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‘Fantastic grandmothers’ snorkel, help uncover large sea snake population

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2019

Ban on destructive fishing practice helps species recovery in Indonesian park

Basten Gokkon 4 Nov 2019

RSPO questions effectiveness of Indonesian palm plantation moratorium

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2019

There’s a new fin whale subspecies in the North Pacific

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2019

Grassroots campaign saves major wetland in Montenegro

Mark Hillsdon 1 Nov 2019

Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Ahmad Supardi 1 Nov 2019

Less force, more kindness as Sri Lanka tries to defuse human-elephant conflict

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 31 Oct 2019

Carbon emissions from loss of intact tropical forest a ‘ticking time bomb’

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Oct 2019

New species of shrimp-like creature found in a whale shark’s mouth

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2019

Finding hope in ‘extreme conservation’ (Insider)

John Cannon 31 Oct 2019

Ayahuasca tourism an overlooked driver of trade in jaguar body parts, researchers say

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2019

Can camera traps diagnose the severity of a mystery giraffe skin disease?

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Oct 2019

Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area

Leilani Chavez 30 Oct 2019

Reporter Katie Baker details Buzzfeed’s explosive investigation of WWF

Mike Gaworecki 29 Oct 2019

’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2019
Tanzanian farmer Julia Yusufu with two of her agricultural tools, a radio and her cell phone. Image courtesy Farm Radio International

Fighting Africa’s fall armyworm invasion with radio shows and phone apps

Stephanie Parker 28 Oct 2019

Indigenous communities ‘robbed’ as land grabbers lay waste to Brazilian rainforest

Ana Ionova 28 Oct 2019

10 takeaways from Indonesia’s grassroots #SaveAru success

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 28 Oct 2019

How Laos lost its tigers

Jeremy Hance 28 Oct 2019

Beach clean-ups, community visits, and compensation to fishers build environmental awareness in Nigeria

Linus Unah 25 Oct 2019

Holding social media companies accountable for facilitating illegal wildlife trade (commentary)

Daniel Stiles 25 Oct 2019

New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2019
WCS veterinarian Steve Harvey fitting a collar on one of the elephants. Image courtesy of Nacha Geoffrey/WCS

Satellite collars to help boost protection for Nigeria’s largest remaining elephant herd

Linus Unah 25 Oct 2019

What makes community ecotourism succeed? In Madagascar, location, location, location

Rowan Moore Gerety 25 Oct 2019

As birds winter in Sri Lanka, one enthusiast makes sure their memory stays

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 25 Oct 2019

Bonobo conservation stymied by deforestation, human rights abuses

Taran Volckhausen 24 Oct 2019
Field inspection for fall armyworm in Kakamega County, Kenya.

A scramble for solutions as fall armyworm infestation sweeps Africa

Gilbert Nakweya 24 Oct 2019

This toad from central Africa impersonates a deadly viper to avoid predators

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2019

New grouper species discovered in Australian fish market

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2019
Green sea turtle. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

For one Indonesian fisher, saving caught turtles is a moral challenge

Ian Morse 23 Oct 2019

Malaria surges in deforested parts of the Amazon, study finds

John Cannon 23 Oct 2019

Amazon’s male white bellbird has the loudest recorded call

Mongabay.com 23 Oct 2019

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