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Camera trap study reveals Amazon ocelot’s survival strategies

Claire Asher 10 Sep 2019

Study shows how to protect more species for less money in western Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2019
Bulldozers parked in a muddy clearing near near Okuni, Cross River State, Nigeria

In Nigeria, a highway threatens community and conservation interests

Linus Unah 9 Jul 2019

Altered fish communities persist long after reefs bleach, study finds

John Cannon 28 Jun 2019

New film details wrenching impact of illegal rhino horn trade on families

John Cannon 27 Jun 2019

Logging road construction has surged in the Congo Basin since 2003

John Cannon 24 Jun 2019

Mongabay investigative series helps confirm global insect decline

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2019

Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2019

The Great Insect Dying: How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo

Nina Finley 12 Jun 2019

The Great Insect Dying: The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

The Great Insect Dying: A global look at a deepening crisis

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2019

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Interest in protecting environment up since Pope’s 2015 encyclical

John Cannon 21 May 2019

Public education could curb bushmeat demand in Laos, study finds

Mongabay.com 15 May 2019

Climate change spurs deadly virus in frogs in the U.K.

Mongabay.com 13 May 2019

Social media enables the illegal wildlife pet trade in Malaysia

John Cannon 9 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Community buy-in stamps out elephant poaching in Zambian park

John Cannon 22 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019

To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2019

Leading Amazon dam rights activist, spouse and friend murdered in Brazil

Jenny Gonzales 27 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Madeira River dams may spell doom for Amazon’s marathon catfish: Studies

Text by Gustavo Faleiros and images by Marcio Isensee e Sá 25 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019
Julio Cusurichi. Image courtesy of FENAMAD.

Defending the Amazon’s uncontacted peoples: Q&A with Julio Cusurichi

Dan Collyns 13 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

You’re gonna need a smaller boat: Media obscures shrinking ‘newsworthy’ fish

John Cannon 5 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

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