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Coal stockpiles threaten public health, ancient temple, in Indonesian village

Yitno Suprapto 23 Nov 2020

11 workers killed in landslide at illegal coal mining site in Indonesia

Taufik Wijaya 3 Nov 2020

In Uganda, safeguarding chimpanzees against the scourge of snaring

Alex Dudley 20 Oct 2020

The Sumatran rhino is sliding into extinction. It doesn’t have to

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2020

In Bali, the pandemic unravels a hard-won campaign to save Benoa Bay

Alaine Johnson 12 Oct 2020

When roads cross wilderness areas, plant pathogens can hitch a ride

Ian Morse 2 Oct 2020

A mysterious heart bone in chimps points to cardiac disease

Julia John 28 Aug 2020

In Cambodia, a sweeping new environment code languishes in legal limbo

Andrew Nachemson 26 Aug 2020

A genetic map hopes to trace rescued chimps back to their homes

Hannah Thomasy 17 Aug 2020

Facial recognition tech for chimps looks to bust online ape trafficking

Colin Sytsma 4 Aug 2020

‘Every tool in the box’ to save Sumatran rhinos: Q&A with Nina Fascione of IRF

Jeremy Hance 20 Jul 2020
A ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), the species of pangolin that lives in Zimbabwe. Three other pangolin species live in Africa, and four others live in Asia. Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Nigeria’s wildlife traders, who weathered Ebola, eye post-COVID-19 boom

Orji Sunday 17 Jul 2020

For the world’s rarest gorillas, a troubled sanctuary

Linus Unah 13 Jul 2020

10-year plan hopes to give western chimpanzees a fighting chance

Jim Tan 10 Jul 2020

For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling

Lauren Evans 6 Jul 2020

Marcellus Adi Riyanto: The Indonesian vet who lived for the Sumatran rhino

Julia John 19 Jun 2020
A chimpanzee munches on a cacao fruit on a plantation in Bossou, Guinea. Image courtesy of Nicola Bryson-Morrison.

Chimps prefer human crops, scientists find — and it’s better for them

Elizabeth Fitt 18 Jun 2020

Mystery ailments, asymptomatic individuals: Spotlight on monkeypox in chimps

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Jun 2020

Loss, resilience and community amid an outbreak: Q&A with gorilla researcher Magdalena Bermejo

Heather Richardson 4 Jun 2020

For the western chimpanzee, sanctuaries are more than just a last resort

Mark Hillsdon 26 May 2020

For Freedom the gorilla, a months-long journey back to the wilds of Cameroon

Tina Deines 19 May 2020

U.S. fund that supports Sumatran rhino research faces deep cuts under Trump

Charles Pekow 14 May 2020

Images from a dropped phone reveal the ugly truth behind bonobo trafficking

Mireya Mayor 23 Apr 2020

On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit

Febriana Firdaus 21 Apr 2020

Rescuing orangutans ‘doesn’t work’ for apes or forests, studies find

James Fair 15 Apr 2020
Mountain gorilla in neighboring Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Photo for Mongabay.com by Rhett A. Butler.

For great apes at risk of infection, COVID-19 is also an economic threat

Heather Richardson 13 Apr 2020

Nigeria declares new conservation zone for most threatened chimpanzee

Linus Unah 3 Apr 2020

To save Cross River gorillas, EU-funded program aims to empower communities

Linus Unah 20 Mar 2020

Indonesia’s Lake Poso, an evolutionary ‘gem,’ threatened by dam

Ian Morse 12 Mar 2020

Two identical road trips, a year apart, highlight PNG’s infrastructure woes

Mongabay 9 Mar 2020

Where the logging ends in Indonesian Borneo, the forest clearing begins

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Mar 2020

Borneo locals win a court battle to bar a coal miner from their land

Lusia Arumingtyas 30 Jan 2020

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