most popular – 2016-08
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
