August most popular Environmental licence for Sao Luiz do Tapajos hydroelectric dam denied 23,161 Humpback whales rescue seals and other animals from killer whales 13,662 Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink 6,994 IPOP’s demise undercuts palm oil industry progress [commentary] 6,848 Understanding the ghost of the mountain 6,181 Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills 5,972 Company ordered to pay record $76m over fires in Sumatra 4,536 New orange-black snake discovered in Mexico 4,485 Why conservationists need a little hope: saving themselves from becoming the most depressing scientists on the planet 3,947 Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon’s most mysterious mammals 3,815 Understanding the ghost of the mountain 3,681 ‘Penis snake’ discovered in Brazil is actually a rare species of amphibian 3,436 Carbon farming good for the climate, farmers, and biodiversity 3,143 King of the jungle: lions discovered in rainforests 3,101 Out of sight, out of mind: Asia’s elusive Fishing Cat in trouble 3,030 Scientists catalog the world’s 10,000th reptile 2,832 Like Indonesia, Malaysia to sink illegal foreign fishing boats: minister 2,622 Have scientists discovered a new primate in the Philippines? 2,401 Indochinese leopard has disappeared from 94% of its historical range 2,390 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Yet another oil spill strikes the Peruvian Amazon 2,337 PHOTOS: ‘A Visual Celebration of Borneo’s Wildlife’ 2,335 Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers 1,979 The biologist terrifying the US Forest Service and the timber and forest fire-fighting industries 1,928 The world’s best mother: meet the octopus that guards its eggs for over four years 1,910 What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day article 1,904 Here’s where tropical forests have been destroyed for palm oil over the past 25 years 1,767 Raging Amazon forest fires threaten uncontacted indigenous tribe 1,735 Hundreds sickened in Indonesia’s Aceh as peat fires burn 1,727 Peru’s new environmental policies: What are they and will they work? 1,689 Borneo conservationists and top oil palm firm work to help orangutans 1,686 In search of a lost species: the Santa Marta Toro 1,659 What conservation isn’t: Eating endangered lemurs to save them 1,576 ‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats 1,574 Timber from Peru 90 percent illegal, finds report issued by U.S. gov’t 1,573 10 orangutans released into the wild in Borneo 1,559 Cables reveal US gov’t role in Herakles Farms land grab in Cameroon 1,550 Hundreds of unexpected species found in Mexican UNESCO site slated for gold mine 1,545 New, undescribed species of Scops owl documented on PrÃncipe island 1,482 Oil pipeline sparks fierce opposition among American tribes and farmers 1,459 Olympics to begin amid rising violence against Brazil’s indigenous people 1,391 Haze returns to Kuala Lumpur – but not because of Indonesian fires 1,363 New species of extinct, kitten-sized marsupial lion named after David Attenborough 1,358 Endangered species often wait 12 years or more to be listed for protection 1,343 Promised US$1 billion in Belo Monte dam compensation largely unpaid? 1,330 Does prohibiting local access to nature hurt African wildlife conservation? 1,325 Illegal gold mining eats up more protected Peruvian rainforest 1,310 Scientists have just discovered the first endemic bird species to go extinct on the Galápagos Islands 1,297 China jails 7 people, including airport employee, for smuggling rare tortoises 1,288 Manatees to make a comeback in Guadeloupe for the first time in over a century 1,287 New Rio Olympic golf course harmed environment, say critics 1,279 Aceh governor eyes geothermal project in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem 1,242
