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Artist Bhajju Shyam paints himself immersed in nature, playing the Bana and singing traditional songs. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay India.

Mongabay India on making environmental stories accessible in Hindi

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2025
Fungi are our climate allies | Against All Odds

Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2025
Woman farming seaweed at Pemba Island, Tanzania

Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2025
Vultures feeding on carrion. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

As large scavengers decline, disease risk soars, study finds

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2025
Two Munduruku boys walk along a river in the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land. Image by Anderson Barbosa / Greenpeace.

Inside Brazil’s Amazon gold war

Mongabay.com 23 Jun 2025

On World Rainforest Day, stories of Amazon danger and resistance

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2025
How manatees won over an entire village. Manatee Brazil

Brazil manatee hunters become advocates as village turns to ecotourism

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2025
A relaxed leopard family in Kumana. Sightings like this have boosted the popularity of Kumana National Park in eastern Sri Lanka among wildlife tourists seeking leopard encounters. Image courtesy of Shanaka Kalubowila.

Sri Lanka’s Kumana National Park emerges as a leopard hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Jun 2025
Waziri Mpogo harvests sea cucumbers at his ranch in Tanzania's Mafia Island. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Tanzania’s Mafia Island eyes sea cucumber farming to prevent extinction

Mongabay.com 19 Jun 2025
Pelicans have rebounded on the restored Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana. Photo courtesy of Alisha Renfro

Pelicans recover, but dolphins and other species struggle 15 years after BP oil spill

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2025

Artificial nests help a rare Brazilian parrot bounce back

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2025
A sarus crane pair sings a duet. Image by Ad031259 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Unique notes in sarus crane duets help distinguish sexes for conservation

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2025
Wild Frequencies

Mongabay India wins best science podcast at Publisher Podcast Awards

Mongabay.com 12 Jun 2025
The Matsés in Peru were one of the Indigenous communities targeted by the finance schemes. Image by Mongabay.

Mongabay investigation of sketchy forest finance schemes wins honorable mention

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2025
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With offerings in 4 languages, Mongabay’s podcasts expand global reach

Mongabay.com 10 Jun 2025
Humpback whales in Western Australia. Image courtesy of Emilie Ledwidge/Ocean Image Bank.

World Oceans Day: Scientists find new clues about frontiers of ocean life

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2025
Clouded leopard carrying a Bengal slow loris. Image courtesy of Digboi Forest Division.

Clouded leopard seen preying on Bengal slow loris in rare photograph

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2025

Is rising CO2 really bad for the world’s drylands? Mongabay podcast probes

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2025
Banner image of a Philippine eagle by Aimee Valencia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Indigenous forest stewards watch over one of the world’s rarest raptors

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2025
Containers floating at the site of the shipwreck. Image by Spokesperson of the Indian Navy via X.

Cargo ship carrying ‘hazardous material’ capsizes off India coast

Mongabay.com 3 Jun 2025
Banner image of a jaguar with a fish, courtesy of Andrea Reyes/Jaguares en la Selva.

How Costa Rica’s ranchers contribute to jaguar and puma conservation

Mongabay.com 28 May 2025
Author Sangeeta Waldron at a book launch event. Image courtesy of Sangeeta Waldron.

Mongabay journalist Karla Mendes profiled in new book on climate leaders

Mongabay.com 27 May 2025

Young Rwandans support bird conservation through mobile app recordings

Mongabay.com 27 May 2025
A harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja). Image by Brian Gratwicke via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Harpy eagle confirmed in Mexico for first time in over a decade

Mongabay.com 22 May 2025
Under-construction residential buildings in Kolkata. Image by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

India sets construction waste recycling targets with new rules

Mongabay.com 21 May 2025
Banner image of Max, a brown howler monkey, courtesy of Marcelo Rheingantz.

Brazil rewilds urban forest with vaccinated brown howler monkeys

Mongabay.com 20 May 2025

Republic of Congo’s gold mining boom undermines conservation efforts

Mongabay.com 16 May 2025
Fishers camp in grass shelters at Mbenje Island, which is located 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the beachshore of Lake Malawi, in a cluster of fivesix islands. – Image by Charles Mpaka for Mongabay.

Community-led system boosts fisheries in a corner of fast-depleting Lake Malawi

Mongabay.com 14 May 2025
Amazon people in the BR-163 area, such as Mariana, face challenges from the economic model imposed by agribusiness, logging and gold mining. Image by Fernando Martinho.

Lack of funds, cattle ranchers challenge Brazil’s sustainable farmers

Mongabay.com 13 May 2025
Smoke from a factory.

Ground-level ozone wreaks havoc on warming planet

Mongabay.com 9 May 2025
Sueli Maxakali in front of a reforested hill. Image by Xavier Bartaburu/Mongabay.

Global prize longlists Mongabay feature on Maxakali reforestation in Brazil

Mongabay.com 8 May 2025
A traditional shade-grown coffee plantation in the Western Ghats. Image by Anand Osuri via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Seeds rescued from India’s coffee farms could help forest restoration

Mongabay.com 8 May 2025

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