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Deforestation taking toll on nesting birds in Cameroon

Ariel Mark 17 Dec 2014

One-two punch: farming, global warming destroying unique East African forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Dec 2014

Conflict-fueled deforestation, poaching in Assam continue despite truce

Sandhya Sekar 19 Nov 2014

Disappearing oasis: northeastern India losing forests as people move in

Sandhya Sekar 18 Nov 2014

Scientists uncover six potentially new species in Peru, including bizarre aquatic mammal (photos)

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

In the shadows of Machu Picchu, scientists find ‘extinct’ cat-sized mammal

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

Google Earth spurs discovery of a ‘new’ chameleon species

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2014

Rare bird paradise protected in war-torn Colombian mountain range (photos)

Jeremy Hance 22 Jul 2014

Is REDD+ bad for wildlife? New study says lowland forest protection bias unfair, urges change

Morgan Erickson-Davis 27 Jun 2014

‘Exciting implications’ for conservation: new technology brings the lab to the field

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jun 2014

Mountain forests store 40 percent more carbon than expected

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2014

Mountain thermostats: scientists discover surprising climate stabilizer that may be key to the longevity of life on Earth

Dominic Rowland 14 Mar 2014

Photos: Weird aquatic lizard discovered in mountain streams of Peru

Mongabay.com 13 Mar 2014

287 amphibian and reptile species in Peruvian park sets world record (photos)

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jan 2014

Key highland habitat for rare condor protected in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2014

Red toad discovered in the upper reaches of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2014

New mountain porcupine discovered in Brazil (photos)

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2013

Sky islands: exploring East Africa’s last frontier

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2013

Forests increasingly limited to steeper slopes

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 1 Oct 2013

Climate change could kill off Andean cloud forests, home to thousands of species found nowhere else

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2013

Giant hot pink slug in Australia becomes conservation symbol (photo)

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jun 2013

Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique

Bridget Conneely 30 May 2013

Featured video: local communities successfully conserve forests in Ethiopia

Jeremy Hance 17 Apr 2013

Peruvian night monkey threatened by vanishing forests, lost corridors

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2013

Forests in Kenya worth much more intact says government report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Jan 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 20 Nov 2012

Photos: new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest

Jeremy Hance 3 Oct 2012

Featured video: camera traps find rare, mountain animals in Sumatra

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2012

Scientists name new snake species to criticize mine plans in Panama (photos)

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2012

Pictures: Bolivian park may have the world’s highest biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 12 Sep 2012

Private reserve safeguards newly discovered frogs in Ecuadorian cloud forest

Jeremy Hance 28 Aug 2012

Bizarre new rodent discovered in Indonesia has only 2 teeth

Jeremy Hance 22 Aug 2012

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