Choco rainforest in Colombia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Norway and Colombia are in talks to establish a partnership to protect the South American country's rainforests. According to a joint…
The Panamanian golden toad is classified as "Extinct in the Wild" on the IUCN Red List. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Humans are wiping species off the plant at a…
Giraffe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Families across the United States are today celebrating Father's Day. But this Sunday is extra special because it is also World Giraffe Day. World…
by 19 June 2015
Cuscus being sold as meat in the Wamena market in Indonesian New Guinea. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Dr. Richard Corlett is the current Director of the Center for Integrative…
Ivory crush in New York Times Square. Photo Credit: Kelsey Williams/FWS Public awareness of the global elephant ivory poaching crisis got a high profile boost today with the crush of…
Rainforest in Borneo. In a letter being widely heralded by environmentalists, yesterday Pope Francis called on world leaders to address threats to the planet, including climate change and species extinction.…
Orangutan in Borneo. A number of conservation groups have partnered up to deliver a full day of rainforest wildlife viewing via social media. Rainforest: Live 2015 involves 17 NGOs that…
Global Forest Watch image showing the region in West Papua where the clearing took place Agribusiness giants Cargill and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) are pledging to investigate a palm oil supplier…
Imazon SAD's system serves as a short-term deforestation alert mechanism. Analysis of satellite data suggests deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon may have reached a seven-year high. Numbers released today by…
With new GPS technology, researchers can pinpoint the location of their subject to within a few meters, at any given time, and learn when an animal's movements are out of the ordinary.
Gold mining at Huepetuhe in Madre de Dios, Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Illegal miners have invaded an indigenous reserve in the Peruvian Amazon, reveals new analysis of satellite…
Oil palm and rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered food manufacturers to stop using trans fats within three years, potentially paving the way…
GoSol.org's work in Mexico Modern environmental crises of global resources often threaten both human health as well as biodiversity. Many of these concerns have consistently escaped remediation by public health…
Bolivia has opened millions of hectares of protected areas to oil and gas extraction, reports The Guardian. The law, passed last month, grants exploration rights in at least 11 of…
Google Earth image showing the Surui tribe's territory (right) and unprotected areas (left) in the Brazilian state of Rondonia. Strictly protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are associated with lower…
Orangutan orphaned after its mother was killed in an oil palm plantation in Sumatra. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Shoppers may be willing to pay a 15 to 56 percent…
Imazon map showing deforestation in Amazonian conservation units. Ten percent of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2012 and July 2014 occurred in protected areas, reports new research from…
Forest set alight to clear land for oil palm in Riau's peatlands June 3, 2015. Photos by Rhett Butler. With global sea levels going up at a rate of about…
In this commentary, Fred Bercovitch, wildlife conservation biologist at Kyoto University, confronts the conservation community with an unconventional approach to stopping the ivory trade and illegal elephant killing. The views…
Forest cleared for an oil palm plantation in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Major global brands and a network of activist investors have joined together to call on…
Rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. The world's tropical rainforests are likely home to 40,000 to 53,000 tree species, argues a paper published this week in…
Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum sea slug. PHOTOGRAPH: ROBERT BOLLAND. A group of taxonomists has released their annual list of the top 10 'new' species. The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), based…
Logged over forest and oil palm in Sabah. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Sabah, a state in Malaysian Borneo, is weighing a proposal to produce only palm oil certified under…
Elephant in South Africa. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. The Chinese government announced today that it will "eventually" shut down its legal domestic ivory market. The move, which surprised conservationists,…
River in the Peruvian Amazon. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has defended a plan to build a railway across the South American continent as a way to protect the environment and…
Acacia plantation in Riau. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Greenpeace is re-engaging with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) after the Indonesian forestry giant quickly responded to the killing of a…
Panther chameleon in Maroantsetra, Madagascar. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. The panther chameleon, a lizard prized in the pet trade for its remarkable color changing abilities, may actually represent 11…
Tigers are endangered by demand for their bones and pelts. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. In a recent stand to help reduce hunting of endangered wildlife, first South African Airlines…
by 20 May 2015
VICE correspondent Ben Anderson with conservationist Mike Griffiths walking in a hazy Indonesian village. Credit: Jackson Fager/HBO For the sixth episode of its third season, HBO’s Emmy-winning news series, VICE,…
Roger Federer has responded to two Indonesian activists