Most popular mongabay.com news articles - February 2009

  1. Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation [6142]
  2. Massive freshwater stingray takes 13 men to pull it ashore in Thailand [5656]
  3. Google Earth used to find new species [4553]
  4. World's largest snake discovered: prehistoric serpent was twice the size of an anaconda [3195]
  5. How to save the Amazon rainforest [3126]
  6. Future threats to the Amazon rainforest [2971]
  7. Why is oil palm replacing tropical rainforests [2589]
  8. New model uses carbon credits, sustainable palm oil to save Indonesia's rainforests [2463]
  9. Alleged chupacabra likely a "Xolo" dog; story a hoax [1826]
  10. Mass media "screwing up‚" global warming reporting says renowned climatologist [1779]
  11. Gravitational effects may boost sea level rise by 25% along U.S. coast [1681]
  12. Monstrous prehistoric snake provides glimpse of warmer tropical forests [1472]
  13. Amazon rainforest in big trouble, says UN [1364]
  14. Dubai's artificial islands have high environmental cost [1363]
  15. Google Earth now allows ocean exploration, tracking of sharks [1341]
  16. Kerry, Lugar: U.S. has opportunity to lead on climate, forest conservation [1316]
  17. Beef consumption fuels rainforest destruction [1263]
  18. Visiting the rainforest - a practical guide [1230]
  19. Coral reefs decimated by 2050, Great Barrier Reef's coral 95% dead [1175]
  20. Tourism in Madagascar; Visiting the World's Most Unusual Island [1170]
  21. Seeking out the world's rarest and most endangered birds [1134]
  22. YouTube videos may be imperiling cuddly primate [1118]
  23. American fast food is almost entirely made of corn [1099]
  24. What does slowing economy mean for rainforest conservation? [1052]
  25. Clinton, Obama botch opportunity on climate, forest conservation [972]
  26. Biomimetics, technology that mimics nature [941]
  27. New global temperature record expected in the next 1-2 years [818]
  28. 97% of climatologists say global warming is occurring and caused by humans [768]
  29. Greenpeace accuses McDonald's of destroying the Amazon rainforest [758]
  30. Nickle mine in Madagascar may threaten lemurs, undermine conservation efforts [755]
  31. World's only pure blue lizard at risk of extinction [732]
  32. Camera trap photos reveal bushmeat hunting threat to jaguars in Ecuador [690]
  33. Complete map of world forests to help REDD carbon trading initiative [687]
  34. Wind energy jobs now exceed coal mining jobs [678]
  35. Rainforests absorb 20% of emissions annually [670]
  36. Burning rainforests, melting tundra could accelerate global warming well beyond current projections [668]
  37. Reducing tropical deforestation will help fight global warming [648]
  38. Heart of Borneo conservation initiative at risk from Indonesian development plan [647]
  39. Cane toads increasingly a problem in Australia [642]
  40. Scientists find fish that literally lives in trees [630]
  41. Boy Scouts of America have logged 34,000 acres of forest in 20 years [619]
  42. Amazon scientists awarded 'Nobel Prize' of conservation [618]
  43. How to Save Snow Leopards [601]
  44. Norway to pay Guyana to save its rainforests [599]
  45. Fishermen - not whales as claimed by Japan - are the cause of fisheries depletion [591]
  46. Japanese paper firms contribute to destruction of old-growth forests in Tasmania [591]
  47. Ecstasy threatens rainforests in Cambodia [589]
  48. Payments for eco services could save the Amazon [588]
  49. Global warming may drive the Amazon rainforest toward seasonal forests rather than savanna [580]
  50. Photos: Rarest cheetah photographed for the first time [570]
  51. Amazon indian tribe accused of killing and eating farmer [569]
  52. 24% of Papua New Guinea's rainforest destroyed or degraded by logging in 30 years [569]
  53. Malaysian government says forest reserve 'plundered' for oil palm development [559]
  54. What is the greatest threat to rainforests: habitat destruction or climate change? [543]
  55. Biologists warn of rainforest mining threat from Alcoa, Newmont in Suriname [538]
  56. U.S. biofuels policy drives deforestation in Indonesia, the Amazon [521]
  57. Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products [515]
  58. Africa's lion population is falling [510]
  59. Tropical forest tree is source of new mosquito repellent as effective as DEET [507]
  60. Ecosystems in the Philippines bounce back from the brink [501]
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