An agouti in Panama. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. In order to disperse their seeds, large-fruited tropical trees probably relied on massive mammals that roamed the earth over 10,000 years…
Oil palm plantation in Malaysia. Photo by Rhett Butler. Colombia is targeting a six-fold increase in crude palm-oil production by 2020. Conservationists fear this may compromise the nation’s natural ecosystems,…
Grassland in Kenya As the world warms, scientists are working rapidly to understand how ecosystems will change, including which species will benefit and which will falter. A new study in…
