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View of the Nangaritza valley from near Las Orquideas. Photo by Andrew Neil via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Illegal mining threatens one of the last forest links between the Andes and Ecuador’s Amazon

Jackeline Beltrán 10 Jun 2022

Satellites show deforestation surging in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park

Zamzami, Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Jun 2022

In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jun 2022

Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas

Basten Gokkon 9 Jun 2022
Snow leopard at ease in its high-mountain habitat. Image courtesy of Madhu Chetri.

‘Protecting snow leopards benefits other species’: Q&A with Rinzin Phunjok Lama

Abhaya Raj Joshi 9 Jun 2022

Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Jun 2022
Chinese pond heron

Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Jun 2022

New study offers answers for why tropical birds are more colorful

Suzana Camargo 8 Jun 2022
Manta rays with reef fish.

‘Tendrils of hope’ for the ocean: Q&A with conservationist Charles Clover

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2022

End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study

John Cannon 8 Jun 2022

Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces

Malaka Rodrigo 7 Jun 2022
Botanist Keith Steunenberg stands next to a thicket.

Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?

Anna Weekes 7 Jun 2022
A mother sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and her calf

Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds

Grace Hansen 7 Jun 2022

Indonesian official charged, but not jailed, for trading in Sumatran tiger parts

Junaidi Hanafiah 7 Jun 2022
Grizzly bear in British Columbia, Canada. Image courtesy of Anthony Bucci.

First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada

Erica Gies 6 Jun 2022
A rendition of D. xiezhi head-to-head butting. Image courtesy of Xiao Cong Guo and Yu Wang.

‘Strange’ giraffoid fossil shows giraffes evolved long necks to win mates: study

Malavika Vyawahare 6 Jun 2022
Tree nursery

Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 6 Jun 2022

Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for June 2022

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2022
Farmer Elizabeth Kamphale explains the agroecology methods she uses to farm orange maize in the village of Kamala in Malawi's Dedza district.

A return to agroecology traditions points the way forward for Malawi’s farmers

Charles Mpaka 3 Jun 2022

Study: Regenerative farming boosts soil health, yielding more nutritious crops

Liz Kimbrough 3 Jun 2022

Indonesia teams up with Germany on Sumatran rhino breeding efforts

Basten Gokkon 3 Jun 2022
A persian leopard. Image via Peoples Trust for Endangered Species.

Protect Persian leopards, and their defenders, for World Environment Day (commentary)

Jane Goodall, Hedieyeh Tehrany 3 Jun 2022
Crotch’s bumble bee (Bombus crotchii) on milkweed flowers

California court ruling opens door for protection of insects as endangered species

Liz Kimbrough 2 Jun 2022

Study casts doubt on sustainability of regulated blood python snakeskin trade

Basten Gokkon 2 Jun 2022
Drying farmed cannabis.

Legal and illegal cannabis: A cause for growing environmental concern

Sean Mowbray 2 Jun 2022

‘Why sharks matter’: Q&A with author and shark biologist David Shiffman

John Cannon 2 Jun 2022
Green-lipped mussels. Image courtesy of Adrian Midgley via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today

Mike Gaworecki 2 Jun 2022
A cheetah cub. Thirty-six rescued cheetah orphans went on to be selected for release during the CCF’s rehabilitation project. Image courtesy of the Cheetah Conservation Fund.

Rehabilitation research returns orphaned cheetahs to the wild

Sean Mowbray 1 Jun 2022

How Brazil is working to save the rare lion tamarins of the Atlantic Forest

Daniele Bragança, Duda Menegassi 1 Jun 2022
Omar al-Sharif, Motoharu Nochi, and a team of volunteers after a “growth monitoring” activity at the Marka baby forest in April 2022.

In Jordan, the Middle East’s first Miyawaki-style ‘baby’ forests take root

Lyse Mauvais 1 Jun 2022
Group of elephants facing the camera, the nearest with trunk raised and ears fanned. Image by Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe pushes to be allowed to sell its ivory stockpile

Farayi Machamire 1 Jun 2022
Multi-use MPAs help strike a balance between biodiversity conservation and resource use in Indonesia.

Community participation trumps penalties in protecting seascapes, study suggests

Julia John 1 Jun 2022

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