May 22, 2012
Life on Earth is old. Fossil records indicate that the first simple organisms emerged about 3.8 billion years ago, and it took another 1.8 billion years for multicelled organisms to evolve. Life is also extremely diverse. Best estimates put the current number of multicelled species on Earth at about 10 million — probably the greatest number of species that has ever inhabited our planet at a given time.
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May 18, 2012
In 2010 a team of scientists led by CI conducted a Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) survey in southwestern Suriname, which led to the discovery of more than 40 species new to science. In March of this year, a similar ...
May 10, 2012
In my decades of traveling the world, I’ve gotten to see firsthand many of the fascinating human cultures inhabiting our planet, from the Kayapó of the Brazilian Amazon to the San people of the Kalahari to the multitude of cultures of Melanesia.
Many people from these cultures, including a wide variety of indigenous peoples, live in the most biologically rich regions of our planet — regions that hold the key to maintaining global...
May 8, 2012
A tree frog in Costa Rica. (© Piotr Naskrecki/ iLCP)
Climbing 30 meters (100 feet) up a canopy tower to look...
April 16, 2012
Two indri in Madagascar. (© CI/Photo by Russell A. Mittermeier)
This week, a group of international...
April 10, 2012
April 6, 2012
Together with scientists from CI-Brazil, local universities, the New England Aquarium and Boston University, CI’s Les Kaufman is exploring Brazil’s Abrolhos Bank to learn more about its marine life and connection to local communities, the impact of climate change and how people can better protect the region....
April 5, 2012
Recent droughts across much of East Africa — including Ethiopia, where this photo was taken — caused severe food shortages for...
March 28, 2012
Logging in Odzala, Republic of Congo. (© CI/ photo by Haroldo Castro)
This week in London,...
March 26, 2012
Together with scientists from CI-Brazil, local universities, the New England Aquarium and Boston University, CI’s Les Kaufman is currently studying ecosystems in the Abrolhos Seascape, one of the region’s most unique marine sites. This is his first blog from the trip.
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