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How lemurs fight climate change

Will Taiwan save its last pristine coastline?

Eco-toilets help save hippos and birds in Kenya

Animal picture of the day: pronghorn in the snow

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Earth systems disruption: Does 2011 indicate the “new normal” of climate chaos and conflict?

The other side of the Penan story: threatened tribe embraces tourism, reforestation

Droughts could push parts of Africa back into famine

Cultural shifts in Madagascar drive lemur-killing

Photos: 208 species discovered in endangered Mekong region in 2010

Madagascar tree diversity among the highest worldwide

Bushmeat trade driving illegal hunting in Zimbabwe park

Environmental news in review: Keystone pipeline delayed, Dole exits banana project, a rhino goes extinct

Featured video: are hydroelectric dams a solution to climate change?

Brazilian dam-builder quits Peru project after indigenous protest

Monarch butterflies decline at wintering grounds in Mexico, Texas drought adds to stress to migration

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

The dam-maker: China involved in 289 dam projects worldwide

Picture of the day: Mekong sunrise

Hydroelectric dam still a greenhouse gas source after 10 years

11 challenges facing 7 billion super-consumers

Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Losing our pigs and our ancestors: threats to the livelihoods and environment of Papua New Guinea

Bolivian road project through Amazon reserve canceled

Belo Monte dam license ‘illegal’ rules Brazilian federal judge

Brazil plans $120 billion in infrastructure investments in the Amazon by 2020

Fertilizer trees boost yields in Africa

Five ways to feed billions without trashing the planet

Poor in Madagascar see fish plundered for foreign consumption

Tea Party rallies in favor of Gibson Guitar, ignores reasons instrument-maker is under investigation

UN calls for secure contraceptives as wildlife group hands out Endangered Species condoms

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