For a long time, birders called it the plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima). But in 2009, researchers observed that there seemed to be two different kinds of “plain-backed thrushes”. On listening…
In May 2012, customs authorities at the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka seized a shipment of 359 African elephant tusks. The ivory shipment, weighing around 1.5 tons, was being…
On January 11, a 63 year-old illegal wildlife trader, George Bush of London, U.K., was sentenced to 14 months in prison (suspended for two years) for offering to sell body…
In December 2015, China announced a three-year ban on new coal mine approvals, starting 2016. China -- the world’s biggest coal producer and consumer -- is also planning on a number…
Official estimates substantially underestimate global fisheries catch, according to a new study published this week in Nature Communications. Researchers have found that between 1950 and 2010, the “true” global fisheries…
If you think your home is free of bugs, think again. A new study has found that arthropods -- a group of animals that have an external skeleton and jointed…
Over the last few decades, protected areas in tropical forests have expanded rapidly, both in number and extent. But do protected areas actually reduce deforestation? According to a recent study…