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‘Guns kill trees too’: overhunting raises extinction threat for trees

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2014

Conservationists propose Dracula Reserve in Ecuador

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Oct 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Recognize the value of novel forests

Dr Liz Kimbrough 23 Oct 2014

Diverse, deceptive, declining: orchids threatened by deforestation in South America

Julian Moll-rocek 26 Sep 2014

Invasive species worsen damage from Hawaii’s storms

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Aug 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? DNA fingerprinting trees to stem illegal logging

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2014

Planting meadows in the ocean: technique may help restore disappearing seagrass beds

Anna Ikarashi 11 Aug 2014

Downturn in shade-grown coffee putting forests, wildlife, people at risk

Nika Levikov 11 Jul 2014

They think, therefore they spread: plants can make complex conditional decisions

Andrew Mann 7 Jul 2014

Logging in Vietnam still affecting rare trees 30 years later

Andrew Mann 25 Jun 2014

Over 800 species added to IUCN threatened list, including 44 lemurs

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2014

Tree-huggers: koalas cuddle up to keep cool

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jun 2014

Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2014

Borneo bests Amazon in terms of giant tree growth rates

Mongabay.com 11 May 2014

Wild food: scientists link forests to human nutrition

Ariel Mark 25 Apr 2014

Life finds a way: the surprising biodiversity of cities

Nika Levikov 11 Apr 2014

City lights threaten rainforests by deterring bats

Paul Sutherland 9 Apr 2014

Brief lives linked to Amazon biodiversity

Ariel Mark 31 Mar 2014

Amazon trees super-diverse in chemicals

Jeremy Hance 3 Mar 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Applying genomics to conservation issues

Dr Liz Kimbrough 21 Feb 2014

Bromeliads may actually protect fruit trees from pest damage

Yao-hua Law 22 Jan 2014

Tree growth accelerates with age

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2014

New Guinea animals losing vital tree cavities to logging, hunting practices

Bobbie Edwards 17 Dec 2013

Amazon’s vast rainforest dominated by few tree species

Patricia Waldron 12 Nov 2013

Characteristics of nutmeg family explored

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2013

‘Lost’ bird rediscovered in New Caledonia along with 16 potentially new species (photos)

Jeremy Hance 29 Oct 2013

Recovering forests ‘heal’ themselves by speeding up nitrogen fixation

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 8 Oct 2013

Climate change pushing tropical trees upslope ‘exactly as predicted’

Claire Salisbury 27 Sep 2013

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

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2013

Scientists outline how to save nearly 70 percent of the world’s plant species

Jeremy Hance 5 Sep 2013

World’s biggest owl depends on large old trees

Natalie Millar 3 Sep 2013

Palm oil drives Malaysian rainforest tree to extinction

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2013

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