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Booming legal Amazon wildlife trade documented in new report

Claire Salisbury 6 Oct 2017

Rare bird not seen in 60 years rediscovered

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jul 2017

New highway brings deforestation near two Colombian national parks

Taran Volckhausen 21 Jun 2017

A Whitley Award winner’s 20-year battle to save the world’s largest eagle in Venezuela

Bruno Moraes 18 May 2017
Adult harpy eagle image courtesy of Tom Ambrose.

Goddesses of the wind: How researchers saved Venezuela’s harpy eagles

Bruno Moraes 17 May 2017

New leaf-nosed bat uncovered amidst burning habitat in Venezuela

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Apr 2017

Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Oct 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

Lake Maracaibo: an oil development sacrifice zone dying from neglect

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 3 May 2016

Gold mining in Venezuela: a “perfect storm” of illegality, deforestation and mafias

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 11 Mar 2016
Map of historic deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since 1970

Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2015

Trafficked tropical animals: the ghost exports of Venezuela

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 1 Oct 2015

New bird uncovered in South American conflict region, researchers urge protection

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 28 May 2015

62M ha of Latin American forests cleared for agriculture since 2001

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 May 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

Colombia proposes protected corridor across South America

Mike Gaworecki 3 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

Gold mining expanding rapidly along Guiana Shield, threatening forests, water, wildlife

Dr Liz Kimbrough 22 Oct 2014

Outcompeted: Species competition may result in geographic isolation

Natalie Millar 3 Oct 2014

Invasion of the lionfish: new research finds the situation may be worse than we thought

Jose Hong 27 Aug 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

New report reveals human rights abuses by corporations, governments in the Amazon

Jordanna Dulaney 14 May 2014

Leatherback sea turtle no longer Critically Endangered

Jeremy Hance 26 Nov 2013

Satellites reveal browning mountain forests

Sandhya Sekar 22 Nov 2013

Scientists identify 137 protected areas most important for preserving biodiversity

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2013

Richest countries spent $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011, eclipsing climate finance by seven times

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2013

Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jun 2013

First strike: nearly 200 illegal loggers arrested in massive sting across 12 countries

Jeremy Hance 20 Feb 2013

Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2012

New forest map shows 6% of Amazon deforested between 2000 and 2010

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2012

Survivors say gold miners in helicopter massacred village of 80 in Venezuelan Amazon

Jeremy Hance 30 Aug 2012

Unidentified poodle moth takes Internet by storm

Jeremy Hance 29 Aug 2012

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