Conservationists work constantly through habitat protection and other means to save these and other endangered species. And now they are adding a new ...
Jim Selman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
To the extent that we speak from our hearts about the world we want to create, we will attract energy, resources and support--and inspire others to act.
BBC News | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green
Their results showed a slow decline in megafauna that began about 15,000 years ago and appeared to last for about 1,000 years. This discovery rules o...
Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
You may think bats are scary, but what's truly terrifying is the mysterious fungus that's decimating the bat population -- the so-called "white-nose syndrome."
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
Australia's koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless urgent action is taken to halt a decline in population, according to researchers....
New Scientist | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green
Fossil fuels have a new crime to live down. A frenzy of hydrocarbon burning at the end of the Permian period may have led to the most devastating mass...
Telegraph | Amy Willis | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
The [African elephant] population - currently 600,000 - is diminishing by 38,000 each year. These figures, calculated using the annual number of illeg...
The Independent | Guy Adams | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
They are the last survivors: all that's left of a once-vibrant civilisation which created its own religion and language, and gave special names to eve...
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green
It said that 20% of mammals were endangered, as were 12% percent of birds and 29% of amphibians. Almost 5% of reptiles were considered threatened, alo...
scientificamerican.com | John Platt | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green
Not only have koala populations become heavily fragmented due to habitat loss, they face numerous threats that they never encountered before: househol...
Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green
If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.
nytimes.com | Pete Browne | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
"The project aims to bring attention to the plight of gorillas," said Lillian Nsubuga, a spokeswoman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, "and any money...
Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
We are the most intelligent creature ever to evolve and yet we are about to make the stupidest mistake in all of geological time
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
IUCN: "Amphibians are the most threatened group of animals in the world, with one in three of the 6,000... species at risk of extinction." And according to the IUCN, that's bad for humans too.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green
When the Obamas visit Yellowstone National Park, they will witness the beauty for which it is known. Sadly, though, they'll also witness firsthand the domestic ravages of global warming.
Tad Daley | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green
This period, where we hold this capability to destroy ourselves but before we have found a way to save ourselves, might be called the human race's ultimate "window of vulnerability."
Mail Online | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green
Almost a third of the world's ocean shark species are facing extinction, conservationists warned yesterday....
Keith Addis | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green
If we want to prevent the seven seas from becoming hot and sour soup, we need climate legislation now. At the moment, the Waxman-Markey bill is the best chance we've got.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
Ten tragic lessons in our nation's environmental history that should never be forgotten. And one climate destabilization tragedy in the making that needs our urgent help.
Ben Stoddard | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
Recently I got into an argument with my coworker over terraforming Mars. Sure, it's a long way off but things going the way they are, you never know when you might have to jump ship.
Hank Green | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green
The more we do, the better off we'll be. The less we do, the worse off we'll be, and that is the law of incremental suck.
Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green
Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...
Rick Smith | Posted 01.11.2009 | Style
Dear God: The pterodactyls suggested a few million years ago that we consider moving south where it's warmer, so we soon plan to form a committee.
Jeffrey Smith | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
After all weather effects of 21st century climate change have disappeared from the earth's surface, two destructive impacts traceable to George Bush's policies will yet remain.
Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green
We're saddened to learn that the alien-looking Axolotl salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), aka Mexican walking fish or Mexican water monster, is serious...
voiceofsandiego.org | JONATHAN PARKINSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green