Tina Deines

About

Tina is an environmental journalist based in Albuquerque, N.M. She has a Master's degree in mass communications research and focused her thesis on the coverage of climate change in the Mexican media. She's worked in land and wildlife conservation organizations in New Mexico. Her work has appeared in National Geographic News and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Connect magazine.

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The illegal trade is still one of the greatest threats to hawksbills, according to the April 2020 Global Tortoiseshell Report.

Illegal cockfighting threatens endangered sea turtles across Central America

Tina Deines 13 Dec 2024

Africa’s great ape sanctuaries are feeling the heat from climate change

Tina Deines 5 Jul 2024

A Müller's gibbon.

Male dominance isn’t the default in primate societies, new study shows

Tina Deines 4 Mar 2024

Think that GIF of the smoking chimp is funny? The chimp wasn’t laughing

Tina Deines 17 Nov 2021

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

Tina Deines 19 May 2020

Cellphones are still endangering gorillas, but recycling old ones can help

Tina Deines 17 Jan 2019

Can social media save great apes?

Tina Deines 16 Oct 2018

Ape sanctuaries in the DRC brace themselves as Ebola hits the country

Tina Deines 2 Oct 2018

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017

Women could be a key to great ape conservation in the Congo

Tina Deines 21 Apr 2017

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Inside the human-bear conflict in northern India

Sarmi, a resident of Gupit village, Nguter district, who is a representative of residents in a class action lawsuit against PT. RUM, which caused pollution. Her house was decorated with murals in solidarity as a sign of the residents' struggle.

An excavator and a gold washing station at the Alangong-Bamegod-Inès mine site in the Sangha. This equipment is typical of semi-industrial gold mining, while the water for the washing station is drawn from surrounding streams, raising concerns about contamination. Image by Elodie Toto for Mongabay.

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