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Some Amazon trees more than 8 million years old

Rainforests teem with insects, most of which are unknown, finds study

Global decline of big trees in old-growth forests worrying, argue scientists

Ecological Restoration and Environmental Change: Renewing Damaged Ecosystems – book review

Endangered muriqui monkeys in Brazil full of surprises

Wolves, mole rats, and nyala: the struggle to conserve Ethiopia’s highlands

New species of bioluminescent cockroach possibly already extinct by volcanic eruption

Controversial wolf hunt moves to the Midwest, 196 wolves killed to date

Happy Halloween: nine new species of tree-climbing tarantula discovered

Learning to live with elephants in Malaysia

Arachnopocalypse: with birds away, the spiders play in Guam

Bird diversity at risk if ‘agroforests’ replaced with farmland

An interview with conservation writer David Quammen

One extinction leads to another…and another

Human society surpasses ‘nature’s budget’ today

Rodent robbers fill role of mega mammals, help spread tropical trees

Experts: sustainable logging in rainforests impossible

Struggling to conserve seed biodiversity: the gaps and wisdom in current research

Climate change to favor trees over grasses in Africa

‘Time pollution’: loss of predators pushes nocturnal fish to take advantage of the day

Forgotten Species: the wonder-inducing giant clam

Scientists: if we don’t act now we’re screwed

The vanishing Niger River imperils tourism and livelihoods in the desert

Why bird droppings matter to manta rays: discovering unknown ecological connections

For Earth Day, 17 celebrated scientists on how to make a better world

Over 450 wolves shot dead in Idaho, Montana to date

Majority of protected tropical forests “empty” due to hunting

New meteorological theory argues that the world’s forests are rainmakers

Saving the world’s biggest river otter

Big trees, like the old-growth forests they inhabit, are declining globally

Protecting original wetlands far preferable to restoration

How lemurs fight climate change

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