Environment

Remembering Conservationist Mingma Norbu Sherpa

11:42am September 30, 2006

Mingma Norbu Sherpa was one of 24 conservationists killed in Nepal this week in a recent helicopter crash near Kathmandu. A child of the Himalayas, Sherpa, 50, was an official with the World Wildlife Fund who helped change conservation practices around the world.

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Beehler is hunting the rare bird in one of the most remote and wild places on the planet

Interviews: Searching for the Poisonous Pitohui

1:00pm September 13, 2006

Conservationist Bruce Beehler is pushing through a wild and previously unexplored jungle in search of a mysterious and poisonous bird native to Papua New Guinea, the pitohui. His only lead and guide is a local shaman, who uses poison from the bird in his rituals.

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Interviews: Searching for the Poisonous Pitohui

1:00pm September 13, 2006

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Scores of Elephants Killed by Poachers in Chad

2:38pm September 04, 2006

National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Fay has uncovered a staggering loss: During a survey of Chad -- a country of vast spaces at the heart of Africa -- he stumbled on at least 100 dead elephants near an elephant preserve, killed for their ivory tusks.

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Scores of Elephants Killed by Poachers in Chad

2:38pm September 04, 2006

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The Leuser International Foundation's Mike Griffiths, in the field.

The Green Heart of Sumatra

4:27pm August 08, 2006

The Leuser Ecosystem, one of the world's richest yet least-known forest systems, is increasingly threatened by logging and encroachment by a burgeoning population. We fly into the heart of the forest to profile the conservationists trying to keep it pristine for future generations.

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The Green Heart of Sumatra

4:27pm August 08, 2006

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Saving Sumatra's Wild Orangutans

2:44pm August 07, 2006

Some scientists believe the orangutan — a Malay word that translates to "man of the forest" — may soon become extinct, wiped out by the humans it so closely resembles. We travel to the Indonesian island of Sumatra to profile competing plans to save the great ape.

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Saving Sumatra's Wild Orangutans

2:44pm August 07, 2006

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Delays in Warning System Frustrate Tsunami-Hit Nations

12:00am December 27, 2005

by Eric Weiner

The United Nations is developing an early-warning system for tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. But delays -- and false alarms -- have caused at least one country hit by last year's deadly tsunami to voice its frustration with the U.N. agency in charge of building the system.

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