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Here come the sunbirds: New species from Indonesia’s Wakatobi Islands

Basten Gokkon 9 Nov 2022

As Indonesia paints rosy picture for orangutans, scientists ask: Where’s the data?

Philip Jacobson 3 Oct 2022
Study co-author Corneille Ewango.

In Congo, a carbon sink like no other risks being carved up for oil

John Cannon 28 Jul 2022

New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before

Carolyn Cowan 9 Jun 2022

Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds

John Cannon 22 Apr 2022
Tree rings on a dead tree.

Tropical trees’ growth and CO2 intake hit by more extreme dry seasons

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Apr 2022
Leopard Cat.

Study: Most biodiversity hotspots lack formal protection in Borneo and Sumatra

Grace Dungey 12 Apr 2022

Researchers turn to drones for that big-picture view of the forest canopy

Caitlin Looby 21 Mar 2022

Can the little-known tamanu tree replace palm oil in Indonesia’s biofuel bid?

Nuswantoro 9 Feb 2022
Deforestation for oil palm in Malaysian Borneo.

Even degraded forests are more ecologically valuable than none, study shows

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 7 Feb 2022

Congo Peatlands

Mongabay.com 21 Dec 2021

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021

Human influence on tropics predates Anthropocene, holds clues to current crisis

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Oct 2021

When a tree falls in the forest, you can still hear the birdsong

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 22 Sep 2021
A dugong (Dugong dugong) feeding on seagrass in Egypt. Image by Julien Willem via Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Seagrass-grazing dugongs and green sea turtles supercharge the seeds they eat

Carolyn Cowan 11 Aug 2021

In Indonesia, an unassuming brown bird is proof of turbo-charged evolution

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 10 Aug 2021

Hotter and drier: Deforestation and wildfires take a toll on the Amazon

Ignacio Amigo 20 Jul 2021

Study warns of impacts of unregulated trade in Indonesian porcupines

Basten Gokkon 30 Jun 2021

Study shows it took the Amazon as we know it over 6 million years to form

Claire Asher 7 Jun 2021
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). Image courtesy of Mark Louis Benedict via Flickr.

To keep tabs on ecosystem health in Borneo, follow these birds: Study

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2021

500 years of species loss: Humans drive defaunation across Neotropics

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Sep 2020

Legendary entomologist Terry Erwin passes away at age 79

Liz Kimbrough 15 May 2020

Field research, interrupted: How the COVID-19 crisis is stalling science

Liz Kimbrough 9 Apr 2020

Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Jul 2019

Forests scramble to absorb carbon as emissions continue to increase

Taran Volckhausen 21 Mar 2019

Implicit gender, racial biases may hinder effectiveness of conservation science, experts warn

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2018

Not out of the woods: Concerns remain with Nigerian superhighway

John Cannon 26 May 2017

‘Revolutionary’ new biodiversity maps reveal big gaps in conservation

John Cannon 27 Jan 2017

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