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In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, June 22, 2018

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2018

Coral reef ‘oases’ that thrive amid threats give hope for conservation

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2018

New ‘goblin spiders’ from Sri Lanka named after Enid Blyton characters

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2018

As Colombia expands its palm oil sector, scientists worry about wildlife

Taran Volckhausen 21 Jun 2018

New study provides blueprint to translate satellite data into conservation action

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Jun 2018

US/China trade war could boost Brazil soy export, Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 21 Jun 2018

Orangutan forest school in Indonesia takes on its first eight students

Jim Tan 21 Jun 2018

Amber deposits yield oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2018

Commercial values are a key driver of Zero Deforestation policies (commentary)

Róisín Mortimer 20 Jun 2018

Puan, the world’s oldest Sumatran orangutan, dies at 62

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jun 2018
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar: Yet another anti-trafficking activist convicted

Edward Carver 19 Jun 2018

2018 Arctic sea ice melt season just got a big headstart

Gloria Dickie 19 Jun 2018

Animals are becoming night owls to avoid humans

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2018

One tortoise at a time: Q&A with zoo veterinarian Justin Rosenberg

John Cannon 19 Jun 2018

Oil palm plantations in Amazonia inhospitable to tropical forest biodiversity: Study

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2018
Ebony langur (Trachypithecus auratus). Image by Rhett Butler.

‘Not all doom and gloom’: Q&A with conservation job market researchers

Jeremy Hance 18 Jun 2018

In Peru, coca puts one of the world’s best coffee crops at risk

Vanessa Romo 18 Jun 2018

Latam Eco Review: Paddington Bear Captured on Camera in Peru

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Footage of elusive Negros bleeding-heart dove captured in the wild

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Scientists find new snail-eating snakes, auction naming rights to save them

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Jun 2018

Species recognition shifts into auto with neural networks

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 15 Jun 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, June 15, 2018

Mongabay.com 15 Jun 2018

Primate-rich countries are becoming less hospitable places for monkeys, apes and lemurs

John Cannon 15 Jun 2018

Facebook video shows orangutan defending forest against bulldozer

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Jun 2018
Rangers in neighboring Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Photo for Mongabay.com by Rhett A. Butler.

DRC’s Virunga National Park closes until 2019 due to violence

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2018

There’s now an app for mapping seagrass, the oceans’ great carbon sink

Basten Gokkon 14 Jun 2018

The diversity of biodiversity: Connecting shrews, ants and slime molds with carbon storage

Joshua Parfitt 14 Jun 2018

Renowned wildlife conservationist Russell Mittermeier awarded 2018 Indianapolis Prize

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jun 2018

Shark fisheries hunting dolphins, other marine mammals as bait: Study

Basten Gokkon 13 Jun 2018

Hunting, fishing causing dramatic decline in Amazon river dolphins

Claire Asher 13 Jun 2018

Mongabay discusses technology’s role in conservation at Seattle event [VIDEO]

Erik Hoffner 13 Jun 2018

Climate change could be killing Africa’s giant baobabs

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2018

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