New website works to save Madagascar's incredible diversity of frogs. To save Madagascar's embattled and beautiful amphibians, scientists are turning to the web. A new site built by herpetologists, Sahonagasy,…
Not many people know the solenodon and the hutia, yet for the fortunate few that have encountered them, these strange little-studied mammals—just barely holding on in the Caribbean island of…
According to the most recent IUCN assessment, 48 percent of primates are threatened with extinction. Major threats to primates include habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting, and the wildlife trade. A…
Meeting Tam in Borneo: our last chance to save Asia's two horned rhino Nothing can really prepare a person for coming face-to-face with what may be the last of a…
During what was at times an emotional speech, Sabah's Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun, called on the palm oil industry to stop polluting rivers and work…
In an unlikely—and perhaps tenuous—alliance, conservationists and the palm oil industry met this week to draw up plans to save Asia's last great ape, the orangutan. As if to underscore…
Fifth in a series of interviews with participants at the 2009 Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) conference. One of the most pressing issues in the conservation today is…
Promoting reduced impact logging in forest areas already under concession could help protect populations of endangered great apes, argues a new report published by WWF. Analyzing scientific studies on the…
A small group of crowned sifaka lemurs Propithecus coronatus have been located in the corridor d’Amboloando-Dabolava, Miandrivazo district-Madagascar, but are immediately threatened with local extinction. The small, fragmented, and isolated…
Largely ignored by scientific community, new theory could change how future generations view forests Two Russian scientists, Victor Gorshkov and Anastassia Makarieva of the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics, have published…
While deforestation garners more attention from environmentalists, fragmentation of forest habitats is of significant concern to ecologists. As forest is fragmented into islands by logging, roads, agriculture, and other disturbances,…
Forest corridors key to maintaining biodiversity in fragmented landscape Forest corridors key to maintaining biodiversity in fragmented landscape: An interview with Brazilian carnivore researcher Fernanda Michalski Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com…
Island biogeography theory has been surpassed when it comes to forest fragmentation Island biogeography theory doesn't explain biodiversity changes in forest fragments mongabay.com July 28, 2008 Island biogeography theory, the…
Market mechanisms are increasingly seen as a way to address environmental problems, including tropical deforestation. In particular, compensation for ecosystem services like carbon sequestration — a concept known by the…
Fragmentation puts Mexican howlers at risk Fragmentation puts Mexican howlers at risk mongabay.com March 3, 2008 Forest fragmentation is putting mantled howler monkeys in southern Mexico at risk, reports a…
Rainforest fragmentation affects reptiles and amphibians Rainforest fragmentation affects reptiles and amphibians A technical paper by J. Nicolás Urbina-Cardona mongabay.com February 20, 2008 RAINFOREST HERPETOFAUNA AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION: EFFECTS ON…
Amazon riparian zones need to be expanded to protect wildlife finds study Amazon riparian zones need to be expanded to protect wildlife finds study Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com February 19,…
Parasites a key to the decline of red colobus monkeys in forest fragments Parasites a key to the decline of red colobus monkeys in forest fragments University of Illinois at…
Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru mongabay.com August 9, 2007 High-resolution satellite monitoring of the Amazon rainforest in Peru shows that land-use…
Sedentary, not migratory birds, face higher extinction risk Sedentary, not migratory birds, face higher extinction risk Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 24, 2007 Sedentary birds face considerably higher risk of…
Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest mongabay.com June 7, 2007 Logging roads are rapidly expanding in the Congo rainforest, report researchers who…
Congo forest elephants declining due to logging roads, illegal ivory trade Congo forest elephants declining from logging roads, illegal ivory Rhettt A. Butler, mongabay.com April 1, 2007 Fast-expanding logging roads…
A new study warns that the simultaneous effect of habitat fragmentation, overexploitation, and climate warming could increase the risk of a species' extinction. Writing in the Proceedings of the Royal…
Fragmentation reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest and worsens global warming Fragmentation reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest and worsens global warming Rhett Butler, mongabay.com November 27, 2006 Forest fragmentation…
Rainforests face myriad of threats says leading Amazon scholar Rainforests face myriad of threats says leading Amazon scholar But there are reasons to be optimistic adds biologist William F. Laurance…
Does tropical biodiversity increase during global warming?
Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China Pandas threatened by roads and forest fragmentation in China mongabay.com December 5, 2005 China's endangered giant panda is threatened by the…
