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World population could surpass 13 BILLION by the end of the century

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2014

‘Canary in the cornfield’: monarch butterfly may get threatened species status

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Sep 2014

Challenging the ‘tragedy of the commons’: new documentary explores how humans and nature can coexist (VIDEO)

Julian Moll-rocek 20 Aug 2014

The threat of traditional medicine: China’s boom may mean doom for turtles

Erin Crandall 8 Aug 2014

Blue-footed boobies on the decline, plummeting sardine stocks may be to blame

Paul Sutherland 6 Aug 2014

Booming populations, rising economies, threatened biodiversity: the tropics will never be the same

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2014

Unrelenting population growth driving global warming, mass extinction

Jeremy Hance 26 Jun 2014

Is the banteng making a comeback? Researchers find new population in Cambodia

Janaki Lenin 23 Jun 2014

By the bones: herring populations were superabundant before commercial fisheries

Nicholas Barrett 9 Jun 2014

Newly discovered snails at risk of extinction

Andrew Mann 3 Jun 2014

Hope in the Heart of Darkness: huge population of chimpanzees discovered in the DRC

Julian Moll-rocek 20 May 2014

It’s in the genes: researchers use DNA to learn about tapir behavior

Jordanna Dulaney 6 May 2014

20 million people face hunger in Africa’s Sahel region

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2014

Over 75 percent of large predators declining

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2014

David Attenborough: someone who believes in infinite growth is ‘either a madman or an economist’

Mark Riley Cardwell 16 Oct 2013

Humanity consumes this year’s resources 133 days too early

Jeremy Hance 20 Aug 2013

Foodies eat lab-grown burger that could change the world

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2013

The neglected giraffe: world’s tallest animal in need of conservation assistance

Jeremy Hance 27 Jun 2013

Crop yields no longer keeping up with population growth

Jeremy Hance 26 Jun 2013

Building a new generation of local conservationists: how improving education in Uganda may save one of the world’s great forests

Jeremy Hance 20 Jun 2013

Fertility in Africa could push world population over 11 billion

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2013

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

Bridget Conneely 30 May 2013

Over 500 scientists warn we ‘are causing alarming levels of harm to our planet’

Jeremy Hance 27 May 2013

The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong

Jeremy Hance 23 Apr 2013

An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2013

Scientists: stop treating population growth as a ‘given’ and empower women

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2013

A second look at ‘Fewer, Richer, Greener: The End of the Population Explosion and the Future for Investors’

Gabriel Thoumi 14 Jan 2013

Paradigm shift needed to avert global environmental collapse, according to author of new book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse

Dr Liz Kimbrough 10 Jan 2013

Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2012

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

Jeremy Hance 20 Nov 2012

Illegal hunting threatens iconic animals across Africa’s great savannas, especially predators

Jeremy Hance 25 Oct 2012

One in eight people suffer from malnutrition worldwide

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2012

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