Lionness with kill in Tanzania. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The Serengeti ecosystem got a major reprieve last week when the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled against a…
Five years after landmark agreement in Sabah, government shows signs of moving forward on wildlife corridors The Kinabatangan River winds through rainforest and palm oil plantations in the Malaysian state…
Sumatran tiger in an Indonesian village. Conflicts between tigers and humans will continue to increase unless the destruction and loss of Sumatra's forests is halted, warns Dr. Erni Suyanti Musabine,…
Oil palm plantations cannot sustain orangutan populations in the long-term One of humans’ closest relatives, the charismatic orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), has been listed as Endangered by the IUCN since 1986…
Study finds chimps at high risk for epidemics The year was 1854, and cholera outbreaks had rendered London terrified and British anesthesiologist Dr. John Snow fascinated. In what is thought…
Specimen represents entirely new genus Researchers have discovered a new carnivorous water rat on the island of Sulawesi that's so unique it represents an entirely new genus. They believe many…
Two Chinese fishermen got the catch of their lives...on mobile phone this week. While fishing in the Ussuri River, which acts as a border between Russia and China, the fishermen…
A U.S. State Department conference on the oceans raised an impressive $800 million for marine conservation this week. The conference was also notable for the announcement by President Obama of…
Aerial photo of uncontacted tribe in Brazil. Photo courtesy of the Government of Brazil. In 2008, images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil created ripples. With…
Elephants in Namibia. Photos by Rhett Butler Musician Billy Joel has weighed in on the ivory bill making its way through the New York State legislature. On Thursday, the legendary…
Fly immune system genes may have applications for virus research Entomologists working in Peru have revealed new and unprecedented layers of diversity amongst wasps and flies. The paper, published in…
President Obama announced yesterday he intends to drastically expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument making what will likely be the largest marine protected area (MPA) on the planet.…
An hirola in Tsavo East National Park. Photo by: James Probert. In 2008 and 2009, severe droughts killed numerous elephants, hippos and rhinos in Kenya's Tsavo East National Park. But…
APRIL to continue clearing carbon-dense forests it says lack high conservation value. An excavator piles natural forest logs at a log pond inside a PT. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper…
Tropical peacock bass. The new study looked at fish in the boreal forest but the results may apply to the tropics as well. Loss of forest cover can dramatically affect…
Actor Ian Somerhalder in a public service announcement for #WhatsInYourPaper. An alliance of more than 120 environmental and human rights organizations today announced a global push to transform the paper…
Highway development may isolate bird populations in Brazil, Peru When a massive road project connected the ports of Brazil to the shipping docks of Peru in 2011, spanning the South…
A camera trap program in Ecuador's embattled Yasuni National Program has struck gold, taking what researchers believe is the first ever film of a wild nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum). In…
Virunga, SOCO and Great Apes – which will win out? - Part 1 Recent headlines have touted an agreement between SOCO International, a British oil company, and WWF, as bringing…
Report estimates more than 20,000 elephants poached in Africa in 2013 In the first week of June, a huge elephant carcass was found in a swamp in Tsavo East National…
The famous ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is now listed as Endangered, one of 90 lemur species currently considered threatened with extinction. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Experts have added 817…
Rising theft may improve traceability in Malaysia's palm oil industry, reports The Borneo Post. Over the past two years there have been more than 600 reported thefts of palm fresh…
After being implicated in a Greenpeace report on illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest, UK building supplier Jewson has pulled controversial wood from its shelves until it can conduct a…
New snake species: the Zoos Victoria wolf snake or Lycodon zoosvictoriae. Photo by Neang Thy/FFI. A new species of wolf snake has been discovered in the forests of the Cardamom…
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES BELOW. Poached elephant skull shows bullet hole from above, likely from a helicopter. The elephant's face was cut off by a chainsaw to remove the tusks. In…
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton on stage at the WCS event at the Central Park Zoo June 12, 2014. Photo © Julie Larsen Maher / WCS. Former secretary of state Hillary…
Global carbon emissions from human activities. Eliminating deforestation, peatlands and forest degradation, and forest fires in the tropics could reduce global carbon emissions by two billion tons a year, or…
Research indicates that areas with more forest cover tend to have superior food security compared to areas with less. In addition, the loss of forest cover to deforestation has long-term…
National Geographic photos show an illegal road within Ecuador's Yasuni National Park. Photo © Karla Gachet. Click to enlarge. Decades of oil extraction in the Western Amazon has caused widespread…
Baby elephant in South Africa. The New York State Assembly has passed a bill that would ban the purchase and sale of elephant ivory and rhino horn, reports the Wildlife…