Massive offshore wind turbine arrays would reduce hurricane wind speeds and storm surge, reports a study published this week in Nature Climate Change. And while the size (tens of thousands…

Since the first of the year, South Africa has lost 146 rhinos to poachers or approximately 2.5 rhinos every day. This is a slight dip from last year's poaching rate,…

Wildlife officials suspect foul play in the deaths of seven Sumatran elephants on the outskirts of Tesso Nilo National Park. Officials stumbled on the corpses of one female elephant, five…

The seabed is really where it’s at in terms of animal diversity. Of the 35 known animal lineages, representatives of all but two are found here. In contrast, the huge…

Thousands of Carnival revelers in Trinidad wouldn't think of missing the chance to go to Maracas Beach, the most famous strip of sand on the small Caribbean island off the…

Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Mitch Aide Urban areas encroaching on agricultural lands in China. Photo courtesy of Mitch Aide. Will it be possible safeguard the world's…

Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has been accused of violating Sarawak's constitution by engaging in commercial activities while serving as the state's top official over the past thirty plus years,…

Worldwide, this January was the fourth warmest since record-keeping began, according to new data released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While parts of the world, most notably eastern…

Birds of the Serengeti: And Ngorongoro Conservation Area by Adam Scott Kennedy may be the best birding book available covering the general safari region for northwestern Tanzania and southern Kenya.…

Clearing and burning for oil palm plantation establishment in Malaysia Methane leaks from palm oil wastewater significantly increases the climate impact of palm oil production beyond emissions from land clearance,…

Small fragments of plastic waste are damaging the health of lugworms, putting a key cog in marine ecosystems at risk. Published in Current Biology, a new study by scientists at…

A solitary rainforest tree remains standing in a recently planted palm oil plantation on former orang-utan habitat inside the PT Karya Makmur Abadi Estate II palm oil concession. PT KMA…

Illegal logging has spiked over the past five years in Mozambique, finds a new report by researchers at the University of Eduardo Mondlane. The report, published on the U.N. Food…

Palau's Rock Islands. Courtesy of Google Earth. Scientists have discovered a small island bay in the Pacific which could serve as a peephole into the future of the ocean. Palau's…

With more than 140 cities implementing water rationing, analysts warning of collapsing soy and coffee exports, and reservoirs and rivers running precipitously low, talk about the World Cup in some…

Slow loris expert: Lady Gaga may have put herself in danger by handling venomous, endangered primate Lady Gaga photo from @ladygaga. Loris photo courtesy of Little Fireface Last week, the…

In May 2011, a young male Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) made its way to a village in the state of Karnataka in India. The tiger had been quite a…

Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) in Sabah, Malaysia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler Four species of langurs monkeys that are endemic to Borneo lost more than a tenth of their habitat…

Economists find that protected areas reduce poverty in Costa Rica A new study has quantified a point long advocated by advocates of setting aside protected areas: ecotourism pays. The research,…

Land use in Sarawak A new online platform released by the Bruno Manser Fund reveals large-scale destruction of Sarawak's rainforests, peatlands, and traditional lands. Drawing from a variety of sources,…

An assessment of ocean acidification, presented at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw in November 2013, starkly concluded that acidity is on track to rise 170 percent by the…

Scientists have identified two new wasp species, years after the specimens were first collected from the wild. The two new species, Abernessia prima and Abernessia capixaba, belong to the rare…

The vibrant tropics: new research sheds light on why biodiversity is greater in the tropics Descending the latitudinal ladder to the tropics, you would likely notice a few things: increasingly…

Photos by Rhett A. Butler. It is obvious that at the moment Indonesia neither has the political commitment nor ability to safeguard its dwindling populations of orangutans. Despite its Presidentially…

The humid tropical forests of northwestern South America boast over 140 different palm species (Arecaceae), yet the people who dwell underneath these green canopies and the knowledge they posses remain…

Mongabay.org announces new $20,000 environmental reporting grant: Amazonian protected areas: benefits for people With six Special Reporting Initiatives (SRI) already under way, Mongabay.org is excited to announce a call for…

Photo by Rachel Graham. In a move signaling their commitment to CITES agreements on international trade of plants and animals, the Indonesian government declared two species of manta ray "protected"…

Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Jaboury Ghazoul Tropical rainforest in Sumatra. Jaboury Ghazoul uses his expertise in plant ecology to address societal issues ranging from climate change…

Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), listed as Vulnerable, in a heated chase. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Due to the wonderful idiosyncrasies of evolution, there is one country on Earth that…