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Biodiversity may reduce the threat of disease

Victor Montoro 19 Feb 2015

Brazilian indigenous populations grow quickly after first contact devastation

Caitlin E. Williamson 18 Feb 2015

Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?

Emmanuel K. Urey 14 Jan 2015

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2014

Rhett A. Butler 23 Dec 2014

Human infections by ‘monkey malaria’ increasing as forests disappear

Loren Bell 10 Nov 2014

Pet trade likely responsible for killer salamander fungus

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2014

The Search for Lost Frogs: one of conservation’s most exciting expeditions comes to life in new book

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2014

An uncertain future: world’s last wild Siberian tigers threatened by illegal logging, global warming, disease (PART II)

Sandhya Sekar 22 Aug 2014

Biomass burning accounts for 18% of CO2 emissions, kills a quarter of a million people annually

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

How did Ebola Zaïre Get to Guinea?

Analysis Daniel Stiles 5 Aug 2014

Don’t eat or touch bat bushmeat amid worsening Ebola outbreak, UN warns

Jeremy Hance 29 Jul 2014

Apeidemiology: researchers model ape disease transmission for the first time

Jordanna Dulaney 20 Jun 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Linking public health and environmental degradation

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 May 2014

Loss of wildlife and deforestation can increase human disease

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 May 2014

Will yellow fever drive brown howler monkeys to extinction in Argentina?

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Apr 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Connecting deforestation to disease

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Apr 2014

Chile turns to owls to combat fatal disease

Franziska Green 1 Apr 2014

From theory to deadly reality: malaria moving upslope due to global warming

Jeremy Hance 6 Mar 2014

Environmental degradation leads to public health crises

Nicholas Barrett 7 Jan 2014

Strange mouth-brooding frog driven to extinction by disease

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2013

Armored giant turns out to be vital ecosystem engineer

Jeremy Hance 24 Oct 2013

Small invertebrates could be key to uncovering the mysteries of killer amphibian fungus

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 22 Oct 2013

Art, education, and health: holistic conservation group embarks on new chapter

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2013

WHO: air pollution causes cancer

Sarah Boseley 17 Oct 2013

Climate change could increase diarrheal disease in Botswana

Bobbie Edwards 3 Oct 2013

Newly discovered chytrid fungus devastates salamander populations

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 19 Sep 2013

Not just bats and frogs: snake fungal disease hits U.S.

Adam Andrus 6 Sep 2013

Hope rises as new malaria vaccine shows promise

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2013

Last disease-free Tasmanian devils imperiled by mine

Oliver Milman 7 Aug 2013

Burning coal responsible for over 20,000 deaths a year in Europe

John Vidal 13 Jun 2013

Turning up the temperature might save frogs’ lives

Jordanna Dulaney 28 May 2013

U.S. loses nearly a third of its honey bees this season

Suzanne Goldenberg 9 May 2013

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