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Manta rays with reef fish.

‘Tendrils of hope’ for the ocean: Q&A with conservationist Charles Clover

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2022

‘Why sharks matter’: Q&A with author and shark biologist David Shiffman

John Cannon 2 Jun 2022

Geoengineering Earth’s climate future: Straight talk with Wake Smith

Jeremy Hance 12 May 2022
Fishermen on Lake Victoria.

Boom and bust on Lake Victoria: Q&A with author Mark Weston

John Cannon 10 May 2022
A Geoffroy's spider monkey.

Can celebrities and social media influencers really ‘rewrite extinction’?

James Fair 9 May 2022

Wonder on wings: The fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds

Mike Gaworecki 4 May 2022

Crucial to conservation, Indigenous communities’ environmental leadership endures

Mike Gaworecki 24 Mar 2022

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2021

John Cannon 24 Dec 2021

In search of wild spectacles and river journeys

Mike Gaworecki 21 Dec 2021
If the government’s plans come to fruition, the run-of-river dam at Estreito will be modified to incorporate a lock that would extend the waterway several hundred kilometres upstream. PAC collection at flickr.com; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

New transport infrastructure is opening the Amazon to global commerce

Timothy J. Killeen 27 Sep 2021

What can seashells tell us about the health of the oceans?

Mike Gaworecki 10 Aug 2021

‘We are intimately connected with nature’: Q&A with oceanographer Kim McCoy

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 1 Jul 2021

Two tunas and a tale of managed extinction

Mike Gaworecki 23 Apr 2021
Wild elephant in South Africa. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Novelizing wildlife crime investigations: Q&A with author Bryan Christy

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Apr 2021
A black rhino in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Image by Sonse, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Saving our ‘Beloved Beasts’: Q&A with environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis

John Cannon 22 Apr 2021
The Amazon. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Apr 2021
Toilet urban art

‘Opening the lid’ on toilet innovation: Q&A with author Chelsea Wald

John Cannon 6 Apr 2021
Reindeer calf at Lake Inari in northern Finland, image courtesy of Markus Mauthe / Greenpeace

Is ecosystem restoration our last/best hope for a sustainable future?

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 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

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

John Cannon 30 Nov 2020

Graphic novel version of classic science memoir aims for new audiences

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2020

‘Tamper with nature, and everyone suffers’: Q&A with ecologist Enric Sala

John Cannon 4 Sep 2020
A puma with a recent kill by Neal Wight/Panthera.

The ‘Cougar Conundrum’: Q&A with author Mark Elbroch

John Cannon 20 Aug 2020

‘Saving sun bears’: Q&A with book author Sarah Pye

John Cannon 29 Jun 2020

‘Don’t let your cat outside’: Q&A with author Peter Christie

John Cannon 26 May 2020

David Quammen on ecological restoration, emerging diseases, evolutionary science, and more

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jul 2019

Exploring the minds and inner lives of animals

Mike Gaworecki 20 Feb 2018

Margaret Atwood on her conservation-themed graphic novel, dystopian futures, and how not to despair

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017

DJ remixes the sounds of birds, lemurs, and more to inspire conservation

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2017

Renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson calls for preserving half of Earth to save biodiversity

Leon Kolankiewicz 22 Feb 2017

Ten years after Lost Africa: a retrospective on indigenous issues

Gabriel Thoumi Cfa 1 Apr 2014

Mother of God: meet the 26 year old Indiana Jones of the Amazon, Paul Rosolie

Jeremy Hance 17 Mar 2014

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