Articles by Tiffany Roufs

If you try and draw family trees for animals and plants in India, you will discover something that will take your breath away. Relatives do not occur in the same…

A new species of ant has recently been discovered in the Hortarium of the Los Baños University in the Philippines. Scientists named it the pirate ant (Cardiocondyla pirata) due to…

New camera-trap footage from the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge in Armenia, has captured rare footage of a Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus), a subspecies of Brown Bear native to Eurasia.…

Migratory shorebird populations are at great risk from rising sea levels due to global climate change, warns a recent paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. These birds play…

Recent experiments concerning hugely-important fig plants (Ficus) and their relationship with small, short-lived fig wasps suggest dire potential consequences due to human induced climate change, finds a study published in…

The takin (Budorcas taxicolor) is a goat-antelope species that lives in the Himalayan Mountains. Takins are social bovines and are often spotted traveling in packs of 15 or more. Packs…

On April 21, 2013, the first flock of scarlet macaws (of many more to come) was released into the jungles of Aluxes Ecopark, nearby classified World Heritage Site Palenque National…

The Cambodian Government’s Forestry Administration has recently teamed up with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in order to peer into the daily lives of the country’s Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus).…

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), popularly known for their majestic and alluring underwater mating songs and acrobatic breaches, have shown that they can adapt to changing prey variability by passing on…

Scientists have recently taken rare and incredible footage of a giant anteater with a camera trap in the Barba Azul Nature Reserve of Bolivia. This footage captures a giant anteater…

The Whitley Awards is a prestigious international prize awarded annually to individuals working in nature conservation at a grassroots level. They were first awarded in 1994 and over the past…

It is not a well-known fact that India plays home to a population of lions as usually lions are associated with the African savannah and not the scrub forests of…

The internet is certainly the cornerstone of modern technology and a boon for so much innovation. However, along with all its advantages, there are some serious drawbacks and one of…

Rivers in India, especially the Ganga, Yamuna and Brahmaputra all carry a potent spiritual significance. Not only are these water way responsible for sustenance, they are also believed to be…

Drones have been getting a bad rap lately and for good reason. However in the state of Assam, these commonly used weapons of warfare are being used to monitor the…

When you think of flamingos you think of the great flamingo migration, a sea of pink in Tanzania, or maybe even a funny cartoon with these dancing, lanky creatures but…

Recently, the news has been rife with reports of human-wildlife conflict over various parts of India. Most of these reports originate from forest areas surrounding the Western Ghats in the…

India is a hot spot for migratory birds and there are many species that visit the country in various times of the year. Amateur bird-watchers have taken it upon themselves…

Article by Darren Lloyd An agreement signed between Panthera (Worlds’ leading wild cat conservation organization), the Costa Rican government and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has given Jaguar…

Kelompok Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) Indonesia telah menjadi sasaran banyak LSM selama bertahun-tahun karena dugaan dampak negatif terhadap hutan tropis. Hal ini memuncak dalam kampanye spektakuler yang diluncurkan oleh…

Sebuah proporsi yang signifikan dari 3,3 juta USD paviliyun Indonesia pada pembicaraan iklim di Durban didanai oleh perusahaan paper dan kertas, laporan dari Reuters AlertNet. Veby Mega Indah menulis bahwa…

Kedih di Sumatera. Foto oleh: Rhett A. Butler. Dengan warna bulu yang jelas dan ekspresi tenang terkadang nyaris melankolis, kedih (Presbytis thomasi) adalah salah satu primata Asia yang kurang dikenal.…

Mengubur kepala dalam pasir merupakan salah satu pendekatan dalam berurusan dengan keluhan-keluhan lingkungan, tapi menilai dari sukses kampanye-kampanye Greenpeace baru-baru ini, mungkin ini bukan salah satu pendekatan yang sangat efektif…

Brazil akan melancarkan satu resolusi berkenaan sistem kawalan penyahutanan yang berkemampuan untuk mengesan kegiatan pembersihan hutan menerusi keadaan di bawah awan. Menteri Alam Sekitar, Izabella Teixeira, menerusi kenyataannya pada Isnin…

Associated Press melaporkan bahawa saintis telah menemui dua spesis dinosaur di Utah yang sehingga kini belum diketahui spesisnya. Spesis tersebut telah dihuraikan dalam jurnal terbaru PLoS ONE. Kedua-dua spesis tersebut…

Nepenthes rafflesiana, tanaman kendi besar yang biasa ditemukan di hutan rawa Kalimantan. Foto oleh: Rhett A. Butler. AS memaafkan utang sebanyak 28.500 dollar Amerika ke Indonesia untuk upaya pelestarian hutan…

Singa betina mempertahankan wildebeest yang terbunuh di Tanzania. Foto oleh: Rhett A. Butler. Populasi serigala di seluruh dunia telah turun sekitar 99 persen dari jumlah populasi yang pernah ada dalam…