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 Most popular mongabay.com news articles - December 2012
Italicized titles represent news articles posted during the monthLion population falls 68 percent in 50 years [29,193]
Photos: the top new species discoveries in 2012 [22,437]
Okapi Conservation Project wins mongabay's 2012 conservation award [15,751]
New species of cute, but venomous, primate discovered in Borneo [9,450]
New Guinea singing dog photographed in the wild for the first time [6,065]
Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest5,718]
World deforestation rates and forest cover statistics, 2000-20055,691]
Rainforests teem with insects, most of which are unknown, finds study [4,128]
'Penis snake' discovered in Brazil is actually a rare species of amphibian2,845]
Why it's time to ban the ivory trade for good [Graphic images: viewer discretion advised] [2,814]
Uncontacted tribes still exist, but extinction threat looms [2,514]
Visiting the rainforest - a practical guide2,490]
Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2012 [2,476]
Tear-sucker moth in Madagascar feeds on bird eyes2,177]
Africa's great savannahs may be more endangered than the world's rainforests [2,169]
Amazon deforestation obliterates soil biodiversity, with wider ecological implications [1,835]
'Cute' umbrella video of slow loris threatens primate1,812]
Amazon rainforest failing to recover after droughts [1,711]
Congo ranger ambushed and killed defending wildlife [1,685]
Future threats to the Amazon rainforest1,655]
Deforestation rate falls across Amazon rainforest countries [1,641]
Our favorite nature photos of 2012 [1,544]
Photos: 3 colorful lizard species discovered in Australia [1,510]
Becky Tarbotton, head of the Rainforest Action Network, dies in accident in Mexico [1,447]
Python explodes after swallowing 6-foot alligator in Florida Everglades1,438]
Island bat goes extinct after Australian officials hesitate1,409]
Asia Pulp & Paper hires top U.S. lobbyist to help 'green' its image [1,399]
Rare jungle cat filmed for only the second time [1,386]
Palm oil or lard? [1,323]
Paper giant breaks pledge to end rainforest logging in Sumatra, says group [1,305]
Introducing the 'Obama-fish'1,295]
Velociraptor spider discovered in Oregon cave (pictures)1,294]
How to save the Amazon rainforest1,284]
Cutting through the rhetoric on palm oil production [1,258]
Some Amazon trees more than 8 million years old [1,204]
Indonesia lost 8.8m ha of forest in the 2000s, generating 7 billion tons of CO2 [1,156]
REDD+ negotiations in Doha at impasse, potentailly delaying decisions on safeguards another year [1,155]
Brazil's deforestation at record low from 2011-20121,152]
Pictures: 126 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region last year [1,107]
Giant one-celled organisms discovered over six miles below the ocean's surface1,089]
Researchers track the little-known giant sunfish1,086]
China plans over 300 dam projects worldwide [1,018]
Advanced technology reveals massive tree die-off in remote, unexplored parts of the Amazon [1,007]
Brazil's plan to save the Amazon rainforest952]
Indonesia approves first REDD+ project in Borneo [944]
Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis [940]
Obama triples area of protected California coastline [937]
Brazilian bank approves $10.8 billion loan for controversial Amazon rainforest dam934]
Photos: one of the world's rarest turtles hatches at the Bronx Zoo [933]
From catastrophic to the sustainable: the flight of the Amur Falcon [923]
 
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