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Species evolve more than twice as fast at poles as in tropics: study

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2018

Coral reefs thrive next to rat-free islands, new study finds

John Cannon 11 Jul 2018

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

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2018

Farmer-managed natural regeneration: the fastest way to restore trees to degraded landscapes?

Cathy Watson 29 Jun 2018

‘A real surprise’: Study reveals low phosphorus doesn’t hinder rainforest growth

Morgan Erickson-Davis 20 Mar 2018

Mesoamerican Reef gets improving bill of health

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

Reef bleaching five times more frequent now than in the 1980s, study finds

Mongabay.com 4 Jan 2018

Charcoal and cattle ranching tearing apart the Gran Chaco

John Cannon 19 Jul 2017

Singapore statement on International Day of the Tropics: infrastructure deficit must be met sustainably (commentary)

Mark Ziembicki, Stewart Lockie 28 Jun 2017

Protected areas found to be ‘significant’ sources of carbon emissions

Benji Jones 17 Feb 2017

Tropical birds may not fare so well in a warming world

Mike Gaworecki 3 Jan 2017

Countries with most biodiversity spend least on conservation: study

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jun 2016

Regrown rainforests degrade after farm-fallow cycles take hold

Jonathan Galka 23 Sep 2015

Live slow, decline fast: ‘speed of life’ may explain tuna population declines

Mike Gaworecki 24 Jul 2015

First-of-its-kind mapping technique sheds new light on tropical forests

Shreya Dasgupta 29 May 2015

New birds arise due to emigration not separation

Jordanna Dulaney 11 Nov 2014

Towards the poles: tropical cyclones on the move

Jose Hong 24 Sep 2014

Scientists discover ‘shark’ in Sumatran forest

Satria Eka Hadinaryanto 28 May 2014

City lights threaten rainforests by deterring bats

Paul Sutherland 9 Apr 2014

The enemy of your enemy is your ant bodyguard: spider uses one predator for protection against another

Ariel Mark 9 Apr 2014

Global warming could shift tropical rainfall

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2013

Hope rises as new malaria vaccine shows promise

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2013

Wildlife in the tropics plummets by over 60 percent

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2012

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