A change in prey abundance due to climate change could impact the lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii). Photo by: Christoph F. Robiller. Global climate change could devastate bat populations around…

The body of a bird killed in a window strike. Birds mistake the reflective glass as a clear flight path, flying into the window at full speed. Photo by: Paige…

“Kansas Kids,” in Lakin, Kansas, three children prepare to leave for school wearing goggles and homemade dust masks to protect them from the dust in 1935. Courtesy of Joyce Unruh;…

Crows may be imagining more than we imagined. New research suggests certain crows make decisions based on factors they can’t see. A recent study published in the Proceedings of the…

Various reconstructions of Lucihormetica luckae. Images courtesy of Vršanský et al. While new species are discovered every day, Peter Vršanský and company's discovery of a light-producing cockroach, Lucihormetica luckae, in…

Hurricane Sandy storm surge on the New Jersey shore. Photo by: Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/U.S. Air Force/New Jersey National Guard. At a news conference today, a question by New…

Many top predators worldwide remain hated and feared. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. The hugely controversial wolf hunt in the U.S. has spread from the western U.S. (Montana,…

A book review of: William F. Hyde's The Global Economics of Forestry Jungle in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Environmental economics is similar to other expanding fields, it…

Mountain gorilla family in Virunga National Park. Photo by: Martin Harvey/WWF. A mountain gorilla census in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has a population that continues to rise, hitting 400…

Made up of ten islands off the coast of northern Mozambique, this coastal marine reserve in the Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago will cover more than 4020 square miles. Photo by:…

Future hanging in balance? Borneo orang-utan. Photo by Rhett Butler. Borneo will likely lose half of its orangutans if current deforestation and forest conversion trends continue, warns a comprehensive new…

In a dramatic reversal, the United States is set to become the world's largest producer of oil by 2017, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).…

Bakun dam during construction. Photo by: Mohamad Shoox. A top minister in the Malaysian state of Sarawak has told activists campaigning for cleaner energy to 'stop breathing', reports The Borneo…

Madagascar's greater bamboo lemur has been removed from the list of the world's 25 most endangered primates after conservationists discovered previously unknown populations of the rare creature, according to the…

Borneo rainforest. Photo by Rhett Butler. Norway's $650 billion sovereign wealth fund will ask companies in which it invests to disclose their impacts on tropical forests, as part of its…

A-month-old reticualted male giraffe born at Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Whipsnade Zoo's. Photo courtesy of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. Reticulated giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), one of nine subspecies, are found…

Hurricane Sandy on October 25th in the Caribbean. Photo by: NASA. Although Haiti avoided a direct hit by Hurricane Sandy, the tropical storm caused severe flooding across the southern part…

Camera trap catches intruders in Lazovsky Nature Reserve. Photo courtesy of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Remote camera traps, which take photos or video when a sensor is triggered,…

Anamalai Hills viewed from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by: Matthieu Aubry. Policymakers seeking to conserve forests in southern India should focus on those receiving the highest levels of rainfall, according…

Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Glowing fungi are found in tropical forests around the world. They are common enough that their bioluminescence has a term: foxfire.…

Lesser flamingoes in Kenya. One third of the world's lesser flamingoes nest in Tanzania's Lake Natron. Photo by: Steve Garvie. In a choice between flamingoes and a soda ash plant,…

Raw logs cut with artisanal permits at Kinkole port near Kinshasa. Photo courtesy of Global Witness. In 2002 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced a moratorium on commercial logging…

An interview with Hanniki Pieterse Western leopard toad signs that were put up this year. Photo courtesy of: Hanniki Pieterse. August marks the last month of winter in South Africa,…

Protestor against Keystone XL Pipeline escorted away after arrest in 2010. Photo by: Josh Lopez/Tar Sands Action. Hours after President Obama's historic re-election, climate group 350.org announced a massive rally…

Kenyir Wildlife Corridor in northeast Malaysia is teeming with wildlife: elephants, gibbons, tigers, tapirs, and even black panthers (melanistic leopards) have been recorded in the 60 kilometer (37 mile) stretch…

Coral surveying in a cloud of fish. Photo by: Joshua Feingold. The Galapagos Islands have been famous for a century and a half, but even Charles Darwin thought the archipelago’s…

The Mekong River in Thailand. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Laos has given approval to the hugely-controversial $3.5 billion Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River, reports the BBC. The massive…

Motorbikes carrying coffee bags out of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. Photo courtesy of Patrice Levang. Sumatra's Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park—home to the Critically Endangered Sumatran rhinos, tigers, and…

Crowned lemur at a camp site in Ankarana National Park, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

GloF-DAS Q3 2012 signals from northwestern South America. Click image to enlarge. NASA satellites picked up signals of potential deforestation across extensive parts of Latin America, West and Central Africa,…