Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products Home improvement giant bans illegal wood products mongabay.com July 8, 2007 B&Q, the third largest retailer of home improvement materials, announced that within…
Inflatable concentrators may cut cost of solar below conventional power plants Inflatable concentrators may cut cost of solarbelow conventional power plants Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com July 8, 2007 Cool Earth…
Orangutans use water as a tool Orangutans use water as a tool mongabay.com July 6, 2007 German researchers have observed orangutans using water as a tool. Natacha Mendes, Daniel Hanus,…
Scientists capture first photos of extremely rare birds Scientists capture first photos of extremely rare birds mongabay.com July 6, 2007 [Please note: It has now been revealed that pictures of…
China will not commit to CO2 limits China will not commit to CO2 limits mongabay.com July 6, 2007 China will not commit to binding greenhouse gas emissions cuts, reports the…
Rare three-legged tiger photographed in Sumatra Rare three-legged tiger photographed in Sumatra mongabay.com July 6, 2007 A WWF camera trap has captured photos of a three-legged Sumatran tiger on the…
Impoverished metal workers in Madagascascar recycle to earn a living Metal Workers in Madagascar recycle to earn a living Julie Larsen Maher July 6, 2007 A ride across the Madagascar…
Photo of white tigers born in Mexico Photo of white tigers born in Mexico mongabay.com July 5, 2007 Five white Bengal tigers born in April were put on display at…
Cuban Energy Crisis Solved Cuba Energy Crisis Solved By Joshua S Hill July 5, 2007 Cuba may be overcoming its intermittent energy crisis, according to a top U.N. official. Power…
Mangroves more threatened than rainforests Mangroves more threatened than rainforests Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com July 5, 2007 Destruction of mangrove forests could leave the world deprived of their important ecological…
Sea anemone genome provides insight on evolution Sea anemone genome provides insight on evolution mongabay.com July 5, 2007 The sea anemone genome is far more complex and vertebrate-like than the…
Lush forests blanked Greenland 500,000 years ago Lush forests blanked Greenland 500,000 years ago mongabay.com July 5, 2007 Rich boreal forests with butterflies and other insects flourished on Greenland within…
760,000 Chinese a year die from pollution 760,000 Chinese a year die from pollution Rhett Butler, mongabay.com July 4, 2007 760,000 Chinese die prematurely each year from polluted air and…
The Bald Eagle Back and Better than Ever! The Bald Eagle Back and Better than Ever! By Joshua S. Hill mongabay.com July 3, 2007 "Oh, say, can you see, by…
Unprecedented deletion of a World Heritage Site in Oman Unprecedented deletion of a World Heritage Site in Oman By Joshua S. Hill mongabay.com July 3, 2007 The Oryx is one…
NASA maps newly proposed source of the Amazon River NASA maps newly proposed source of the Amazon River mongabay.com July 3, 2007 NASA released a map showing the newly proposed…
Careless humanity batters the Arctic The Arctic Battered by Careless Humanity By Joshua S. Hill Guest editorial July 3, 2007 I feel the need to say from the outset when…
UNESCO lists rainforests of Madagascar as Heritage sites UNESCO lists rainforests of Madagascar as Heritage sites Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com July 3, 2007 UNESCO has listed six rainforest parks in…
Norway bans tropical timber Norway bans tropical timber mongabay.com July 2, 2007 Concerned about deforestation rates in the world's most biodiverse forests, Norway has banned the use of tropical timber…
Authorities bust multi-million dollar Amazon logging ring Authorities bust multi-million dollar Amazon logging ring mongabay.com July 2, 2007 Brazilian authorities have busted a logging ring that used fake permits to…
Global warming will produce higher death rates in the U.S. Global warming will produce higher death rates in the U.S. mongabay.com July 2, 2007 Global warming will cause more deaths…
Researchers find large population of extremely rare monkey Researchers find large population of extremely rare monkey mongabay.com July 2, 2007 A team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI)…
450 years of Amazon research reviewed 450 years of Amazon research reviewed Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com July 2, 2007 Research on the Peruvian Amazon is largely inaccessible to the people…
Primary rainforest richer in species than plantations, secondary forests Forest disturbance reduces biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest Primary rainforest richer in species than plantations, secondary forests Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com…
Pro-poor conservation Pro-poor conservation mongabay.com July 1, 2007 A new paper challenges conservationists to focus on improving the livelihoods of rural poor Biodiversity conservation is often associated with the protection…
Man-eating piranha are actually cowards Man-eating piranha are actually cowards mongabay.com July 1, 2007 Despite their reputations as aggressive blood-thirsty carnivores, piranha schooling behavior is a defensive measure to protect…
Cat domestication tied to rise of agriculture Cat domestication tied to rise of agriculture mongabay.com July 1, 2007 Researchers trace origin of domesticated cats to wildcat from the deserts of…
Roughly 80 percent of Sulawesi's richest forests have been degraded and destroyed for agriculture, logging, and mining, reports a ground-breaking assessment of the Indonesian island's forests. Island of unusual biodiversity…
Peanuts, cotton, squash first farmed in Peru 6,000-10,000 years ago Peanuts, cotton, squash first farmed in Peru 6,000-10,000 years ago mongabay.com June 28, 2007 Anthropologists have discovered the earliest-known evidence…
China to ban ozone-depleting CFCs China to ban ozone-depleting CFCs mongabay.com June 28, 2007 China has moved to ban the production of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), according to a statement from…
