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Atauro island has highest average reef fish diversity in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Aug 2016

Five tools are better than one: determining deforestation drivers from above

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Aug 2016

Sarawak establishes 2.2M acres of protected areas, may add 1.1M more

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016

New species of extinct dolphin discovered in museum collection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Aug 2016

Timber from Peru 90 percent illegal, finds report issued by U.S. gov’t

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Aug 2016
Drainage canal dug through peat swamp in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Indonesia’s peat restoration chief calls for protection of all peat domes

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 18 Aug 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016

China jails 7 people, including airport employee, for smuggling rare tortoises

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Aug 2016

Researchers say addressing the second D in REDD can benefit the climate while ensuring timber harvests

Mike Gaworecki 17 Aug 2016

Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink

Diane Toomey 17 Aug 2016

In search of a lost species: the Santa Marta Toro

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Aug 2016

‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats

Sibi Arasu 16 Aug 2016
Rainstorm approaching across the Mara savanna (East Africa). Photo by Rhett Butler.

Savannas and grasslands are more biodiverse than you might think — and we’re not doing enough to conserve them

Mike Gaworecki 16 Aug 2016

Climate change pledges not nearly enough to save tropical ecosystems

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2016

REDD+ funds are being put to work in the right places: report

Mike Gaworecki 16 Aug 2016

New orange-black snake discovered in Mexico

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

400-year-old Greenland shark might be oldest vertebrate on Earth

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

Field Notes: Saving America’s last wild meat-eating Venus flytraps

Elizabeth Devitt 15 Aug 2016
A family of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo. The mother was rescued from a palm oil development and re-released as a juvenile here, but unable to survive in the wild because she lacked the careful upbringing required to find food throughout the year. Photo by Matthew Luskin / NGS.

10 orangutans released into the wild in Borneo

Indra Nugraha 15 Aug 2016
Kelp and sardines in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in California. Photo courtesy of NOAA's National Ocean Service

Could kelp forests keep ocean acidification at bay?

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2016

Why is Brazil regressing in its fight against deforestation?

Paulo Barreto 12 Aug 2016

Can camera traps help stop wildlife crime?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Aug 2016

Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Aug 2016

Mountain streams in the U.S. show surprising resilience to climate change

Meghan Gilbert 12 Aug 2016

Promised US$1 billion in Belo Monte dam compensation largely unpaid?

Carolina Torres 12 Aug 2016

Solving Global Grand Challenges, One MOOC at a Time

Taylor Robb-McCord 12 Aug 2016

Does prohibiting local access to nature hurt African wildlife conservation?

Michael Schwartz 11 Aug 2016

Indonesia mulls revision of orangutan conservation plan

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Aug 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Out of sight, out of mind: Asia’s elusive Fishing Cat in trouble

Sean Mowbray 11 Aug 2016

Tens of thousands of birds being sold illegally in Javan bird markets

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Aug 2016
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016

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