Rainforest of Madagascar's Masoala Peninsula. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…
Tree frog in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…
Cowboys in Colombia herd cattle across a river in the Choco-Darien forests. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2010. To see other photos from the Choco-Darien forests of Colombia: Choco Darien.
A Christian church in a logging camp in Guyana. Photo by: Jeremy Hance, 2008. To see other photos from Guyana: 2008 Trip to Guyana.
Is this oil palm plantation a forest? According to the UN definition of forest it could be. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. However, a new resolution from the Association…
Outlying islands in Southeast Alaska. Photo by: Tyler Poelstra. A quiet war is going on in Southeast Alaska. A bill in congress is promising to deliver 80,000 acres of prime…
Oil palm plantation with the rainforest of Gunung Leuser National Park in the background. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. With a one billion dollar fund from Norway, Indonesia is…
Forest destruction in Papua New Guinea by RH Ramu Logging in 2009. Photo courtesy of Ecological Internet. Below the radar of larger environmental organizations, Ecological Internet has successfully campaigned on…
A white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) female captured in Ecuador. Photo by: Kimberly Holbrook. New research shows that the toucans of South America and the hornbills of Asia and Africa are…
Malaysia plans to build a coal plant on the northern edge of Lahad Datu Bay in Sabah, Borneo. The plant will sit between a pristine rainforest, home to a number…
A guide trekking barefoot in the rainforests of Gabon. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. To see more photos from Gabon: 2006 Trip to Gabon.
Asia's great hornbill Buceros bicornis. Photo by: Shumpei Kitamura. Hornbills are big and beautiful birds, but they are also key species in Asia's fragmented rainforests. As long distance seed-dispersers, hornbills…
The clear-flowing Bohorok River running through pristine rainforest in Gunung Leuser National Park on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. Due to continuing destruction of…
The pygmy marmoset is the world's smallest monkey. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler, March 2010 in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia, near the border with Peru. The Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella…
Rainforest in Eastern Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2010. Under mounting pressure over illegal logging of its national parks, Madagascar's transitional government last week reinstated a ban on rosewood…
The stuff of myths, legends, and nightmare: the anaconda, according to Paul Rosolie, is even misunderstood by Amazonian tribes. Rosolie, who refers to the world's largest snakes as 'sweethearts' in…
Agoutis, such as this Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) mother with babies, deserve a lot of respect. These large rainforest rodents are seed specialists and play a major role in…
The jaguar Panthera onca is classified as Near Threatened: a previous six-week expedition to Rewa Head observed ten jaguars. Photo by: Ashley Holland and Gordon Duncan. Guyana bans gold mining…
Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) in Bocas de Toro, Panama. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2007. This is just one of many color forms for Dendrobates pumilio. More commonly,…
Entrance to St. Herman's Cave in Belize. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2008.
Anole in Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2008.
Clear pool near Actun Tunichil Muknal in Belize
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Danum river in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2008. Rights groups have condemned the destruction of more than two dozen homes in the indigenous Iban community of Sungai…
Blue transparent (Ithomia pellucida). The Blue transparent (Ithomia pellucida) in the Colombian Amazon outside of Leticia. More pictures of butterflies and moths in Colombia.
Danum river in Sabah, the Malaysian state east of Sarawak. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler in 1995. Malaysia and China have agreed to an $11 billion deal that will…
Crowned lemur in Ankarana. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler in October 2009. Madagascar's rainforests get death notice In what is being called an "awful" and "horrible" move for for…
Orangutan in Central Kalimantan. Photo taken in May 2009 by Rhett A. Butler A substantial population of endangered orangutans could be at risk if a planned road and bridge project…
Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata). Photo taken in October 2009 by Rhett A. Butler The Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) lives in Madagascar's eastern rainforests. Surveys of village residents near…
Pico Bonito in Honduras. Photo by Rhett A. Butler (May 2008) Parque Nacional Pico Bonito is the largest protected area in Honduras after the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. Spanning over…
Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica The Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi) is named for the fighting behavior of males among some populations. The male Gladiator tree…