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The future of tropical biology research and conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2014

Desperate measures: researchers say radical approaches needed to beat extinctions

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Jul 2014

Scientists ask Australia to strengthen, not weaken, protection for Great Barrier Reef

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2014

Scientists blast Australian government’s moves to dismantle environmental protections

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2014

Two years after coming into effect, Australia kills carbon tax

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2014

World Heritage Committee takes ten minutes to reject Australia’s bid to strip forests of protection

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2014

Australia sees rise in greenwashing front groups

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2014

Tree-huggers: koalas cuddle up to keep cool

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jun 2014

Plan to shrink World Heritage forest in Tasmania ‘clearly inappropriate,’ says IUCN

Jeremy Hance 27 May 2014

Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2014

Scientists discover giant sperm fossilized in bat feces (PHOTOS)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 May 2014

Coral could prevent HIV: newly discovered protein blocks infection

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2014

Australians rally to save World Heritage Site from chopping block

Jeremy Hance 28 Apr 2014

Australia proposes banning environmental boycotts

Jeremy Hance 7 Apr 2014

Court partially stops Japan’s ‘scientific’ whaling, but Pacific harvests to continue

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Apr 2014

Scientists blast Australian leader’s proposed ban on parks

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Incentivizing keeping primary forests intact

Dr Liz Kimbrough 7 Feb 2014

Australia proposes removing old-growth forests from World Heritage Site

Jeremy Hance 3 Feb 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? Global road map to mitigate damage from roads

Dr Liz Kimbrough 17 Jan 2014

Environmental groups: top secret Pacific trade agreement to sacrifice wildlife, environment

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2014

Down Under scorching: Australia experiences warmest year on record

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2014

Reforestation can’t offset massive fossil fuels emissions

Bobbie Edwards 13 Dec 2013

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2013

Citizen groups walk out of UN Climate Summit to protest lack of ambition

Jeremy Hance 21 Nov 2013

60,000 protest in Australia to keep carbon price

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2013

Is Australia becoming the new Canada in terms of climate inaction?

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2013

Giant turtle-devouring duck-billed platypus discovered

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2013

DNA tests reveal new dolphin species (photos)

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2013

New to science: 2 lizards, 1 frog discovered on Australian expedition (pictures)

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2013

‘Sustainable’ tropical timber trade a misnomer, says group

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2013

Australia officially bans imports of illegally-logged timber

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2013

Shark overfishing hurts coral reefs

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2013

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