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Indonesia investigates alleged abuse of Sumatran tigers at city zoo

Ayat S. Karokaro 5 Oct 2021

In Peruvian Andes, ancient crops hold promise for a climate-blighted future

Aurora Solá 5 Oct 2021

A bridge of trees reunites gibbons separated by a railway line in India

Anuraag Baruah 5 Oct 2021

Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for October 2021

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2021

On islands that inspired theory of evolution, deforestation cuts uneven path

Carolyn Cowan 5 Oct 2021

Oil spills plague Venezuelan coast, but cleanup efforts are lacking: Report

Maxwell Radwin 4 Oct 2021

Look beyond carbon credits to put a price on nature’s services, experts say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021

For companies eyeing net-zero carbon emissions, ‘no clue how to get there’

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021

People want to do right by nature. They just need a nudge, study shows

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2021

A gendered approach to the illegal wildlife trade could engender an anti-trafficking revolution (commentary)

Lisa Arlbrandt, Nathalie Simomeau, Rob Parry-Jones, Tamara Leger 1 Oct 2021

For Adams Cassinga, fighting wildlife trafficking in DRC is a life mission

Soraya Kishtwari 30 Sep 2021
South-central black rhino standing in tawny grass. Image by Yoky via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail

Charles Mpaka 30 Sep 2021

Beached whale shark in Indonesia reportedly cut up by locals to eat

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2021

Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2021

For Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri women, agroforestry is an act of resistance and resilience

Monica Pelliccia 29 Sep 2021

Mapping threats to land mammals, amphibians and birds: study

Liz Kimbrough 29 Sep 2021
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Malaysian hornbill bust reveals live trafficking trend in Southeast Asia

Carolyn Cowan 29 Sep 2021

When North America locked down, birds filled the gap left by people

Malavika Vyawahare 28 Sep 2021
or orangutan by Dupan Pandu via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

New study identifies regions of greatest conservation potential for species, water quality, carbon

Liz Kimbrough 28 Sep 2021

Build around the forest, not through it, study says of Sumatra trucking road

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Sep 2021

As tigers dwindle, Indonesia takes aim at poaching ring

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Sep 2021
Endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). Image courtesy of Kimberly Fraser/USFWS.

Black-footed ferrets riding out COVID-19 with a vaccine and a lot of TLC

Rachel Fritts 27 Sep 2021
Ivindo River in Gabon. The Congo Basin has been identified as a strategic priority region for support by the Bezos Earth Fund. Photo credit: ZB / Mongabay

Bezos, Bloomberg among donors committing $5b to protect biodiversity

Maxwell Radwin 24 Sep 2021

Overfishing threatens to wipe out bowmouth guitarfish in Indonesia, study says

Wahyu Mulyono 24 Sep 2021
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Snapshot of hatchlings raises hopes for Siamese crocs in northeast Cambodia

Carolyn Cowan 24 Sep 2021

Causes for celebration, and concern, on World Gorilla Day

Isabel Esterman 24 Sep 2021

Congo’s bongos are in danger, and curbs on trophy hunting could save them

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Sep 2021

For World Gorilla Day 2021, a conservation success story

Tara Stoinski 23 Sep 2021

Bridge the North-South divide for a UN Biodiversity Framework that is more just (commentary)

Subhankar Banerjee 23 Sep 2021

Fires bear down on Brazil park that’s home to jaguars, maned wolves

Sarah Sax 23 Sep 2021
Rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Jane Goodall launches effort in support of planting 1 trillion trees by 2030

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2021

Forest fragmentation split up this lizard’s population. It’s no longer the same

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Sep 2021

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