October most popular Hunting, not deforestation, biggest threat to Southeast Asian biodiversity: Study 53,216 Hunted to the brink: Mammals in crisis 32,836 Indonesia’s oil palm plantations are rife with spitting cobras 18,252 Lakes in community hands spur gains for people and fish 14,675 Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium 9,647 139 scientists shoot down ‘misleading’ reports from Malaysia peat congress 9,524 Exclusive: New satellite images show Ecuador drilling in Yasuni’s ITT 8,742 Vietnam sweats bullets as China and Laos dam the Mekong 5,876 The salmon crisis in Chile’s Chiloé Island 5,804 Park ranger murdered while trying to protect rare gorillas 4,626 Scientists say Amazon biodiversity could help fuel Fourth Industrial Revolution 4,342 New film documents real-life Avatar story 4,338 Economic impacts of climate change on global fisheries could be worse than we thought 4,140 RSPO loses key backer in Australia: ‘We just can’t trust them anymore’ 3,983 Environmental official murdered in Brazilian Amazon 3,958 Man surrenders pet crocodile he raised for 13 years 3,911 First-ever video of squirrel rumored to kill and eat deer3,562 Only 3 Irrawaddy dolphins remain in Laos 3,557 It’s a bear, it’s a cat; no, it’s a binturong and it’s threatened 3,201 Photos: Hundreds of new species discovered in the Eastern Himalayas3,136 Another pipeline spill reported in Peruvian Amazon as indigenous protests enter eighth week 3,122 From paper to tablet: A new way to record animal behavior 2,823 Jane Goodall on zoos and tech as conservation tools 2,781 Will climate change sink the Mekong Delta? 2,716 What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day article2,487 Mountain gorillas & Tree lions: experiencing nature’s biggest and baddest with Gryphon Productions 2,295 The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey: discovered and immediately endangered 2,108 Exclusive: Rainforest rapidly cleared for sugarcane in Bolivia 2,048 Small oil palm plantations are having big impacts on Peru rainforest 2,014 For the first time, bees get added to US endangered species list 1,930 How many trees are cut down every year?1,899 Tree biodiversity critical to forest productivity, study finds 1,894 Scientists dive deep to discover new fish species at 150 meters 1,854 Airbus to marshal its satellites against deforestation 1,841 Mother Nature and a hydropower onslaught aren’t the Mekong Delta’s only problems 1,821 New parasitic plant doesn’t use photosynthesis; its flowers never bloom 1,813 Hectare by hectare, an indigenous man reforested a jungle in Indonesia’s burned-out heartland 1,605 Study finds Brazil isn’t counting all deforestation in official estimates 1,440 Logged but not out: Altered landscapes important for conservation 1,428 The top 10 most biodiverse countries1,356 Experts warn more monitoring needed for the Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’ 1,348 What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?1,346 Malaysia has the world’s highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map1,336 Russia’s Far East: then and now 1,300 A plan to save the Mekong Delta 1,285 Romania announces ban on trophy hunting of bears, wolves and wildcats 1,271 Strongest drought in 25 years hits Bolivia 1,232 A photographer’s journey into a Peruvian oil spill 1,213 Scoring palm oil buyers on their sustainability commitments 1,186 More than 20 labor law violations by Indofood alleged in Indonesia 1,088
