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Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

Why should I care about endangered species?

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

California’s ongoing drought threatens nearly 60 million large trees

Mike Gaworecki 30 Dec 2015

Photos: The top 20 new species of 2015

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Dec 2015

China’s demand for rosewood is destroying forests in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, In Africa

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

The impacts of haze on Southeast Asia’s wildlife

Jose Hong 19 Nov 2015

The miraculous Moringa tree: potential solution for world malnutrition

Taryn Farber 18 Nov 2015

50% of world’s natural history specimens may have wrong names

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Nov 2015

Land rights and access to credit in Sulawesi community brings prosperity to land

Wahyu Chandra 9 Nov 2015
Sungai Utik elder Bandi in 2019. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The indigenous community whose forest is their supermarket

Andi Fachrizal 28 Oct 2015

Punk rocker likes what he sees in Sumatra’s resin forest

Taufik Wijaya 19 Oct 2015

The village where a curse protects the forest

Indra Nugraha 15 Oct 2015

After the tsunami, a forest restored along a river in Aceh

Chik Rini 13 Oct 2015

Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?

Taufik Wijaya 9 Oct 2015

Photos: Hundreds of new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas

Mike Gaworecki 5 Oct 2015

Cacti more threatened than mammals and birds

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Oct 2015

Indonesian village opts to protect mangroves, preserve livelihoods

Themmy Doaly 28 Aug 2015

Norway’s wealth fund expels POSCO, Daewoo Int’l over palm oil holdings

Philip Jacobson 18 Aug 2015

Scientists call for more protection for red-listed tree species in Vietnam

Sophie Furnival 9 Jul 2015

Researchers find ‘hidden tapestry’ of plant chemicals in Amazon forest

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jul 2015

Well grounded: orangutans are more terrestrial than previously thought

John-Rob Pool 8 Jun 2015

How many tree species are found in the world’s rainforests?

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2015

Long considered tree-killers, lianas may actually help rainforest restoration

Jordanna Dulaney 9 Apr 2015

Mexico’s club mosses at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Mar 2015

Seeing the trees but not the forest (commentary)

Kenneth G. Macdicken 20 Mar 2015

New report connects human health to biodiversity protection

Adam Force 17 Mar 2015

Meet Biomuseo: the world’s first biodiversity museum

Alexander Montoro 12 Mar 2015

Cunning carnivorous plants catch more prey by letting some go

Loren Bell 25 Feb 2015

Scientists, NGOs race to save ‘Millennium Trees’

Shaira Panela 12 Feb 2015

Tree climbing as a tool to build respect for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2015

Plant wars: some tree species compete better against grasses for reforestation

Brittany Stewart 18 Dec 2014

When predators attack, plants grow fewer thorns

Michael Buelna 17 Dec 2014

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