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For the Pantanal’s jaguars, fires bring ‘death by a thousand needle wounds’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Sep 2020

New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?

Claudia Geib 23 Sep 2020

Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk

Sharon Guynup 23 Sep 2020

Flip-flops, fishing gear pile up at Aldabra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Malavika Vyawahare 23 Sep 2020

Past illegal activity dogs Chinese fleet that fished squid near Galapagos

Michelle Carrere 23 Sep 2020

Less than half of world’s humid tropical forests have high ecological integrity: Study

Claire Asher 22 Sep 2020

What is a pampas cat? Candid Animal Cam is back in the Americas

Romina Castagnino 22 Sep 2020

On World Rhino Day, ‘real work’ is still needed to save Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 22 Sep 2020

‘We are all ecstatic’: Rescued wild pangolin gives birth to healthy pup

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2020

Two new Javan rhino calves are spotted in the species’ last holdout

Basten Gokkon 21 Sep 2020

Hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Sep 2020

Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge

Louise Hunt 18 Sep 2020

Fires turn sage brush habitat in Washington into a scorched ‘oblivion’

Ashley Ahearn 18 Sep 2020

Madagascar reopens national parks shuttered by COVID-19

Rivonala Razafison 17 Sep 2020

Missing mangroves are root of contention over Philippine airport project

Leilani Chavez, Susan Claire Agbayani 17 Sep 2020

New artificial intelligence could save both elephant and human lives

Claudia Geib 17 Sep 2020
Tanzanian women carry new beehives into the forest. Photo by Felipe Rodriguez/APW

Beyond tourism: A call for business ideas that protect African wildlife, ecosystems

Heather Richardson 16 Sep 2020

How Morgan Stanley is linked to deforestation in the Amazon

André Campos - Repórter Brasil, Piero Locatelli from Repórter Brasil 16 Sep 2020

Great ape ‘forest gardeners of Africa’ benefit from conservation victory

Mike Gaworecki 16 Sep 2020

We are failing to save the planet’s species, finds UN report

Liz Kimbrough 16 Sep 2020
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesian lobster exporters, advised by a smuggler, flout domestic requirements

Fathul Rakhman 16 Sep 2020

500 years of species loss: Humans drive defaunation across Neotropics

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Sep 2020

Bolivia’s jaguar seizures down as suspicions rise over new mafia

Vanessa Romo 15 Sep 2020

Are red pandas related to panda bears? Candid Animal Cam meets the furry red creature

Romina Castagnino 15 Sep 2020

Stolen from the wild, rare reptiles and amphibians are freely traded in EU

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Sep 2020

Biologists warn ‘extinction denial’ is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory

Mike Shanahan 14 Sep 2020
Lightning over the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Manument. Photo by Adam Haggerty / BLM

Can public lands unify divided Americans? An interview with John Leshy

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Sep 2020

Poaching pressure mounts on jaguars, the Americas’ iconic big cat

Vanessa Romo 14 Sep 2020

Manila’s new white sand coast is a threat to marine life, groups say

Leilani Chavez 14 Sep 2020
Chainsawing wood. Image by Mike Smith via Wikimedia Commons (CC 2.0).

Threatened species caught in crossfire of ongoing land conflict in Myanmar

Aimee Gabay 10 Sep 2020
Image by ilustrativa/John Lambeth/Pexels

For European chemical giants, Brazil is an open market for toxic pesticides banned at home

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 10 Sep 2020
Fires burning in the Amazon on August 17 next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Labrea, Amazonas state. Felled forests are intentionally lit in the Amazon to clear land for cattle ranching. Photo by: Christian Braga / Greenpeace

The best news of 2020? Humanity may never hit the 10 billion mark

Jeremy Hance 10 Sep 2020

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