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Banner image of a Ranthambore tiger by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

‘Missing’ tigers in India: Tracking gaps or oversight?

Mongabay.com 2 Dec 2024
Banner image of the Bougainville forest planted by Carteret Islanders, by Thibault Le Pivain for Mongabay.

PNG climate migrants sail away with native trees to their new home

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2024

Cobalt Capital

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2024
Banner image of a herd of elephants at Jim Corbett National Park in northern India. Image by A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Genome study shows five distinct elephant populations in India

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2024

Animals consume alcohol more often than previously known: Study

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2024
The endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Population crash means African penguins are now critically endangered

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2024

$100k prize awarded in honor of ‘father of biodiversity’ Thomas Lovejoy

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2024
Banner image of logging truck near Think Biotech’s concession in 2020. Image by Ma Chettra.

Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2024
The Run Zeng 03 ship was detained at the Tual PSDKP base port, June 5, 2024.

New abuse allegations hit China ghost ships in Indonesia waters

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2024

Polar bears are suffering paw injuries likely driven by the warming Arctic: Study

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2024

225 NGOs call on EU to reject delay to deforestation law

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2024
Banner image of Holy Plantation on the border of Prey Land Wildlife Sanctuary. Image by Gerald Flynn/Mongabay.

Cambodian company strips protected areas of timber for export

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2024
Greenpeace Brazil conducted an aerial survey in southern Amazonas and northern Rondônia to monitor deforestation and fires in July 2024. Photo © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace.

Deforestation remains low, but fires surge in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2024

Climate change is turning Antarctica green, but not in a good way: study

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2024

Fears of big, bad wolves behind India attacks are without evidence, experts say

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2024
Vietnamese environmental activists protesting coal-fired power plants in 2017. Second from left is Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng.

Influential Vietnamese environmentalist released from prison two years early

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2024

Five times more marine fish may be at risk of extinction: study

Mongabay.com 24 Sep 2024

Environmentalists empowering women and citizen science win 2024 Heinz Awards

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2024
Saiga antelope herd. Image by Yakov Fedorov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

First-ever global atlas shines light on large mammal migrations

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2024

Famous ‘spy’ beluga whale found dead in Norway

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2024

Patents can serve as early-warning system for wildlife trade trends

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2024

Luxury hunting firm linked to decades of poaching in Tanzania, whistleblowers say

Mongabay.com 22 Aug 2024

Indonesian cabinet reshuffle promotes champions of destructive projects

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2024

Recently hatched baby skate offers hope for endangered Tasman species

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2024
Reserva Narupa in Ecuador. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Streak of falling deforestation snapped at 15 months in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2024

Japanese ship hunts massive fin whale, country’s first in 50 years

Mongabay.com 8 Aug 2024

Investigation uncovers damages of cobalt mining in the DRC villages

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2024
Commercial coal shipping in Vietnam.

Vietnam sentences yet another energy expert over renewables research

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2024

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested in Greenland

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2024

Activists in Cameroon repeatedly questioned by authorities following Mongabay story

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2024
A little bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus). Image by Graham Winterflood via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

‘Masters of deception’ cuckoos evolving into new species

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2024

Electric vehicles are not so green

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2024

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