most popular – 2016-12
- Temer government set to overthrow Brazil’s environmental agenda [19013]
- Wildlife for sale: More than 5,000 traffickers arrested this year in Colombia [18895]
- Watch video of an electric eel attack [12440]
- A dam shame: the plight of the Mekong giant catfish [8160]
- Photos: Top 20 new species of 2016 [6570]
- Sapphire boom propels thousands into Madagascar rainforest [6560]
- Terror from above: eagle tackles deer in stunning camera trap photos [6441]
- Rainbow-headed snake, rare wild banana among 163 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region: WWF [5472]
- Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016 [5268]
- Consumer pressure to ditch deforestation begins to reach Indonesia’s oil palm plantation giants [3903]
- Papua New Guinea’s oil and gas boom — blessing or curse? [3489]
- Hunted to the brink: Mammals in crisis [3324]
- Environmental licence for Sao Luiz do Tapajos hydroelectric dam denied [3069]
- Swallowing swimming pools: New sensory tags capture kinetics of lunge-feeding whales [2969]
- Cheetah populations crash as fastest-animal disappears from 91% of its range [2818]
- Indonesia’s rich list stacked with palm oil billionaires [2784]
- Hunting, not deforestation, biggest threat to Southeast Asian biodiversity: Study [2574]
- Wildlife for sale: Is it possible to win the fight in Ecuador? [2529]
- Nepal’s extraordinary devotion to preserving its rhinos [2399]
- Indonesia’s oil palm plantations are rife with spitting cobras [2396]
- What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day article [2327]
- Brazil pledges ‘largest restoration commitment ever made’ [2135]
- Scientists catch boa constrictor eating a howler monkey (photos) [2096]
- Chimps help farmers ‘plant’ cacao in Guinea [2087]
- Saving Bangladesh’s last rainforest [2030]
- Lakes in community hands spur gains for people and fish [2020]
- Which tropical forest conservation strategies are proving most effective? [1995]
- Mexico to get its largest ever protected area [1990]
- From loathed to loved: Villagers rally to save Greater Adjutant stork [1821]
- All I want for Christmas: a wildlife researcher’s holiday wish list [1760]
- Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’ [1641]
- This new spider looks like the sorting hat from Harry Potter [1629]
- Australian retailers accused of misusing the RSPO’s label on their palm oil products [1619]
- How tropical deforestation and land-use change is driving emerging infectious diseases [1563]
- Reports that wild Sumatran rhinos may survive in Malaysia prompt hope, skepticism [1557]
- Interpol says corruption in global forestry sector worth $29 billion every year [1507]
- Vanishing point: Bumblebee bat is world’s smallest; it’s also at risk [1498]
- Thailand failing to stop illegal trade in apes due to inadequate legislation [1489]
- The lionfish invasion: A call to arms? [1481]
- Forgotten forests’ of South Sudan: Camera traps capture first-ever pictures of forest elephants, giant pangolins in the country [1473]
- Wildlife for sale: Jaguars are the new trafficking victims in Bolivia [1449]
- The top 10 most biodiverse countries [1429]
- Why should we care about the endemism hotspot of Sao Tome and Principe [1392]
- World’s tallest tropical tree discovered, along with nearly 50 other record-breakers [1383]
- Indonesia’s forestry ministry takes Greenpeace to court over freedom of information request [1324]
- 5,000 wild animals killed in West Bengal, India, on World Environment Day [1316]
- New population of rare Myanmar snub-nosed monkey discovered in China [1301]
- Vietnam’s forests on the upswing after years of recovery [1283]
- Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increased 29% over last year [1279]
- Off-the-shelf hobby drones are helping save elephants in Tanzania [1270]
- Vietnam faces dilemma on forests as climate change threatens coffee crops [1245]
- How many trees are cut down every year? [1136]
- Researchers say natural regeneration an overlooked but low-cost option for forest restoration [1136]
- Obama creates two new national monuments, protecting 1.65 million acres [1092]
- Bastion of biodiversity protected in eastern DRC [1086]
- Giraffes facing ‘silent extinction’: IUCN [1046]
- Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan [1040]
- Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO [1038]
- Explore the “Wonders of the Annamites” in this new children’s book [1033]
- 2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans [1026]
- Companies are underestimating the risks of deforestation in their commodities supply chains [1022]
- Study points to El Nino-like global connections between forests [1009]
- Green groups raise red flags over Jokowi’s widely acclaimed haze law [1006]