Leonardo DiCaprio has a frog named after him
A new species of frog has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio. The Phyllonastes Dicaprio is named in tribute to his environmental work ...
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Forest of rare trees in Zanzibar now earmarked for ‘eco-resort’
Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.
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Poison frog species discovered, highlighting biodiversity of the Chocó rainforest
After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...
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An obit for Patai Takaru
The Great Nicobar development project’s mitigation plan oversimplifies ecological restoration, reducing it to tree-planting ...
‘Vivid’ green creature — with beefed-up forearms — is new species in China. See it
The frogs belong to a group called torrent frogs — and they were just discovered as a species new to science. Researchers ...
Are these the last days of Brazil's realm of hidden wonder?
The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...
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A healing retreat at Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley
My first visit to Danum Valley was back in June 2010; around the same time when Martha Stewart came to visit Borneo. The visit was a company-sponsored familiarisation trip, and just like how it is ...