Pictures of missing link between fish and land animals Pictures of missing link between fish and land animals Ancient missing link between fish and land animals found University of Chicago…
United States and Indonesia to fight illegal logging United States and Indonesia to fight illegal logging Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 5, 2006 The United States and Indonesia today agreed…
Recent Coral Bleaching at Great Barrier Reef Recent Coral Bleaching at Great Barrier Reef By Gretchen Cook-Anderson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center April 5, 2006 An international team of scientists…
Report makes case for regulating carbon dioxide emissions Report makes case for regulating carbon dioxide emissions Regulation has significantly reduced sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides but CO2 remain uncontrolled Natural…
Colombia's indigenous communities under threat warns UN agency Colombia's indigenous communities under threat warns UN agency UN News Service April 5, 2006 A humanitarian emergency is looming among Colombia's indigenous…
California plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions Giant "Turkeysaurus" dinosaur found in Utah Utah Museum of Natural History April 5, 2006 New "egg-thief" dinosaur roamed the southwest Scientists from the…
The Adventure Begins--Wilderness Classroom in Peru Special to mongabay.com: Wilderness Classroom: Expedition 2006The following is an update from The Wilderness Classroom's expedition to the Peruvian rainforest. You can follow their…
Newly discovered rodent not so new or rare after all Newly discovered rodent not so new or rare after all Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 5, 2006 The newly discovered…
California plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions California plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 4, 2006 California plans to introduce legislation that will impose binding…
Climate change threatens coldwater reefs Climate change threatens coldwater reefs Ecological Society of America April 3, 2006 Corals don't only occur in warm, sun-drenched, tropical seas; some species are found…
More carcinogens allowed into air under secret new EPA rule More carcinogens allowed into air under secret new EPA rule Natural Resources Defense Council April 3, 2006 A secret proposal…
Deep-Sea Fish Populations Boom Over the Last 15 Years, New Scripps Study Shows Deep-Sea Fish Populations Boom Over the Last 15 Years, New Scripps Study Shows Scripps Institution of Oceanography…
Prairies at risk from climate change, drought, human activities Prairies at risk from climate change, drought, human activities Canadian prairies face impending water crisis University of Alberta April 3, 2006…
Taking Care of Business: Diapers Go Green Taking Care of Business: Diapers Go Green Tina Butler, mongabay.com April 2, 2006 Cloth or Disposable Diapers: Answering the Age Old Question A…
Insects worth $57 billion to US economy Insects worth $57 billion to US economy Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com April 1, 2006 A new study says insects are worth at least…
Pacific Ocean getting warmer and more acidic Pacific Ocean getting warmer and more acidic Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 31, 2006 The Pacific Ocean is getting warmer and more acidic,…
Air above Antarctica warming rapidly Air above Antarctica warming rapidly Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 30, 2006 Winter air temperatures over Antarctica have risen by more than 2C in the…
Does tropical biodiversity increase during global warming?
Shahtoosh becomes illegal as Tibetan antelope is protected Shahtoosh becomes illegal as Tibetan antelope is protected Wildlife Conservation Society March 30, 2006 The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today…
Lack of oxygen triggers sex imbalance in fish Lack of oxygen triggers sex imbalance in fish mongabay.com March 29, 2006 SUMMARY: Oceanic oxygen depletion resulting from agricultural run-off and pollution…
Past mass extinction events linked to climate change Past mass extinction events linked to climate change Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 29, 2006 Most mass extinctions were caused by gradual…
Brazil to protect 84,000 sq. mi. of Amazon rainforest Brazil to protect Amazon rainforest Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 28, 2006 At the United Nations-sponsored environmental conference meeting in Curitiba,…
Borneo rainforest to be protected; massive oil palm plantation canceled Borneo rainforest to be protected; massive oil palm plantation canceled Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 28, 2006 Today Indonesia announced…
Pictures of the Borneo rainforest Pictures of the Borneo rainforest Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 28, 2006 Mongabay.com, a leading rainforest information web site, has launched a new section featuring…
Home Depot, Lowe's selling illegal wood from Papua New Guinea-Report Home Depot, Lowe's selling illegal wood from Papua New Guinea-Report Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 23, 2006 Consumers in the…
Sea levels to rise 20 feet if ice melting trend continues Sea levels to rise 20 feet if ice melting trend continues Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 23, 2006 New…
Avian Flu Threat to Biological Diversity Avian Flu Threat to Biological Diversity Media Release from the United Nations Environment Programme March 23, 2006 Experts at Convention on Biological Diversity Meeting…
Red Tide Causes Sea Turtle Die-Off in El Salvador Red Tide Causes Sea Turtle Die-Off in El Salvador Wildlife Conservation Society March 23, 2006 A "Red Tide" event that occurred…
Scientists today warned that 40 percent of the Amazon rainforest could be lost by 2050 due to agricultural expansion unless strict measures are taken to protect the world's largest tropical…
New satellite maps show forest loss and degradation New satellite maps show forest loss and degradation Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com March 22, 2006 Greenpeace today launched a set of satellite…
