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In Rio de Janeiro, a forest slowly returns to life, one species at a time

Daniele Bragança, Duda Menegassi for ((o))eco 21 Mar 2022

Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 21 Mar 2022

Fourth round of U.N. talks fail to finalize a treaty to manage the high seas

Elizabeth Fitt 21 Mar 2022

‘Studying a ghost’: In Cape Town, urban caracals give researchers lots to ponder

Grace Hansen 21 Mar 2022

Researchers turn to drones for that big-picture view of the forest canopy

Caitlin Looby 21 Mar 2022

Poor waste management turns dump sites into death traps for Sri Lanka’s elephants

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Mar 2022

World’s biggest tropical crop bank opens in Colombia, taking food research high tech

Liz Kimbrough 18 Mar 2022
A long-tailed macaque in Gunung Leuser National Park. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Probe finds palm oil firm illegally clearing forest in Sumatra wildlife haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Mar 2022

‘We have a full pharmacopoeia of plants’: Q&A with Māori researcher Nicola Macdonald

Monica Evans 18 Mar 2022
Traffic on Nepal's highway

Road project threatens to derail Nepal’s conservation gains, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Mar 2022

Sloth, giant armadillo, and fishing cat conservationists win Future for Nature Award 2022

Erik Hoffner 18 Mar 2022

In Puerto Rico, a marathon effort builds to restore mangroves and dunes

Liz Yanira Del Valle Huertas 17 Mar 2022

Tree kangaroos may be key to New Guinea forest conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 16 Mar 2022
A herd of elephants gets a drink in Botswana. Image by Roger Borgelid for Mongabay.

Can we plan for a future without trophy hunting? (commentary)

Merrill Sapp 16 Mar 2022

Behind viral story of bear visiting Nepal hospital lies bigger ailment

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Mar 2022
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Thai tourism elephants are ‘far better off’ in forests: Q&A with photographer Adam Oswell

Carolyn Cowan 15 Mar 2022

Civil conflict in Cameroon puts endangered chimpanzees in the crosshairs

Aminateh Nkemngu 15 Mar 2022

Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 14 Mar 2022

Record seizures mark Sri Lanka’s rise as a smuggling hub for star tortoises

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 13 Mar 2022

‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding

John Cannon 13 Mar 2022

Spectacular new fish species is first to be named by Maldivian scientist

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2022

Vulnerable Antarctic reefs reveal wealth of life as rich as tropical corals

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Mar 2022
Chimpanzee

Patrols work, but community-based conservation needs a rethink, study shows

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Mar 2022
The Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Moore Foundation pledges extra $300m to boost conservation of Amazon

Laurel Sutherland 10 Mar 2022
WFFT rescue

Tiger and bear rescue spotlights captive wildlife tourism woes in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 10 Mar 2022

South America hosts nearly half of 9,000 tree species unknown to science

Suzana Camargo 10 Mar 2022

Indonesian ex-minister gets sentence cut for ‘good work’ fueled by corruption

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2022

Photos: On Colombo’s outskirts, an urban birding paradise flourishes

Chandani Kirinde 9 Mar 2022

Study finds major brands selling cat food that contain protected sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Mar 2022

The isolated tapirs of the Atlantic Forest face an uncertain future

Luís Patriani 9 Mar 2022

Climate change set to upend global fishery agreements, study warns

Spoorthy Raman 9 Mar 2022

Greek conservationists collaborate to protect endemic species in face of climate change

Evan Bourtis 8 Mar 2022

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