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What does a great argus pheasant sound like? Candid Animal Cam listens to birds

Romina Castagnino 26 Jan 2021

Patches of Amazon untouched by humans still feel impact of climate change

Dimas Marques 13 Jan 2021

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters

Bong S. Sarmiento 8 Jan 2021
A humpback whale off the coast of the northeastern U.S. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

11 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2020

John Cannon 30 Dec 2020

Songbird trade in Indonesia threatens wild Sunda laughingthrush

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2020

Brazil’s blue macaws, golden lion tamarins back in traffickers’ sights

Dimas Marques 11 Dec 2020

Layers of regulations to protect European seas ‘not working,’ audit finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Dec 2020

The promise of ‘bird-friendly’ cities: Q&A with author Timothy Beatley

John Cannon 30 Nov 2020

A Chilean archipelago rivaling the Galápagos fends off invasive species

Barinia Montoya 26 Nov 2020

Crimefighting NGO tracks Brazil wildlife trade on WhatsApp and Facebook

Peter Yeung 23 Nov 2020

Philippine ‘raptor boy’ shows it takes a village to protect a migration route

Bong S. Sarmiento 22 Nov 2020

A new conservation project is created in Costa Rica thanks to COVID-19

Milan Sime Martinic 9 Nov 2020
Planted mangrove seedlings. Image by Irwandi wancaleu via Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0)

In mangrove restoration, custom solutions beat one-size-fits-all approach

Mark Hillsdon 30 Oct 2020

New Latin American treaty could help protect women conservation leaders — and all environment defenders

Mike Gaworecki 28 Oct 2020
Peregrines falcon in Peru. Photo by Miguel Moran.

‘Godfather of Peruvian falcons’ uncovers peregrine’s epic journey from the Arctic

Liz Kimbrough 27 Oct 2020

‘No other choice’: Groups push to protect vast swaths of Antarctic seas

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Oct 2020
A scarlet macaw reared by the WCS Guatemala Program is ready to fly into the forest. Photo courtesy of WCS.

Captive-reared scarlet macaws get a second chance at life in the wild

Liz Kimbrough 16 Oct 2020

For Amazon’s harpy eagle, nesting trees are also coveted for timber

Richard Kemeny 13 Oct 2020
Grey-headed fish eagle. Image by David Li.

Singapore embarks on a million-tree planting spree to protect its future

Claire Turrell 9 Oct 2020
A Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) spends time in the moist Amazon understory foraging. Photo by Philip Stouffer.

As the Amazon burns, what happens to its biodiversity?

Liz Kimbrough 24 Sep 2020

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

Ashley Ahearn 18 Sep 2020

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

Liz Kimbrough 16 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

No, ‘regenerative ranching’ is not good for grassland birds (commentary)

Jennifer Molidor 8 Sep 2020

For Brazil’s most trafficked parrot, the poaching is relentless

Dimas Marques 1 Sep 2020

Captive breeding helps New Zealand’s threatened black stilts take flight

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Aug 2020

Traversing Russia’s remote taiga in pursuit of the Blakiston’s fish owl

Gloria Dickie 6 Aug 2020

How do we save charisma-challenged species? Start with a story

Jeremy Hance 6 Aug 2020

In California, forest fires spark a babel of birdsong, study shows

Jennifer Ann Thomas, Veja 4 Aug 2020

Saved from poisoning, these rare African vultures take wing again

Ed Holt 3 Aug 2020

Why are some endangered species ignored?

Jeremy Hance 3 Aug 2020

Ornithologists discover more rare hornbills than thought on Philippine island

Leilani Chavez 31 Jul 2020

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