Rhett Butler

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Founder of Mongabay.

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Study doubles the number of endangered Sumatran orangutans believed to exist

Loren Bell 4 Mar 2016

World Wildlife Day 2016: Why Wildlife Needs YOU

Paul Rosolie 3 Mar 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Feb 2016

Fires burned 26% of forestry giant’s South Sumatra plantations in 2015

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Feb 2016

Primate-Watching: In the Year of the Monkey, let’s build a Conservation Movement

Russell A. Mittermeier 3 Feb 2016

Madagascar scientists unsure how best to guard frogs from fungus

Elizabeth Devitt 30 Jan 2016

The Paris climate talks ended in elation — now the real work begins, say Faith leaders

Justin Catanoso 25 Jan 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio puts millions toward nature conservation

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2016

Tropical Conservation Science – September 2015

Mongabay.com 28 Sep 2015

Parker/Gentry Award for Conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2014

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31 Jul 2012
Google Earth image showing deforestation frontier in the Brazilian Amazon.

Could palm oil help save the Amazon? (2011)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jun 2011
Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Is Amazon conservation worth more than clearing for cattle or soy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Oct 2007
African elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Photo credit: Gregoire Dubois

The interview title

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 May 2007
A critically endangered baiji dolphin. Image by Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Wikimedia Commons.

A farewell to the Yangtze’s ghost, the Baiji

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2006
Satellite image of the Rio Negro in September 2020. Courtesy of Zoom.Earth.

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Yo Yaj at Songkhla Lake, Thailand
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Climate Wayfinding with a design background. Image by Amerpsand. Courtesy of Katharine Wilkinson.
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