Squid chasing drove evolution of whale sonar
Squid chasing drove eolution of whale sonar Squid chasing drove eolution of whale sonar University of California - Berkeley September 6, 2007 A University of California at Berkeley study argues…
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Toddlers have higher social cognition skills than apes
Toddlers have higher social cognition skills than apes Toddlers have higher social cognition skills than apes mongabay.com September 6, 2007 Toddlers have more sophisticated social learning skills than their closest…
Climate change drove human evolution
Climate change drove human evolution Climate change drove human evolution mongabay.com September 3, 2007 Climate change appears to have been a significant driver of human evolution, report researchers writing in…
Asians played larger role in colonization of Europe than Africans
Asians played larger role in colonization of Europe than Africans Asians played larger role in colonization of Europe than Africans mongabay.com August 6, 2007 Humans with Asian origins played a…
Sea anemone genome provides insight on evolution
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…
Rainforest trees colonized Africa from the Amazon
Rainforest trees colonized Africa from the Amazon Rainforest trees colonized Africa from the Amazon mongabay.com June 24, 2007 A giant rainforest tree is helping scientists understand similarities between African and…
Mother lizards select color patterns of offspring
Mother lizards select color patterns of offspring Mother lizards select color patterns of offspring mongabay.com June 13, 2007 Mother lizards can induce different color patterns in their offspring in response…
Frogs rafted from South America to the Caribbean 29M years ago
Frogs rafted from South America to the Caribbean 29M years ago Frogs rafted from South America to the Caribbean 29M years ago Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 4, 2007 Large…
Human ancestors first walked in trees
Human ancestors first walked in trees not savannas Human ancestors first walked in trees mongabay.com May 31, 2007 Walking on two legs is likely to have first arisen among apes…
Sex differences fuel evolution
Sex differences fuel evolution Sex differences fuel evolution Harvard University May 10, 2007 Some Caribbean lizards' strong sexual dimorphism allows them to colonize much larger niches and habitats than they…
Animals on islands more abundant than mainland
Animals on islands more abundant than mainland Animals on islands more abundant than mainland By Kim McDonal of the University of California, San Diego April 30, 2007 A comprehensive survey…
Global warming killed Neanderthals in Spain
Global warming killed Neanderthals in Spain Global warming killed Neanderthals in Spain mongabay.com April 30, 2007 New research fingers climate change, not humans, as the culprit for the extinction of…
Climate change leaving amphibians behind in extinction race
Facing extinction, amphibians fail to cope with global warming Facing extinction, amphibians fail to cope with global warming mongabay.com April 30, 2007 Despite surviving the age of dinosaurs and numerous…
First amphibians were biters not suckers
First amphibians were biters not suckers First amphibians were biters not suckers mongabay.com April 16, 2007 Prehistoric aquatic amphibians developed the ability to feed on land well before they became…
Dinosaur extinction didn’t produce current mammal evolution
Dinosaur extinction didn't produce current mammal evolution Dinosaur extinction didn't produce current mammal evolution mongabay.com March 28, 2007 A new Nature study argues that the demise of dinosaurs did not…
Monkeys have culture too
Monkeys have culture too Monkeys have culture too mongabay.com March 25, 2007 A study carried out in the Caatinga forest of Serra da Capivara National Park in the Piaui state…
Evolutionary precursor to snake discovered
Evolutionary precursor to snake discovered Evolutionary precursor to snake discovered Fossil discovery marks earliest record of limbloss in ancient lizard By Phoebe Dey, University of Alberta March 23, 2007 A…
Prehistoric lizard glided through air using ribs
Prehistoric lizard glided through air using ribs Prehistoric lizard glided through air using ribs mongabay.com March 19, 2007 An extinct species of lizard used a wing-like membrane supported by the…
Evolution is faster in temperate zones
Evolution is faster in Canada than in the Amazon argues new study Evolution is faster in temperate zones Speciation faster in Canada than in the Amazon argues new study mongabay.com…
Caribbean coral reefs result of mass extinction, rise of isthmus
Caribbean coral reefs result of mass extinction, rise of isthmus Caribbean coral reefs result of mass extinction, rise of isthmus Research suggests extinction may be gradual and unpredictable mongabay.com March…
Ancient humanoids were short and nasty for kung fu fighting, not climbing
Ancient humanoids were short for fighting, not climbing Ancient humanoids were short and nasty for kung fu fighting, not climbing mongabay.com March 12, 2007 Ancient ape-like human ancestors called as…
Two new species of eyeless albino millipede found in Arizona
Two new species of eyeless albino millipede found in Arizona Two new species of eyeless albino millipede found in Arizona mongabay.com March 5, 2007 A newly discovered genus of millipede…
Chimps and humans split 4 million years ago
Chimps and humans split 4 million years ago Chimps and humans split 4 million years ago mongabay.com February 23, 2007 Chimp in Uganda, photo by R. Butler New research using…
Global cooling may have spawned complex life on Earth
Global cooling may have spawned complex life on Earth Global cooling may have spawned complex life on Earth mongabay.com February 13, 2007 Icy conditions some 600-800 million years ago may…
Captive chimpanzees ‘talk’ to humans
Captive chimpanzees "talk" to humans Captive chimpanzees "talk" to humans mongabay.com January 29, 2007 Captive chimpanzees use specific vocalizations to communicate with humans according to new research published in the…
Leaf-mimicking insects at least 47 million years old
Leaf-mimicking insects at least 47 million years old Leaf-mimicking insects at least 47 million years old mongabay.com December 25, 2006 With the discovery of a 47 million year old fossil…
Mammals may have flown before birds
Mammals may have flown before birds, new fossil discovery suggests Mammals may have flown before birds mongabay.com December 13, 2006 Mammals may have flown before birds according to a fossil…
Ancient hominid not our ancestor finds new study
Ancient hominid not our ancestor finds new study Ancient hominid not our ancestor finds new study mongabay.com December 7, 2006 Scientists have shown that ancient remains once thought to be…
Neanderthal life was miserable suggests new evidence
Neanderthal life was miserable suggests new evidence Neanderthal life was miserable suggests new evidence mongabay.com December 4, 2006 New analysis of 43,000-year-old samples of Neanderthal remains from Spain's Iberian Peninsula…
Clues about origin of life found in meteorite
Clues about origin of life found in meteorite Clues about origin of life found in meteorite mongabay.com November 30, 2006 NASA scientists studying a rare type of meteorite have found…
Whales share human brain cells
Whales share human brain cells Whales share human brain cells mongabay.com November 27, 2006 Whales share brain cells with humans according to a new study published online November 27, 2006…
Tropical biodiversity results from age of species argues new theory
Tropical biodiversity results from age of species argues new theory Tropical biodiversity results from age of species argues new theory University of Chicago Press Journals November 1, 2006 Why are…
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Forest Trackers
- Narco airstrips beset Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon
- 15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities
- Satellite data show bursts of deforestation continue in Indonesian national park
- Fires rip through Indigenous territories in Brazilian Amazon
Oceans
- Indonesia seeks alternative funding as USAID freeze delays marine conservation efforts
- Funerary practices in Fiji protect marine areas while honoring the deceased
- Tourists are back at this Instaworthy Philippine town, but can its sewage system keep up?
- Study suggests algal blooms disorient whales, putting them in danger
Amazon Conservation
- ‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead
- New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches
- Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns
- ‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says
Land rights and extractives
- Should mining companies consider no-go zones where isolated Indigenous peoples live? (Commentary)
- Brazil sets a date to remove illegal miners from Munduruku land, more details await
- Peruvian logger loses FSC label after latest clash with isolated Mashco Piro
- A national park and its rangers in Bolivia endure persisting road construction, illegal mining
Endangered Environmentalists
- Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
- Environmental journalist in Cambodia shot and killed by suspected logger
- Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research
- Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to prison — again
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
Conservation Effectiveness
- How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
- How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
- Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
- Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
