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‘Radically changing’ a rare Mauritian plant’s story: Q&A with ecologist Prishnee Bissessur

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Sep 2019

Climate adaptation begins with how we manage water (commentary)

Claudia Sadoff 12 Sep 2019

REDD+ more competitive than critics believe, study finds

John Cannon 12 Sep 2019

New detection devices could record microplastic pollution levels in real time

Erik Hoffner 11 Sep 2019

Beehive fences can help mitigate human-elephant conflict

Hannah Thomasy 11 Sep 2019
Fires burning in the state of Pará, Brazil on August 16, 2019. Courtesy of Planet Labs Inc.

Brazilian Amazon fires scientifically linked to 2019 deforestation: report

Karla Mendes 11 Sep 2019

Photos: Forest fires rage on Sumatra oil palm concessions

Elviza Diana 11 Sep 2019

Nepal to conduct, self-fund, rhino census in March 2020

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Sep 2019

‘Pray & continue’: Death of Philippine ranger is latest in legacy of violence

Leilani Chavez 11 Sep 2019

Chilean band Newen Afrobeat sings of a future it hopes to see

Erik Hoffner 10 Sep 2019

A lifeline for the last leopards (commentary)

Thomas S. Kaplan 10 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka scientists stand by naming of new geckos amid nationalist criticism

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 10 Sep 2019

Camera trap study reveals Amazon ocelot’s survival strategies

Claire Asher 10 Sep 2019
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).

Malawi sentences pangolin smugglers, cracks down on wildlife crime

Mongabay.com 10 Sep 2019

Uncovered coal barges are polluting North Sumatra’s waters

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Sep 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Pro-deforestation policies could be ruinous for farmers (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2019

Into the abyss with deep sea biologist Diva Amon

Erik Hoffner 9 Sep 2019

New UN report takes stock of renewable energy’s decade-long growth spurt

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2019

Private sector could play outsized role in Cerrado conservation: study

Sarah Sax 9 Sep 2019

Diplomatic row heats up as haze from Indonesian fires threatens Malaysia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2019

Loss of Madagascar’s biodiversity is a loss for Earth, Pope says

Malavika Vyawahare 9 Sep 2019

Nail paint helps researchers estimate numbers of rare Cuban bat species

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Sep 2019

State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans

Jenny Gonzales 9 Sep 2019

Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests

Carolina Méndez, Isabel Mercado 6 Sep 2019

Asian otters gain protection from the pet trade

Erik Hoffner 6 Sep 2019

How rubber farmers can reduce risk and help the environment (commentary)

Arlene Chang 6 Sep 2019

Amazon deforestation and development heighten Amazon fire risk: study

Sarah Sax 6 Sep 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 6, 2019

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2019

Fires in Brazil’s Amazon have devastating consequences

Antonio José Paz Cardona 6 Sep 2019
Google Earth satellite image showing a forest fragment in a deforested landscape in Rondonia, Brazil.

Connected forests key to more sustainable palm oil industry: report

Lauren Crothers 5 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka scales up its domestic campaign to protect sharks with a global push

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Sep 2019

New monkey species found in Amazon forest area that’s fast disappearing

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Sep 2019

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