Conservation
Millions of Trees Were Removed in 2021, Hurting Climate Goals
The dramatic loss of tree cover in the tropics and northern boreal forests is releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide
"Deforestation"
Conservation
Biden Aims to Protect the Nation’s Old Trees to Help with Carbon Removal
The president is issuing an executive order requiring the federal government to catalog the nation’s biggest trees
Climate Change
Amazon Rain Forest Nears Dangerous ‘Tipping Point’
It is losing its ability to recover from disturbances such as drought, wildfire and human development, researchers say
Ecology
Gold Mining Is Poisoning Amazon Forests with Mercury
Mitigation strategies typically do not include forests, but my team’s research suggests they should
Agriculture
Here’s How Much Food Contributes to Climate Change
Animal-based foods produce about twice the emissions of plant-based ones, a new comprehensive study finds
Conservation
Indigenous Amazon Communities Fight Deforestation with New Early-Alert Tool
A pilot program reveals that deforestation declined when Peruvian Indigenous communities use an early-alert-system app to detect forest loss
Archimedes, 3 Trillion Trees and Life in the Universe
A new estimate of Earth's total tree population shows previous estimates were seven times too low, and there are implications for efforts to understand the nature of life here and elsewhere in the universe...
Environment
Is Chocolate Driving Monkeys into Extinction?
Ten years ago the forests of Ivory Coast were full of the hoots and howls of more than a dozen primate species. No more. Today the west African nation is much quieter.
Sunday Species Snapshot: Swift Parrot
The beautiful bird known as the swift parrot may be on the fast track to extinction. Species name: Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) Description: A small bird, just 25 centimeters long, with bright features and a particularly showy attitude...
Environment
Look Out Lemurs: Climate Change Is Taking Your Land
As if rampant deforestation and poaching weren't bad enough, climate change will have a devastating effect on the majority of Madagascar's lemur species, most of them already imperiled, according to a paper published this week in Ecology and Evolution...
Environment
Gorgeous Blue-Eyed Lemur Faces Extinction in 11 Years
One of the most recently discovered lemur species of Madagascar could also be one of the first to disappear. The striking blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons), which was only identified as a species in 2008, faces extinction in as little as 11 years due to rapid deforestation in its only habitat, according to research published [...]..
Rescued Baby Orangutan Shines Light on Cruel, Illegal Pet Trade [Video]
El drama de un bebé orangután desnutrido y posiblemente lisiado hace un llamado a poner fin al tráfico de animales.
Environment
Rescued Baby Orangutan Shines Light on Cruel, Illegal Pet Trade [Video]
The plight of an emaciated, possibly crippled baby orangutan has brought worldwide attention this week to the cruel practices that resulted in the endangered ape spending the first 10 months of his life in a chicken cage in Borneo...
Humans Cross Another Danger Line for the Planet
Five years go an impressive, international group of scientists unveiled nine biological and environmental "boundaries" that humankind should not cross in order to keep the earth a livable place...
Fresh Start for an Extinct Cat?
Credit: An 1862 painting of a Formosan clouded leopard by Joseph Wolf, image in the public domain Source: from Could Extinct Clouded Leopards Be Reintroduced in Taiwan?
Evolution
Consumtpion of Egg-Carrying Females Endangers Rare Iguana
It’s a simple equation, really: If a species can’t reproduce, it will go extinct. A critically endangered species in Honduras faces that risk in a notable way.
Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Cobra and Others Added to Red List of Threatened Species
The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was published Monday and, as you can imagine, it wasn’t good news. The Red List, the global inventory of species, now identifies 22,413 species as threatened with extinction around the world...
Mapping Mistake Threatens 1,400 Chimpanzees and Newly Discovered Endangered Plant
How’s this for irony?: A newly discovered plant named after the reserve in which it is supposedly found is endangered because the reserve isn’t actually located where people thought it was...
Environment
Halloween Horrors: The Ghost Bat (aka the False Vampire Bat)
Something ghostly and hungry flies the skies of northern Australia. Its massive white wings stand out against the darkness as it circles, searching for prey.
Environment
Sloth Bears Confirmed Extinct in Bangladesh
A massive project to assess the health of wildlife in Bangladesh has confirmed conservationists' longstanding suspicions that sloth bears no longer exist in that country.
