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A close relative of Geckolepis maculata, Gecklolepis megalepis, a new species of fish-scale gecko, was described earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Frank Glaw

Our 10 most popular conservation stories of 2017

Mongabay.com 31 Dec 2017
The newly documented frilled giant Pacific octopus. Photo courtesy of David Scheel

‘New’ giant octopus discovered in the Pacific

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

Top 20 forest stories of 2017

Mongabay 29 Dec 2017

How a hunger for teeth is driving a bat toward extinction

Alex Fox 29 Dec 2017

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

Indonesia unveils plan to halve forest fires by 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Dec 2017

New checklist catalogs every vascular plant in the Americas

Mongabay.com 28 Dec 2017

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2017

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2017

Photos: Top 20 new species of 2017

Mike Gaworecki 28 Dec 2017

In rural Indonesia, women spearhead the fight to protect nature

Lusia Arumingtyas 27 Dec 2017
A manta ray in the South China Sea. Photo by Greg Asner/Divephoto.org.

2017’s top 10 ocean news stories

Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles 27 Dec 2017

Brazil 2017: environmental and indigenous rollbacks, rising violence

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27 Dec 2017
Prince Harry (right) and Roy Hensberg translocating a rhinoceros in Malawi with African Parks. Photo courtesy of Frank Weitzer / African Parks.

Prince Harry becomes president of conservation group

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

The top 6 moments from the Mongabay Newscast in 2017

Mike Gaworecki 27 Dec 2017

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017
A boat load of cut mangroves. High-quality charcoal made from mangroves is exported to Thailand. Photo by Christoph Zockler.

Chainsaws imperil an old-growth mangrove stronghold in southern Myanmar

Benjamin Graham 27 Dec 2017

Glimmer of hope as Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino shows signs of recovery

Basten Gokkon 27 Dec 2017

Paper giant and its ‘suppliers’ are essentially one and the same, investigation finds

Michael Disabato 26 Dec 2017

Fighting climate change with bioenergy may do ‘more harm than good’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Dec 2017

UN General Assembly adopts resolution to move forward with high seas treaty negotiations

Mike Gaworecki 26 Dec 2017

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017

Combining computing power and people power to identify key deforestation hotspots

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Dec 2017

Power lines killing the last remaining Great Indian Bustards in India

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Dec 2017
A Gonatus squid eating another squid. Photo © MBARI

Videos unlock secrets of jellyfish as deep-sea killers

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2017

Scientists determine there are seven species of silky anteater, not one

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2017

Selective logging reduces biodiversity, disrupts Amazon ecosystems: study

Claire Asher 22 Dec 2017
Fire set for peatland clearing in Riau Province, Indonesia in July 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Paper giant RAPP bows to peat-protection order after Indonesia court defeat

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Dec 2017

Musicians and Indigenous communities join to fight illegal logging in Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 21 Dec 2017

Ecuador eases restrictions on environmental organizations

Daniela Aguilar 21 Dec 2017
An underwater view of the reef at Layang Layang Atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse

David Brown 21 Dec 2017

Consensus grows: climate-smart agriculture key to Paris Agreement goals

Justin Catanoso 21 Dec 2017

Palm oil’s ecological footprint extends to distant forests, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Dec 2017

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