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Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2019

Expedition finds new humpback breeding ground and sends first deep divers to Amazon Reef

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2019

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Justin Catanoso 4 Oct 2019

Sumatra survey looks to identify at-risk rhinos for captive breeding

Junaidi Hanafiah 4 Oct 2019

Demand for charcoal threatens the forest of Madagascar’s last hunter-gatherers

Sam Friedberg 3 Oct 2019
A sound file revealing rich data on biodiversity. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

How bioacoustics can transform conservation – Wildtech event in Palo Alto

Mongabay.com 3 Oct 2019

Study tracks first incursion of poachers into ‘pristine’ African forest

John Cannon 3 Oct 2019

Finally, Latin America is tackling wildlife trafficking (commentary)

Susan Lieberman 2 Oct 2019

Bid to breed Sumatran rhino is handicapped by bureaucratic ‘quibbling’

Basten Gokkon 2 Oct 2019

Report links major brands to illegal oil palm plantation in orangutan haven

Basten Gokkon 2 Oct 2019
A young orangutan grasps and hangs on to a woody liana. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongaby.

Traveling Malaysia’s Pan Borneo Highway

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2019

Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway with Mongabay’s John Cannon

Mike Gaworecki 1 Oct 2019

Fires still being set in blazing Bolivia (commentary)

Claire Wordley 1 Oct 2019

The climate crisis and the pain of losing what we love (commentary)

Glenn Scherer 30 Sep 2019

Cheetahs, CITES, and illegal trade: Are consumer countries doing enough? (commentary)

Sarah Durant 30 Sep 2019

Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time

Junaidi Hanafiah 30 Sep 2019

Nature-based climate action no longer ‘the forgotten solution’

Mike Gaworecki 27 Sep 2019

Gabon could earn up to $150 million for forest conservation

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2019

‘Vulture restaurants’ provide lifeline for critically endangered species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Sep 2019

Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life

Monica Evans 27 Sep 2019

Top Madagascar beer maker supports investigation into its corn supply chain

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Sep 2019

Wildfires spread to planned site of new Indonesian capital

Yovanda 26 Sep 2019

Wilderness cuts the risk of extinction for species in half

John Cannon 26 Sep 2019

Global fisheries deprive local communities of key nutrients, study finds

Stephen Leahy 26 Sep 2019

Notes from the road: 5 revelations from traveling the Pan Borneo Highway

John Cannon 25 Sep 2019
Jaguar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Panthera: At least 500 jaguars lost their lives or habitat in Amazon fires

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2019

The thinning fabric of Earth’s forest cover (commentary)

Tom Evans 24 Sep 2019

Nine new Fijian bees described, some restricted to a single mountaintop

Mongabay.com 24 Sep 2019

For one Indonesian village, mangrove restoration has been all upside

Fathul Rakhman 24 Sep 2019

Call for scientists to engage in environmental movements strikes chord

John Cannon 24 Sep 2019

Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector

Monica Evans 23 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka eyes lucrative charismatic species to save lesser-known ones

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Sep 2019

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