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‘Sustainability is a continuous journey’: Q&A with RSPO’s Joseph D’Cruz

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2023

Researchers detect two of Suriname’s most powerful jaguar trafficking networks

Astrid Arellano 7 Aug 2023
A Cao-vit gibbon in a tree.

Drones improve counts of rare Cao-vit gibbon, identify conservation priorities

Sean Mowbray 12 Jul 2023
An elephant roams through a recently cleared eucalyptus plantation.

Report links paper giant RGE to Indonesia deforestation despite pledges

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Jul 2023

Despite billions tied to clean supply chains, China’s Cofco still turns to deforesters

Sasha Chavkin 20 Jun 2023
Mountain range, Tibet. Photo courtesy of Wa Da.

China’s Qinghai-Tibet ecosystem legislation is a landmark, but for whom? (commentary)

Zhengyang Wang 7 Jun 2023
A depiction of the legend of the Kim Qui and the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem), on mural ceramics in Hoan Kiem temple

Death of last female Yangtze softshell turtle signals end for ‘god’ turtle

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2023

After Sri Lanka, Nepal debates exporting its ‘problematic’ monkeys

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 May 2023
A wild giant otter with a discarded single-use plastic bottle.

U.N. parties are worlds apart on plastics treaty solutions

Charles Pekow 27 Apr 2023

Wildlife trafficking gradually returns after pandemic lull, mostly by sea

Liz Kimbrough 4 Apr 2023
Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.

Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams

Carolyn Cowan 30 Mar 2023
Fishers pull in nets on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia

As hydropower dams quell the Mekong’s life force, what are the costs?

Carolyn Cowan 29 Mar 2023
A pair of the critically endangered Hainan gibbons.

To save Hainan gibbons, Earth’s rarest primate, experts roll out the big tech

Abhishyant Kidangoor 27 Mar 2023

Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?

Maxwell Radwin 7 Feb 2023

The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping it?

Maxwell Radwin 2 Feb 2023
Anniqa Law Chung-kiu, conservation project manager for The Nature Conservancy Hong Kong.

Restoring Hong Kong’s oyster reefs, one abandoned oyster farm at a time

Peter Yeung 30 Dec 2022
The Long Xing 621, one of DOF’s boats, hauls up a shark.

Dalian Ocean Fishing, subject of Mongabay probe, now sanctioned by U.S.

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Dec 2022

Bolivia looks to opaque methods, firms to build lithium powerhouse

Ian Morse 12 Dec 2022
A Philippine pangolin hangs on to a branch.

For Philippine pangolins, tourism’s return could spell trouble

Keith Anthony Fabro 12 Dec 2022
A shark with remoras.

Shark-fishing gear banned across much of Pacific in conservation ‘win’

Philip Jacobson 8 Dec 2022

‘It was a shark operation’: Q&A with Indonesian crew abused on Chinese shark-finning boat

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon 2 Dec 2022

As shark numbers plummet, nations seek ban on devastatingly effective gear

Philip Jacobson 26 Nov 2022
Long-tailed macaques roam free across the Angkor Wat temple complex

Alleged macaque-smuggling ring exposed as U.S. indicts Cambodian officials

Gerald Flynn 18 Nov 2022

Blue jeans: An iconic fashion item that’s costing the planet dearly

Jenny Gonzales 17 Nov 2022

Sulawesi nickel plant coats nearby homes in toxic dust

Eko Rusdianto 17 Nov 2022
wild yaks in Nepal

Nepal’s wild yaks ‘need more conservation than research’: Q&A with Naresh Kusi

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Nov 2022

How Mitsubishi vacuumed up tuna from a rogue Chinese fishing fleet

Annelise Giseburt 10 Nov 2022

‘There are solutions to these abuses’: Q&A with Steve Trent on how China can rein in illegal fishing

Philip Jacobson 3 Nov 2022
A deckhand on the Long Xing 626 in DOF’s Atlantic fleet displays what experts who reviewed the image identified as a blue shark (Prionace glauca) in this photo posted to Facebook. The animal on the ground is a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

Exclusive: Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon 1 Nov 2022
Jaguar skin for sale at the Belen market

A fast-growing pipeline: The Amazon-to-Southeast Asia wildlife trade

Sharon Guynup 18 Oct 2022
Men processing abacá fiber.

Clothes sourced from plants could expand deforestation – or abate it

Ian Morse 12 Oct 2022
Pygmy loris

The slow, toxic and sleepy life of lorises is coded in their genes

Carolyn Cowan 11 Oct 2022

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