Liz Kimbrough

Liz Kimbrough

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Liz Kimbrough is a staff writer for Mongabay based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She has written about science and environmental issues since 2012 and holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Tulane University where she studied the microbiomes of trees.

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An Indochinese tiger. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The Wild League aims to turn sports mascots into conservation champions

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2026

Climate change is slowing southern right whale birth rate, 33-year study finds

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 2026

Mummified cheetahs found in Saudi caves could shape rewilding plans

Liz Kimbrough 26 Feb 2026
Soil-dwelling springtails - tiny, insect-like arthropods of the class Collembola - are vulnerable to pesticides. Image by Alandmanson via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Pesticides found in 70% of European soils, harming beneficial life: Study

Liz Kimbrough 6 Feb 2026

Lower levels of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in North Atlantic whales show regulations work: Study

Liz Kimbrough 3 Feb 2026
a newly hatched Rote Island snake-necked turtles (Chelodina mccordi) at the turtle survival center in South Carolina USA. Photo by Liz Kimbrough

The Turtle Bank: The last of these Asian turtle species find refuge in the Carolina pines

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jan 2026

Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025

Liz Kimbrough 12 Jan 2026

From sea slugs to sunflowers, California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species in 2025

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jan 2026

Deep-sea ‘hotels’ reveal 20 new species hiding in Pacific Ocean twilight zone near Guam

Liz Kimbrough 31 Dec 2025

Photos: Top new species from 2025

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2025

Tropical forests in Australia are emitting more carbon than they capture: Study

Liz Kimbrough 23 Dec 2025

Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo

Liz Kimbrough 22 Dec 2025
Galaxy frog in the Western Ghats, India, with photo taken by conservationist Rajkumar K P as part of conservation project (c) Rajkumar K P ZSL .jpg

Photo tourism threatens rare galaxy frog population in India’s Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 18 Dec 2025

Women scatter seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’

Liz Kimbrough 16 Dec 2025
A cordycep dealer.

The vanishing pharmacy: How climate change is reshaping traditional medicine

Liz Kimbrough 15 Dec 2025

Solar-lights protect sea turtles from fishing nets, Mexico trials show

Liz Kimbrough 28 Nov 2025

Deep-diving manta rays use the ocean’s midnight zone to build mental maps, study suggests

Liz Kimbrough 26 Nov 2025

Rare parrots return to Atlantic Forest fragment after decades of silence

Liz Kimbrough 13 Nov 2025
Tree Aid’s efforts as part of the Great Green Wall has resulted in planting nearly 28 million trees in the region so far.

New directory helps donors navigate the complex world of global reforestation

Liz Kimbrough 12 Nov 2025

Armored worms and death-ball sponges among array of life newly documented from the deep sea

Liz Kimbrough 5 Nov 2025

First documented case of plant smelling like an ant to attract pollinators

Liz Kimbrough 30 Oct 2025

Nuns, scientists & microchips: An alliance to save Mexico’s achoque salamanders

Liz Kimbrough 27 Oct 2025

Losing Nemo: In the Red Sea, clownfish vanish as anemones bleach

Liz Kimbrough 14 Oct 2025

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns

Liz Kimbrough 8 Oct 2025

Consider the scorpions

Liz Kimbrough 30 Sep 2025

Alaskan rivers turn orange as permafrost thaws, threatening fish and communities

Liz Kimbrough 25 Sep 2025
A Baird's tapir.

Animals that spread seeds are critical for climate solutions

Liz Kimbrough 19 Sep 2025

Growing trees on farms boosts nutrition in rural Malawi

Liz Kimbrough 17 Sep 2025

Rainwater reveals the hidden life of rainforest canopies, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 9 Sep 2025
Newly hatched Socorro doves at Chester Zoo. Image courtesy of Chester Zoo.

Newly hatched Socorro dove chicks bring hope to species extinct in the wild

Liz Kimbrough 29 Aug 2025

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection

Liz Kimbrough 28 Aug 2025

Leopard seals sing songs similar to nursery rhymes, study

Liz Kimbrough 19 Aug 2025

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