Most popular mongabay.com news articles - May 2010

  1. Photos reveal paradise-like site for coal plant in Borneo [8564]
  2. Wildlife death toll from BP oil spill likely includes dolphins [4858]
  3. World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-2005 [4463]
  4. Future threats to the Amazon rainforest [4035]
  5. Can markets protect nature? [2815]
  6. How to save the Amazon rainforest [2489]
  7. Coral reefs decimated by 2050, Great Barrier Reef's coral 95% dead [2429]
  8. Photos: the penis-like mushroom and other top 10 new species of 2009 [2133]
  9. The real Avatar story: indigenous people fight to save their forest homes from corporate exploitation [1965]
  10. Visiting the rainforest - a practical guide [1861]
  11. Human hair offers eco-friendly way to battle Gulf oil spill [1821]
  12. More new species found in Indonesia's 'lost world' [1813]
  13. How an agricultural revolution could save the world's biodiversity, an interview with Ivette Perfecto [1804]
  14. Researchers begin studying long-term effects of oil spill on marine life [1763]
  15. Nestle caves to activist pressure on palm oil [1736]
  16. Why is oil palm replacing tropical rainforests [1555]
  17. The Gulf oil spill in context: US oil consumption [1532]
  18. Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico heading towards full-scale environmental disaster [1456]
  19. Dubai's artificial islands have high environmental cost [1438]
  20. NASA image reveals new oil trail hundreds of kilometers long in the Gulf [1436]
  21. NASA, Google Earth catch North Korea logging protected area [1417]
  22. Collapsing biodiversity is a 'wake-up call for humanity' [1393]
  23. Who's to blame for the oil spill? [1389]
  24. Poachers kill world's rarest rhino in Vietnam [1326]
  25. A nation of tragedies: the unseen elephants wars of Chad [1315]
  26. Brazil launches major push for sustainable palm oil in the Amazon [1309]
  27. Spill may be spreading: tar balls wash up in the Florida Keys [1233]
  28. The Oily History of Offshore Operations: From Venezuela to the Gulf [1218]
  29. BP’s Oily Political Connections: from the Bush to Obama Era [1204]
  30. Cane toads increasingly a problem in Australia [1182]
  31. Taking back the rainforest: Indians in Colombia govern 100,000 square miles of territory [1170]
  32. Tourism in Madagascar; Visiting the World's Most Unusual Island [1150]
  33. One man's mission to save Cambodia's elephants [1142]
  34. Activists lock themselves in Cargill headquarters as new report alleges illegal deforestation [1116]
  35. Talking the Amazon rainforest with Avatar's James Cameron [1079]
  36. Greenpeace accuses McDonald's of destroying the Amazon rainforest [1005]
  37. Anatomy of an Oil Disaster: Heckuva Job, Kenny! [994]
  38. 'Prepare for war': tensions rising over Brazil's controversial Belo Monte dam [976]
  39. Cuddly slow loris threatened by the pet trade [948]
  40. World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day [936]
  41. Large-scale soy farming in Brazil pushes ranchers into the Amazon rainforest [907]
  42. Gulf oil spill could impact non-coastal songbirds [841]
  43. World's 'number one frog' faces extinction from New Zealand government [832]
  44. To reproduce, parasite transforms ant into juicy red berry [831]
  45. Brazil's plan to save the Amazon rainforest [822]
  46. Logging in Tongass rainforest would imperil rare species [822]
  47. Hope for survival as isolated orangutans joined by rope bridge [795]
  48. Secrets of the Amazon: giant anacondas and floating forests, an interview with Paul Rosolie [783]
  49. U.S. and Brazil sign deforestation agreement [776]
  50. Climate change devastating lizards worldwide: 20 percent estimated to face extinction [773]