Leaf chameleon (Brookesia species) in the hand of a forest guide on Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar.. Photo by Rhett A. Butler This is a full grown chameleon. Brookesia are among the…
The ‘logjam’ on the Rajang river, Sarawak, October 2010. The 50km-long logjam occurred downriver from an area logged by WTK group, an HSBC client. HSBC has earned tens of millions…
Palm oil imports to China, India, and the European Union (25 countries), 2000-2010 China and India, the world's largest palm oil buyers, should reduce or eliminate an import tariff on…
Click image to enlarge Scientists have created an evolutionary maps for all the world's nearly 10,000 bird species. The 'tree of life' is published in the current issue of the…
Jon Forrest Dohlin, director of the WCS New York Aquarium, surveying a sea lion exhibit while walking through flood waters. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher of WCS The Wildlife Conservation…
Hurricane Sandy. Courtesy of NOAA New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term, citing the importance of addressing climate change in the aftermath…
A captive Kihansi spray toad at the WCS Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In 1996 scientists discovered a new species of dwarf toad: the Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides…
A captive fossa near Andasibe, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler The fossa is Madagascar's largest carnivore. While it looks like a cross between a puma and a dog, the…
Children stand in sweet potato fields in Indonesian New Guinea. A new report finds that poor and small-holding farmers are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Photo by:…
This post is an expanded version of an article that appeared in August on Yale e360: Easing The Collateral Damage Fisheries Inflict on Seabirds.