Most popular mongabay.com news articles - July 2013

  1. 80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged [5,699]
  2. Beaten and captured orangutan dies in Indonesia's Aceh Province [4,164]
  3. Deforestation rate falls in Congo Basin countries [3,950]
  4. Deforestation rates for Amazon countries outside Brazil [3,546]
  5. Forgotten species: the arapaima or 'dinosaur fish' [3,121]
  6. Palm oil drives Malaysian rainforest tree to extinction [2,963]
  7. Losing our monarchs: iconic monarch butterfly down to lowest numbers in 20 years [2,862]
  8. Scientists build app to automatically identify species based on their calls [2,725]
  9. Madagascar occupied by humans 2,500 years earlier than previously thought [1,876]
  10. Dominican Republic sends bulldozers to destroy wildlife reserve, home to endangered species [1,752]
  11. Elephant killers should be brought to justice, Indonesia’s president tweets [WARNING: brutally graphic images] [1,727]
  12. Chain of custody nonsense from FSC & PEFC: protecting income streams rather than the world's forests [1,718]
  13. 5 men rescued, 1 killed, after 5-day Sumatran tiger standoff [1,686]
  14. How tigers are faring in their final frontier [1,666]
  15. Near real-time deforestation monitoring system to go global [1,594]
  16. Zoos call on governments to take urgent action against illegal wildlife trade [1,569]
  17. New maps highlight global conservation priorities [1,563]
  18. How YouTube has put the world's only poisonous primates at risk [1,554]
  19. Pity the pangolin: little-known mammal most common victim of the wildlife trade [1,521]
  20. Population of newly discovered lemur in Madagascar down to last 50 individuals (photo) [1,521]
  21. Amazon natives use Google Earth, GPS to protect forest home [1,463]
  22. Researchers produce the most accurate carbon map for an entire country [1,440]
  23. New poison dart frog discovered in 'Lost World' [1,419]
  24. Coffee and climate change: an uncertain future for millions of farmers around the world [1,413]
  25. Scientists: lions need funding not fences [1,396]
  26. Biodiversity conservation funding can be better targeted, scientists find [1,388]
  27. Rare animal species and Buddhist monks in danger of losing their home to cement quarry [1,363]
  28. Billions lost to corruption in Indonesia's forest sector, says report [1,349]
  29. Visiting the rainforest - a practical guide [1,322]
  30. Saving the Raja of India's grasslands: new efforts to conserve the Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard [1,317]
  31. Over 700 species added to the threatened categories on the IUCN Red List (photos) [1,316]
  32. Palm oil body, Greenpeace spar over Indonesia fire blame [1,302]
  33. 'Penis snake' discovered in Brazil is actually a rare species of amphibian [1,296]
  34. Naturalist rediscovers the long-lost night parrot [1,253]
  35. No sweat: elephants living with people aren’t stressed [1,219]
  36. Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea? [1,203]
  37. Yangtze finless porpoise drops to Critically Endangered [1,169]
  38. Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation increase [1,165]
  39. Forests may be using less water as CO2 rises [1,129]
  40. Australia terminates landmark REDD+ project in Borneo [1,122]
  41. Engaging the public on green issues via environmental cartoons [1,092]
  42. The Egyptian Vulture on the Balkans – a hopeful but perilous conservation story [1,081]
  43. Haze fires concentrated in deforested peatlands, not forest areas, confirms satellite analysis [1,076]
  44. Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says [1,075]
  45. Stand up paddleboarding in the Amazon for conservation [1,063]
  46. Secrets of the Amazon: giant anacondas and floating forests, an interview with Paul Rosolie [1,013]
  47. The Javan Rhino's final stronghold [990]
  48. Can palm oil be part of green growth in Indonesia? [982]
  49. The rise of India: the complex biological history of a subcontinent [973]
  50. APP reports accidental breach of deforestation moratorium [963]