Rhett A. Butler

Scientists have discovered a "supercolony" of Adélie penguins in Antarctica’s remote Danger Islands, raising hopes that the bird’s ...

Greenhouse gas emissions from peat fires in Borneo and Sumatra are currently exceeding emissions from the entire U.S. ...

Good news on the environmental front in Madagascar has been rare and fleeting in recent years, but today ...

Dozens of fires are raging across Indonesia's Tesso Nilo National Park National Park, a protected area that has ...

An outfit usually associated with investigating arms dealers and weapons traffickers is applying its advanced network mapping capabilities ...

A high profile pledge by the world's largest meat company to limit deforestation for cattle production in the ...

Conservationists rescued another orangutan stranded in Sumatra by expanding oil palm plantations, spotlighting continued fragmentation and destruction of ...

Up to 64 percent of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forests may consist of dead wood left over ...

A group of prominent researchers, philanthropists, and activists are calling for a doubling of the planet's native forest ...

Surging demand for natural rubber is decimating some of the world's most endangered forests, putting wildlife and critical ...

In a resolution issued at the conclusion of their annual gathering in Phnom Penh, the Asia-Pacific Chapter of ...

World leaders are continuing to overlook the worsening condition of tropical forests despite the biome's vast potential to ...

Yum! Brands, the company that owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, on Thursday announced a zero deforestation ...

The rate of forest loss in Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem — the only place on Earth where rhinos, orangutans, ...

Asia Pulp & Paper's supplier Wirakarya Sakti Sakti (WKS) will end its relationship with a security contractor implicated ...

A seemingly well-intended law that aims to turn forests over to traditional users could instead lead to large-scale ...

The Brazilian government has officially confirmed that deforestation in the Amazon is pacing sharply higher than a year ...

3M has announced a new sustainability policy that will reduce the impact of its fiber-sourcing practices on forests ...

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has purged membership of a number of companies and organizations that ...

Indonesian police are investigating the brutal killing of a villager in Jambi at the hands of security guards ...

Malaysian palm oil producer Kuala Lumpur Kepong's failure to adopt a robust zero deforestation policy puts its financial ...

Last year, scientists released an emergency three-year plan that they argued could, quite literally, save the world's lemurs ...

An Indonesian palm oil firm is destroying rainforests in New Guinea despite high profile zero deforestation pledges from ...

While Santander Bank has made headlines in recent days for financing an Indonesian forestry giant's ongoing clearance of ...

Selective logging is causing long-term changes to tropical forests in Africa by facilitating the growth of weeds and ...

Authorities in Sabah are failing to enforce anti-poaching laws, undermining governance and wildlife protection efforts in the Malaysian ...

In a statement issued Thursday, ALERT—the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers expressed concern over revelations that ...