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Alan Rabinowitz, Defender of the Big Cats (Podcast)
In a tireless career, Alan Rabinowitz has accomplished more than most people can even dream, establishing some of the largest animal reserves in the world from South America to Asia.
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Biodiversity Loss Versus Climate Change: Which is Worse?
Scientists fighting for political action say biobiversity loss is worse than climate change.
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Monkey Thought Extinct is Rediscovered in Indonesia
In a surprise twist, researchers capture photographs of a species believed to have been lost to the ages.
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Sumatran Elephants Could Be Extinct Within 30 Years
Over the next three decades, the human population is projected to reach 9 billion people. In that same time, Sumatran elephants, currently numbering around 2,500, are expected to reach zero.
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32,000 Year-Old Flower Has Rebloomed
Fruit tissue found in a fossilized squirrel burrow is brought back to life with growth hormones and new plants bloom after a 30,000 year hiatus
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One Female Left: Wolves May Go Extinct in Michigan National Park
The last pack of wolves in a Michigan national park is near extinction. Should humans intervene?
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Scientists Fear Global Ecological Collapse Once 50% of the Natural Landscape...
A new paper says that we're probably about to undergo a "state shift" that will trigger huge environmental changes, mass extinctions, and ecological collapse. Oh, it will probably be an existential...
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R.I.P. Lonesome George, the Last of His Kind
Lonesome George, the world's last remaining Pinta Island tortoise, has died at age 100 -- marking the final end of a species millennia in the making, and inching that 'loneliest' mantle one notch...
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These Amazon Animals Would Still Go Extinct Even if Deforestation Stopped...
Sorry guys, we've racked up an "extinction debt," and you've got to pay it off.
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Fish Extinctions to Double in North America Over Next 40 Years
North American fish species will be going extinct at twice the rate they are now by 2050, a new study says.
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Extinction Rates Soar in Brazil's Fragmented Forests
Biologists call the level of species loss in the Atlantic Forest "staggering".
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A Quick Guide to Surviving a Mass Extinction Event
A survival guide for the Anthropocene.
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Extinction Event Near Miss: Fragments From Billion-Ton Comet Missed Earth by...
Thousands of Tunguska events over a couple days? Ouch.
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Could Farming Bluefin Tuna Help Ensure Its Survival?
Unlike other bluefin tuna farms, this one spawns its own young. Is it a step toward sustainability?
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Full Version of Summer Rayne Oakes' Film eXtinction Released Online
The award-winning short film is accompanied by a take-action campaign to address our greatest environmental challenges.
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3,000 great apes killed or captured every year, reports UN
In terms of biology, humans and the planet's other great apes share a common branch in the tree of life. But sadly, despite their near-humanity, our primate cousins continue to die out at the hands of...
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Poachers have killed two-thirds of Africa's forest elephants in ten years
If decline trends from the first decade of this century continue, scientists say that this iconic African species will not live to see the next.
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On Chavez, AP misses forest for the skyscraper
An Associated Press report on the death of Hugo Chavez suggests Chavez wasted money on health care when he could have built giant skyscrapers. It's a lesson on our distorted value system.
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Scientists successfully create living embryo of an extinct species
UNSW researcher Mike Archer says that, at first, the egg seemed inactive. "But then, all of a sudden, one of the cells divided, and then it divided again, and again."
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Duck fathers a chicken, offering hope for extinct species
Scientists from Dubai's Central Veterinary Research Laboratory say they have succeeded in using one species to produce another, a new technique which could be used to bring extinct species back to life.
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Clouded leopards declared extinct in Taiwan
After more than a decade of in the field study, there has been no evidence of the rare and majestic leopard.
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Three male fish, the last of their kind, must find a mate or else go extinct
If you happen to know of any female fish of the Mangarahara cichlid variety, the London Zoo would very much like to introduce her to a couple of extremely
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A year ago in TreeHugger, from thylacines to quaggas
Plus some questions about the future of work, that a year later still ring true.
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What's killing the bees? TIME magazine examines the crisis
In a cover story for Time magazine, Bryan Walsh examines The Plight of the Honeybee.
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Seeing Earth as a beautiful calamity
The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.
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Researchers successfully hatch a rare bird from the egg of a chicken
Using surrogate eggs, researchers could one day revive species from extinction.
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Until we grieve, we'll never protect the earth
We protect what we love. And when we love something, it hurts like hell to lose it.
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Poachers have killed more rhinos this year than ever before
If current rates continue through the end of the year, the number of rhinos killed could reach well over 900.
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Extinct tree grows anew from ancient jar of seeds unearthed by archaeologists
This tree was grown from a 2,000-year-old seed discovered at the site of Herod the Great's palace.
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Meet a new dinosaur: Siats meekerorum [video]
A recently discovered dino is really big.
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