most popular – 2016-11
November most popular
World’s tallest tropical tree discovered, along with nearly 50 other record-breakers [43,638]
Hunted to the brink: Mammals in crisis [36,307]
Things you want to know about Mongabay [12,595]
Nigerian superhighway project draws international attention over threats to local communities and wildlife [11,783]
Off-the-shelf hobby drones are helping save elephants in Tanzania [6,623]
From Indonesia to Ohio: the struggle to breed Sumatran rhinos in captivity [5,176]
Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium [4,012]
What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day article [3,359]
Rhinos to get new homes in India [2,947]
Morocco plants millions of trees along roads to fight climate change [2,901]
Discovery of baby Chinese alligators boosts hope for rare species [2,810]
Peru’s Manu National Park declared world’s top biodiversity hotspot [2,643]
The people of Ethiopia’s forests [2,460]
New millipede discovered in California has 414 legs, 4 penises [2,324]
Was Borneo once a land of tigers? [2,271]
Industry, NGOs agree to single approach to eliminating deforestation from palm oil supply chain [2,232]
These 3 new miniature salamanders are already headed for extinction [2,009]
Asia races to save the Critically Endangered helmeted hornbill [2,007]
New frog species discovered near Australian airport [1,929]
RSPO loses key backer in Australia: ‘We just can’t trust them anymore’ [1,921]
Nepal goes high-tech in its fight against rhino poachers [1,893]
Small oil palm plantations are having big impacts on Peru rainforest [1,886]
Ancient hunter-gatherer tribe protects traditional forest with help from carbon trading [1,868]
Another pipeline spill reported in Peruvian Amazon as indigenous protests enter eighth week [1,826]
Deep sea mining plans for Papua New Guinea raise alarm [1,822]
How many trees are cut down every year? [1,814]
Endangered species database ‘outdated’, underestimates risk of extinction: new study [1,772]
Can fig trees regrow lost rainforests? [1,766]
Meet the world’s 25 most endangered primates [1,758]
It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world’s biggest birds [1,725]
Where have all the lutungs gone? Mystery monkeys fast disappearing [1,706]
Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them? [1,704]
Peru rainforest lost to illegal gold mining eclipses 10 Manhattans [1,645]
Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development [1,555]
400-year-old Greenland shark might be oldest vertebrate on Earth [1,540]
Protecting gorillas at all costs: park rangers of the Congo [1,528]
For the palm oil industry, ‘engagement’ means turning a blind eye to deforestation [1,494]
Indonesia ships first containers of timber under EU legality scheme [1,480]
Computing cost-effective wildlife corridors [1,423]
Trump election leaves COP22 climate delegates aghast, shaken but firm [1,390]
Ranking the world’s best – and worst – palm oil companies in terms of sustainability [1,389]
Trump vows Paris Agreement pull out; world unites behind green economy [1,386]
The top 10 most biodiverse countries [1,384]
Indonesian court shuts down legal challenge to Aceh land-use plan [1,382]
One Tanzanian man’s quest to save the forest [1,374]
Feral pigs, vampire bats, and infectious diseases in rural Brazil [1,351]
Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands [1,349]
Climate change is impacting all aspects of life on Earth: new study [1,344]
Complaint against a palm oil company in Papua held in limbo by RSPO [1,294]
What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest? [1,272]
Sweden sets legal precedent with prosecution of Myanmar teak trader [1,254]
Damming the Salween: what next for Southeast Asia’s last great free-flowing river? [1,229]
The beloved Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are at risk of extinction from avian malaria [1,202]
New species of pea-sized crab discovered — inside a mussel [1,196]
Don’t feed the orangutans — a warning unheeded at popular ecotourism stop [1,181]
From Ohio to Indonesia: captive-bred Sumatran rhinos may be the species’ only hope for a future [1,152]
