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Madagascar: Businesses drive disappearance of a wetland ‘reed forest’

Rivonala Razafison 31 Mar 2021

New map shows where the 80% of species we don’t know about may be hiding

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 31 Mar 2021

Only 6.5% of global forests are adequately protected, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 31 Mar 2021

Study sounds latest warning of rainforest turning into savanna as climate warms

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Mar 2021

In Sumatra, a vulnerable, ‘mythical’ wild goat lives an unknown life

Ian Morse 31 Mar 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2021

Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Mar 2021
The Javari River where it forms the border between Peru and Brazil. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Rivers can be climate change solutions, too (commentary)

Michele Thieme 30 Mar 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021

African swine fever rips through parts of southern Indonesia

Ebed de Rosary 29 Mar 2021

Battle at the bat box: Camera trap captures ocelot standoff in restored forest

Liz Kimbrough 29 Mar 2021

Surge in seizures of giant clam shells has Philippine conservationists wary

Keith Anthony Fabro 29 Mar 2021

Bolsonaro govt wanted to ‘run the cattle’ through environmental protections. It was a stampede

Suzana Camargo 29 Mar 2021

Brazil prosecutors cite Mongabay probe in new legal battle against palm oil firms

Karla Mendes 26 Mar 2021
Fireflies synchronize their flashing to find a mate. Image by Fred Huang via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

New assessment shines a light on the state of North America’s fireflies

Liz Kimbrough 26 Mar 2021
Wildlife off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, in 2015. Image by Enric Sala.

Ocean protection scheme can yield ‘triple benefits’ study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 26 Mar 2021

Patagonia’s blue whales besieged by hundreds of boats, study finds

Michelle Carrere 26 Mar 2021

Chinese ‘fishing fleet’ anchored on Philippine reef raises tensions

Leilani Chavez 26 Mar 2021

From penguins to sharks to whales, swimming in circles is a surprisingly common trait

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2021

Can ‘Slow Food’ save Brazil’s fast-vanishing Cerrado savanna?

Sharon Guynup 25 Mar 2021
An Indigenous woman crossing a river. Image by Alicia MucúChoc/FAO.

Nearly half the Amazon’s intact forest on Indigenous-held lands: Report

John Cannon 25 Mar 2021

Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Mar 2021

A new environmental education site for kids

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2021

Turtle conservation hits the SPOT in North Cyprus

James Fair 24 Mar 2021

Guarani Indigenous men brutalized in Brazilian ‘expansion of violence’

Jenny Gonzales 24 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

81 Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders slam BlackRock in open letter

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Mar 2021

In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows

Claudia Geib 24 Mar 2021

Managing risk: How Sri Lankan farmers address climate threats

Dennis Mombauer 24 Mar 2021

Thriving population of endangered monkeys gives hope to conservationists

Veronika Perkova 23 Mar 2021

Unrelated adoptions by bonobos may point to altruistic traits, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Mar 2021

‘Like losing half the territory.’ Waorani struggle with loss of elder, and of land to oil (commentary)

Danilo Borja, Juan Bay, Conny Davidsen 23 Mar 2021

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