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Armored giant turns out to be vital ecosystem engineer

Scientists discover that threatened bird migrates entirely within Amazon Basin

Iraq gets its first national park: just call it Eden

Southern U.S. logging soars to meet foreign biofuel demand

New endangered list for ecosystems modeled after ‘Red list’ for species

Unconventional swine: how invasive pigs are helping preserve biodiversity in the Pantanal

World’s rarest duck on the rebound in Madagascar

Two new frog genera discovered in India’s Western Ghats, but restricted to threatened swamp-ecosystems

Iraqi who is bringing back the Garden of Eden wins top environment award

Cambodia loses half its seasonal wetlands in 10 years

Bolivia leads the way in wetland protection

Deforestation, wetlands loss in Brazil and Indonesia generated 45b tons of CO2 in 20 years

World has lost half its wetlands

Mangrove deforestation 3x worse for climate than rainforest loss

Flooded savannas in Latin America shrinking 3 times faster than rainforests

Protecting jaguars a good business decision for ranchers

Global wetlands shrink 6% in 15 years

Photos of the day: a celebration of wetlands (for World Wetlands Day)

Invasion!: Burmese pythons decimate mammals in the Everglades

Protecting original wetlands far preferable to restoration

U.S. implements snake ban to save native ecosystems

Economic slowdown leads to the pulping of Latvia’s forests

Conserving Ecuador’s Paramos, the alpine tundra ecosystem of the Andes

Eco-toilets help save hippos and birds in Kenya

Photos: 208 species discovered in endangered Mekong region in 2010

Locals key to saving primate-rich wetlands in Cote D’Ivoire

Extinct frog rediscovered in Israel

Putting people to work: restoring our ecosystems, sequestering carbon

Valuing Ecosystem Services: The Case of Multi-functional Wetlands

North America’s tiniest turtle vanishing

Beaver dam lessens impact of massive oil spill in Canada

New eco-tour to help save bizarre antelope in ‘forgotten’ region

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