Rhett Ayers Butler

Rhett Ayers Butler

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Rhett Butler is the founder and CEO of Mongabay.

Rhett founded Mongabay out of his passion for wildlife and wild places.

He has traveled widely in the tropics and enjoys photography, hiking, and scuba-diving.

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Goodbye to West Africa’s Rainforests

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2006

Americans care less about the environment finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jan 2006

Plants face extinction threat due to lack of sex

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2006

California adopts massive solar energy project

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jan 2006

China and India Key to Ecological Future of the World, Says Report

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jan 2006

Climate change is killing frogs finds new research

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jan 2006

Private industry will embrace green energy says Australian govt

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jan 2006

First demonstration of teaching in non-human animals

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jan 2006

Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, disappearing finds new report

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jan 2006

Lemur land, Madagascar now protected

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jan 2006

Climate change caused major disruption to past ocean currents

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jan 2006

Logging may increase the risk of forest fire

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jan 2006

Tropical deforestation rates continue to climb

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2006

Russia’s folly, an opportunity for renewable energy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jan 2006

Malaysia’s deforestation rate increasing rapidly – 86% jump since 1990s

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2005

Male lizard color may result from female preference

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Dec 2005

Chimps split from humans 5-7 million years ago says new study

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2005

Caribbean reefs suffer severe coral bleaching event

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Dec 2005

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increase 2 percent

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

Snails may have worsened Hurricane Katrina’s impact

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

Enthusiasm for tsunami-buffering mangrove projects waning

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

Ancient water supply of Sahara at risk, satellite monitoring helps in water management

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

Australia warns neighbors to stop illegal rainforest logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

Permafrost could melt by 2100, worsening global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

2005 is second warmest year on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Dec 2005

Making wind power less deadly for birds

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2005

Congo’s forests get some relief from World Bank grant

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2005

Is Global Warming Killing Polar Bears? — WSJ

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2005

Activists ditch tear gas neutralizers for suits at trade talks in Hong Kong

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

California plans $3 billion for solar energy projects

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

Sex vs. Intelligence: Bigger balls mean smaller brain

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

Some Amazon rainforest trees are over 1000 years old finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

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In Java, communities help reconnect fragmented forests to help save the endangered Javan gibbon
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Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler
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A cup of coffee with beans and a teaspoon on a stump tabletop. Image by Anja (cocoparisiene) from Pixabay (Pixabay Content License).
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