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Corruption guided award of huge Amazon dam contracts in Brazil

Sue Branford 13 Jan 2016

Scientists sound alarm over hydropower’s impacts on tropical fish biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2016

Another challenge to the Nicaragua Canal: indigenous community refuses to turn over their territories

Ruxandra Guidi 12 Jan 2016

Scientists try hair traps to track tropical carnivores

Chaney Giordano 12 Jan 2016

Indonesia seeks re-do on court decision absolving company for haze-causing fire

Indra Nugraha 12 Jan 2016

Why should I care about endangered species?

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

Groups plan to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

Gold mining revs up, eats away more Peruvian rainforest

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 12 Jan 2016

Palm oil expands in Aceh

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Jan 2016

New study identifies acoustic sanctuaries for marine mammals

Mike DiGirolamo 12 Jan 2016
Photo released by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game showing a mountain lion with an unusual deformity-fully-formed teeth and what appears to be small whiskers were growing out of hard fur-covered tissue on the left side of the animal's forehead.

“Two-faced” cougar raises questions

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2016

The week in environmental news – Jan 08, 2016

Brittany Stewart 8 Jan 2016

California declares state of emergency after methane gas leak forces thousands from their homes

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jan 2016

New military base planned for Peru’s Madre de Dios region in an effort to fight illegal mining

8 Jan 2016

South African ban on domestic rhino horn sales in limbo after court overturns it

Mic Smith 8 Jan 2016

Talking to kids about extinction — with hope

Rick Schwartz 8 Jan 2016
Burning peat forest and oil palm in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia loses flagship case against company accused of burning

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2016

Illegal gold mining spreads to protected Peruvian reserve

Apoorva Joshi 7 Jan 2016

New species of venomous snake discovered in endangered Mexican cloud forests

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jan 2016

Tags that protect, as well as track, endangered carnivores

Katie Taylor, Max Ciaglo, Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 7 Jan 2016

Peru to protect world’s largest-known population of giant Manta Rays

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jan 2016

Will Uganda be able to fulfill its pledge to protect its forests?

Arnest Tumwesige 6 Jan 2016

Marine protected areas are helping the Mesoamerican Reef recover

Mike Gaworecki 6 Jan 2016

60 new species of dragonflies discovered in Africa

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2016

Could synthetic rhino horns help save the rhino?

Hina Alam 5 Jan 2016

Colombia’s palm oil boom marred by bloody past and violent present

Greg Norman 5 Jan 2016

Jokowi’s plan to free captive birds earns unexpected backlash

Mongabay.com 5 Jan 2016

Facebook posts lead to arrest of two suspected tortoise thieves

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016

Tasmanian Devils hit by a second contagious cancer

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jan 2016

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