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

Conflict-fueled deforestation, poaching in Assam continue despite truce

Disappearing oasis: northeastern India losing forests as people move in

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

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

Google Earth spurs discovery of a ‘new’ chameleon species

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

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

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

Mountain forests store 40 percent more carbon than expected

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

Photos: Weird aquatic lizard discovered in mountain streams of Peru

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

Key highland habitat for rare condor protected in Ecuador

Red toad discovered in the upper reaches of the Amazon

New mountain porcupine discovered in Brazil (photos)

Sky islands: exploring East Africa’s last frontier

Forests increasingly limited to steeper slopes

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

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

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

Featured video: local communities successfully conserve forests in Ethiopia

Peruvian night monkey threatened by vanishing forests, lost corridors

Forests in Kenya worth much more intact says government report

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

Photos: new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest

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

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

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

Private reserve safeguards newly discovered frogs in Ecuadorian cloud forest

Bizarre new rodent discovered in Indonesia has only 2 teeth

King of the jungle: lions discovered in rainforests

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