by top economists and…Humans are not apex predators, but meat-eating on the rise worldwide
Dec 5, 2013, 8:19 am By Jeremy Hance
A new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has measured the "trophic level" of…Green investors urge companies to clean up palm oil industry
Dec 4, 2013, 6:59 pm By Rhett Butler
A coalition of investors and asset managers is urging stakeholders in the palm oil industry to adopt…APP's Borneo expansion to be constrained by forest conservation policy
Dec 4, 2013, 6:44 pm By Rhett Butler
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will not convert any blocks of forest found to have high conservation value…Microsoft founder funds Africa-wide elephant survey to measure ivory poachers' toll
Dec 4, 2013, 2:46 pm By Jeremy Hance
Beginning next year, light planes and helicopters will undertake the first ever continent-wide…Sky islands: exploring East Africa's last frontier
Dec 4, 2013, 11:39 am By Jeremy Hance
The montane rainforests of East Africa are little-known to the global public. The Amazon and Congo…Sri Lankan elephant amnesty will lead to poaching, warn conservationists
Dec 3, 2013, 5:10 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Environmentalists have responded with alarm to a proposed amnesty permitting the registration of…86 percent of big animals in the Sahara desert are extinct or endangered
Dec 3, 2013, 4:42 pm By Jeremy Hance
Bigger than all of Brazil, among the harshest ecosystems on Earth, and largely undeveloped, one…Where have all the dugongs gone?
Dec 3, 2013, 3:49 pm By Tiffany Roufs
Legend has it that lonely sailors mistook them for beautiful, mythical mermaids. But as it turns…Animal Earth: exploring the hidden biodiversity of our planet
Dec 3, 2013, 10:32 am By Jeremy Hance
Most of the species on Earth we never see. In fact, we have no idea what they look like, much less…Brazil could boost agriculture without destroying forests
Dec 2, 2013, 8:55 pm By Rhett Butler
Brazil could substantially boost its agricultural output while increasing protection of its native…Plantations used as cover for destruction of old-growth forests in Myanmar
Dec 2, 2013, 4:09 pm By Jeremy Hance
As Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom airs on the BBC, the forests documented in the series are…Reversing local extinction: scientists bring the northern bald ibis back to Europe after 300 years
Dec 2, 2013, 11:51 am By Jeremy Hance
The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), also called the hermit ibis or waldrapp, is a migratory…22,000 elephants slaughtered for their ivory in 2012
Dec 2, 2013, 10:28 am By Jeremy HanceAs the African Elephant Summit open in Botswana today, conservationists released a new estimate of…Little dude takes the prize: rare dormouse wins BBC camera trap contest (photos)
Dec 2, 2013, 9:22 am By Jeremy Hance
The image of a rare dormouse has won the fourth annual BBC Wildlife Camera-Trap Photo of the Year…New organization works to raise the profile of the world's littlest bear
Dec 2, 2013, 8:37 am By Jeremy Hance
The world's least-known bear also happens to be the smallest: sun bears (Helarctos malayanus), so…Hedge fund downgrades stock over company's links to illegal logging in Russian Far East
Dec 1, 2013, 9:37 pm By Rhett Butler
A hedge fund manager has downgraded Lumber Liquidators' stock over the company's alleged links to…Palm oil company Bumitama under fire for clearing rainforest, endangering orangutans
Dec 1, 2013, 7:44 pm By Rhett Butler
Bumitama Agri, an Indonesian palm oil producer, is breaking the law by clearing forests and…
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