Amazon Deforestation Has Increased Dramatically This Year
In May, an area the size of a soccer field was cleared every minute
One Million Species at Risk of Extinction, Threatening Human Communities Around the World, U.N. Report Warns
A global assessment compiled by hundreds of scientists found that humans are inflicting staggering damage on the world’s biodiversity
These Ecologists Borrowed Tricks From Astrophysicists to Count Endangered Orangutans
The thermal-imaging expertise of astronomers helped researchers find the great apes in the hot, humid jungles of Borneo
This Is the World’s Tallest Tropical Tree
The yellow meranti in Malaysia’s Sabah state is 330 feet tall and weighs more than a jetliner
A Year Later, Match.com Profile Pays Off for World’s Loneliest Frog
The 2018 Valentine’s Day stunt raised funds for an expedition that located five new Sehuencas water frogs, including a mate for lonesome Romeo
A Photographer’s Quest to Document the Last of the Rainforest Caribou
In a new book, photographer David Moskowitz turns his lens on the story of a rapidly declining species and habitat
A City Frog’s Love Song Attracts More Mates Than Countryside Croaks
Fewer predators and heightened competition for mates allowed urban tungara frogs to add more notes and frills to their calls, with big results Read more: h
World’s Largest Forest Antelope Photographed in Uganda for First Time
The lowland bongo and other mammal species were recorded during the first camera trap survey of Semuliki National Park
Ancient Mayan Clearcutting Still Impacts Carbon in Soil Today
Even 1,000 years after a forest regrows, the soil beneath still won’t hold as much carbon as it once could, a new study suggests
Brazil Begins Effort to Plant 73 Million Trees in the Amazon
The experiment in reforestation involves spreading native seeds instead of planting saplings
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