Shanghai to ban coal by 2017
Oct 28, 2013, 3:24 pm By Jeremy HanceChina's largest city and one of the world's biggest, Shanghai, is set to ban coal burning in just…New to science: 2 lizards, 1 frog discovered on Australian expedition (pictures)
Oct 28, 2013, 2:09 pm By Rhett Butler
Researchers from James Cook University and National Geographic discovered three new herp species —…Stuffed tigers send two soldiers to jail in Indonesia
Oct 28, 2013, 1:19 pm By Rhett Butler
A military court in Indonesia’s Aceh province has jailed two soldiers for illegally possessing two…First study of little-known mammal reveals climate change threat
Oct 28, 2013, 9:40 am By Jeremy Hance
One of the world's least-known flying foxes could face extinction by rising seas and changing…441 new species described in the Amazon rainforest since 2010
Oct 25, 2013, 9:41 pm By Rhett Butler
Scientists described at least 441 previously unknown species from Amazon rainforest between 2010 and…Photo essay: notes from India's Kabini River
Oct 25, 2013, 12:50 pm By Tiffany Roufs
The Nilgiris, also known as the "Blue mountains," in southern India are an extraordinary mountain…'Sustainable' tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group
Oct 24, 2013, 6:33 pm By Rhett Butler
The production and trade in 'sustainable' timber products in Southeast Asia is mostly 'a mirage' due…Armored giant turns out to be vital ecosystem engineer
Oct 24, 2013, 11:25 am By Jeremy Hance
The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is not called a giant for nothing: it weighs as much as a…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)…
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