most popular – 2016-09

September most popular

  • 657 pangolins found wrapped in plastic, hidden in freezers 25,142
  • Saving Bangladesh’s last rainforest 18,878
  • Why did millions of fish turn up dead in Indonesia’s giant Lake Toba? 17,866
  • Terror from above: eagle tackles deer in stunning camera trap photos 14,838
  • Environmental licence for Sao Luiz do Tapajos hydroelectric dam denied 8,438
  • Can ‘plant blindness’ be cured? 8,249
  • First Toba, now Maninjau: another mass fish death hits an Indonesian lake 7,346
  • Scientists catch boa constrictor eating a howler monkey (photos) 7,267
  • These banks are pumping billions into Southeast Asia’s deforestation 6,881
  • Alaska’s salmon and Vietnam’s doucs: wildlife narratives by Producer Tim Plowden 6,172
  • Indonesian government to investigate Korean palm oil giant over burning in Papua 4,712
  • From ‘Silverbacks’ to Systems Leaders: Rethinking African conservation leadership (commentary) 4,702
  • Humpback whales rescue seals and other animals from killer whales 4,250
  • Leonardo diCaprio launches global campaign to protect sharks and rays 4,113
  • Philippine Bleeding-heart doves flutter at the brink, but NGOs respond 3,709
  • Scientists capture first ever footage of rare, threatened bird in Peru’s Cerros del Sira 3,547
  • China considers a huge national park for Amur tigers and leopards 3,519
  • IPOP’s demise undercuts palm oil industry progress commentary 3,348
  • Madagascar’s largest tortoise could become extinct in 2 years 3,260
  • Forests in Colombia fall victim to illegal coca plantations 3,226
  • The good, the bad, and the ugly in palm oil (commentary) 2,924
  • Rainforest destruction rises in the Brazilian Amazon 2,760
  • Indonesian environment ministry shoots down geothermal plan in Mount Leuser National Park 2,698
  • Based on available evidence, non-lethal predator control is more effective than lethal means 2,666
  • Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink 2,617
  • ‘A major concern’: plantation-driven deforestation ramps up in Borneo 2,460
  • What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day article 2,214
  • Leopards and landmines: Post-war carnivore research in Sri Lanka 2,124
  • The alarming number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon 1,992
  • Here’s how much forest we’ll have to destroy to feed our growing junk food addiction 1,986
  • Short-eared dog? Uncovering the secrets of one of the Amazon’s most mysterious mammals 1,873
  • New crab species discovered in Chinese fish market 1,865
  • Beef consumers’ role in causing deforestation in South America (commentary) 1,791
  • No fire, no food: tribe clings to slash-and-burn amid haze crackdown 1,765
  • How many trees are cut down every year? 1,626
  • New orange-black snake discovered in Mexico 1,591
  • Korean palm oil firm burned large tracts of forestland in Indonesia, NGOs allege 1,589
  • Tasmanian devils are rapidly evolving resistance to deadly cancer 1,570
  • Land grabbing and environmental destruction could now be prosecuted under international law 1,568
  • Negotiations and protests ongoing in wake of oil spills in Peruvian Amazon 1,556
  • IUCN motions to ban the pangolin trade 1,548
  • Poaching in Africa becomes increasingly militarized 1,524
  • Company ordered to pay record $76m over fires in Sumatra 1,490
  • Like Indonesia, Malaysia to sink rogue illegal foreign fishing boats 1,412
  • Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition 1,404
  • Revealed: Australian miner used arbitration threat to upend Indonesian environmental law 1,294
  • IUCN to create new category of membership for Indigenous peoples’ organizations 1,235
  • Shell spills 88,200 gallons of oil into Gulf of Mexico 1,204
  • Canada’s eastern boreal forest could become a climate change refuge 1,204
  • Guest Commentary: Are grassroots organizations our best hope for combating the illegal wildlife trade? 1,190