The most important environmental and wildlife stories from the last year Also see our Top 10 HAPPY Environmental Stories of 2014 1. The Year of Zero Deforestation Pledges: In 2014,…
Brazil’s greenhouse-gas emissions dropped 39 percent between 2005 and 2010, largely due to a reduction in deforestation, reports an inventory released yesterday by the Brazilian government. More than three-quarters of…
The "Chewbacca" bat, a cave-dwelling frog, bombardier beetles that unleash explosive farts as a defense mechanism, and a diminutive elephant shrew were among hundreds of species documented during a one-month…
A hundred years ago, nature-oriented travel to places like tropical Africa and Asia was often associated with big game hunting. Today cameras have mostly replaced guns as nature-lovers travel to…
Bamboo forest in Haleakala National Park Maui, Hawaii. More Maui photos.
Sunrise on the Hana coast of Maui. More Maui photos.
Borugo in Colombia. The Borugo or Mountain Paca is a large seed-eating rodent found in the montane forests of South America. It is commonly hunted for its meat. More photos…
Oil palm plantation Palm oil giant PT SMART appears to be honoring its commitment to avoid conversion of high carbon forests in Indonesian Borneo, reports a new assessment published by…
Where the Andes meets the Amazon. Photo taken August 2011 by Rhett Butler The zone where the Amazon rainforest meets the Andes mountains is the most biodiverse place on Earth.…
As the price of gold rises, the ecological cost mounts Illegal gold mine established in 2009 in the department of Madre de Dios. This mine encroaches on Tambopata Reserve. All…
Eupholus schoenherri weevil near Manokwari in West Papua. Photo by Rhett Butler (2010). New Guinea is home to some of the world's most unusually colored weevil species. This particular species,…
Between 1990 and 2007 global forests absorbed nearly one-sixth of all carbon released by fossil fuel emissions, reports a new study published in Science. The results suggest forests play an…
Perspectives on proposed changes to Brazil's Forest Code Katia Abreu: Brazilian senator and head of agroindustrial lobby says Forest Code reform necessary to grow farm sector Roberto Smeraldi: Brazilian environmentalist…
Poll takes temperature on Brazilian's support for a bill that environmentalists say would weaken the Forest Code, which stipulates protection for forest areas on private lands in the Amazon. It…
Above ground biomass map of Indonesia from Saatchi at al (2011). Pada bulan Mei 2011, Presiden Republik Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menerbitkan Instruksi Presiden mengenai moratorium selama dua tahun, menunda…
Boophis bottae. The new frog species, Boophis bottae, occurs in the eastern rainforest belt of Madagascar from Andasibe south to Ranomafana, at 800-1,000m above sea level. This endemic species is…
Week in Forests, Oct 22, 2010 Biodiversity conference opens Delegates representing 192 nations gathered in Nagoya, Japan for the meeting of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity. The CBD aims…
Menghadapi wabah kebakaran hutan terburuk dalam tiga tahun, para pemilik peternakan dan suku pribumi di Amazon selatan telah bekerja sama untuk memadamkan hampir dua lusin kobaran api selama tiga bulan…
A new species of miniature frog was discovered in Borneo. Microhyla nepenthicola, shown here on the tip of a pencil, is about the size of a pea. All images ©…
Frog near Manokwari in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler in August 2010.
Katydid nymph in West Papua, on the island of New Guinea. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, August 2010. This red, magenta, orange, and yellow katydid nymph was seen in the…
Blue-eyed butterfly (species unknown) in North Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2009.
Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
Cave snake catching and eating a bat in flight. Photo by Rhett A Butler, 2006. Taman Negara, Malaysia.
Coquerel's sifakas grooming in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2010. Madagascar is in the midst of an appalling logging crisis driven by greed and politics. Here's a proposal for…
Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2008 Britain will contribute £50m ($80m) towards efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia, including a project…
Defensive ostrich in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2007
La falta de estructura y de reglas claras para el mecanismo propuesto de mitigación del cambio climático conocido como Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación Forestal (REDD) podría poner…
Πιο ψηλά από το κατώτερο στρώμα του εδάφους των δασών, στο απομονωμένο Κολομβιανό νησί Gorgona ζει μια σαύρα με αστραφτερό μπλε δέρμα, που ανταγωνίζεται το μπλε του ουρανού. Η Anolis…
Polers propelling makoros in the Okavango. Photo by Tiffany Roufs. Last summer mongabay writer Jeremy Hance visited the Okavango Delta in Botswana ("Camping in the Okavango Delta in Botswana") with…