Australian anthropologist Morgan Harrington is studying the various religious beliefs of small villages in the Indonesian rainforest. Many of these villages have practiced their faiths for a long time, but religion and other traditions are beginning to conflict with the modernizing world. Each person is required by the government to declare themselves as followers of [...]

Camera traps installed by the Wildlife Conservation Society recently filmed the rarest ape on earth, the Cross River gorilla, for the first time. These gorillas are one of the four subspecies, and are by far the most elusive. Only 200 to 300 of the gorillas are thought to remain on the planet, and they occur [...]

120 new camera traps have been installed in Ujung Kulon National Park, located on the western corner of Java, as extra measure of protection for the last 35 Javan rhinoceroses. Officials believe that the cameras will be beneficial for studying the population and monitoring human activities that could be harmful to the rhinos. Javan rhinos [...]

It’s National Park Week! From April 21st to the 29th, the National Park Service waives all fees to enter any of the 397 National Parks throughout the country! From Denali to Gettysburg, each park has countless activities for everyone, even for those who don’t have as much of an outdoorsy spirit. This year’s theme is [...]

On March 22nd, people around the world celebrated Word Water Day, a commemorative holiday designed by the UN to recognize international water issues and to increase appreciation for water sources. The country of Colombia celebrated by joining 10 other nations in singing a “water song”, simultaneously, for 15 minutes. Laura Moreno, the event organizer, described [...]

Disneynature’s new film, Chimpanzee, tells the story of Oscar, a young chimpanzee who was orphaned after his mother was killed by a leopard. The film, to be released April 20th, took over three years to assemble, due to the extreme difficulty of filming in the Tai Forest. Renown primatologist Jane Goodall hopes that the film [...]

Winner of the Best International Feature Film Award, There Once Was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho tells the story of three indigenous people in a Pacific island community that faces the devastating impacts of climate change. Director Briar March follows these three characters, along with oceanographer John Hunter and geomorphologist Scott Smithers, and gives [...]

Kumi Naidoo, the Executive Director of Greenpeace International, is no stranger to civil disobedience. He has been arrested, expelled, and exiled for numerous acts, including scaling an oil rig and participating in various protests. Last September marked the environmental organization’s 40th birthday, and over the past 40 years Greenpeace has evolved and become more focused [...]