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Two common male rat snakes in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Nepal’s shifting biodiversity research landscape: Interview with Karan Bahadur Shah

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Jul 2024
An endangered Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei).

‘A harmonious human-primate society’: Interview with Whitley winner Kuenzang Dorji

Choki Wangmo 17 Jul 2024
Results of Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Talensi District of Ghana. Image courtesy of World Vision.

Harnessing ‘invisible forests in plain view’ to reforest the world

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 16 Jul 2024

Indigenous communities in Sarawak left in the dark about hydropower proposal

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 9 Jul 2024
Leticia Carvalho

‘Trust needs to be rebuilt’: Interview with candidate to head U.N. seabed-mining authority

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Jul 2024

In ‘the century of Africa,’ Mongabay’s new bureau reports its biggest environmental issues and solutions

Mike DiGirolamo 25 Jun 2024
A dragonfly perched on a leaf in Thailand.

Reimagining insect research: Interview with Roel van Klink and Leandro Nascimento

Abhishyant Kidangoor 24 Jun 2024
Wendy Schmidt explores Agog’s website in webXR as Amy Seidenwurm, chief of programs and strategy for Agog, looks on. Credit: Ben Gibbs / Agog

Using immersive media to strengthen support for the environment: An interview with Wendy Schmidt

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2024
A Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) at a lake.

Crowdsourcing eDNA for biodiversity monitoring: Interview with Kristy Deiner

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Jun 2024
A lemur leaf frog in Costa Rica.

Are carbon credits another resource-for-cash grab? Interview with Alondra Cerdes Morales & Samuel Nguiffo

Latoya Abulu, Sonam Lama Hyolmo 22 May 2024
A herd of deer in Bardiya National Park.

Nepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Apr 2024

Effective climate activism requires honest conversations about its challenges

Mike DiGirolamo 9 Apr 2024
jane goodall at 90

Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2024
Agroforestry practices in action in Zambia.

Global conference to accelerate nature-based solutions: Q&A with Self Help Africa’s Patricia Wall

Ruth Kamnitzer 11 Mar 2024
Jonathan Mesulam

PNG communities resist seabed mining: Interview with activist Jonathan Mesulam

John Cannon 1 Mar 2024
Johan Rockström.

Planetary boundary pioneer Johan Rockström awarded 2024 Tyler Prize

Glenn Scherer 29 Feb 2024
A Geoffroy's spider monkey

Tech to recover rainforest: Interview with Osa Conservation’s Carolina Pinto & Paulina Rodriguez

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Feb 2024
A front view of the Kedarnath Temple in the aftermath of the 2013 floods.

Risky development in Uttarakhand: Interview with environmentalist Ravi Chopra

Swati Thapa 13 Feb 2024
A camera trap image of a mountain lion feeding on a mule.

‘We’re doing so much with so little’: Interview with WildLabs’ Talia Speaker

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Feb 2024
India’s new forest rules spark dismay — and hope: Q&A with activist Soumitra Ghosh

India’s new forest rules spark dismay — and hope: Q&A with activist Soumitra Ghosh

Niladry Sarkar 17 Jan 2024

Uncovering the illegal jaguar trade in Bolivia

Romi Castagnino 11 Jan 2024
Polar bears.

‘No end in sight’ for potential of conservation tech: Q&A with Megan Owen

Abhishyant Kidangoor 5 Jan 2024
Indigenous Borana women farmers and their children in Ethiopia.

‘Indigenous’ and ‘local’ shouldn’t be conflated: Q&A with Indigenous leader Sara Olsvig

Alec Luhn 4 Jan 2024
Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a dry forest in Madagascar. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Beyond the myths: Anthropologist Alison Richard on Madagascar’s environmental realities and future

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jan 2024
Raising awareness about fishing cats during an education program.

Conservationists in Nepal say government must step up in coming years

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Dec 2023
A rufous sibia, a bird commonly found in Nepal's forests.

Community forestry is a conservation solution in Nepal: Q&A with Teri Allendorf

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Dec 2023
Wolf. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Wolves through the ages: A journey of coexistence, conflict, and conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2023
Petrel chick in the Galapagos. Photo credit: James Muchmore

How a group in Ecuador protects 10% of the world’s bird species

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2023
An African elephant calf in kruger National Park, South Africa.

Mongabay discusses the launch of Africa news bureau with director David Akana

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2023
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is called dhwase chituwa in Nepali (which translates to smoky leopard) for its unique pelt.

Nepal’s clouded leopard research needs more attention: Q&A with Yadav Ghimirey

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Nov 2023
Monarch butterflies

Betting on biodiversity: Q&A with Superorganism’s Kevin Webb & Tom Quigley

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Nov 2023
Kuikuro men playing flutes.

The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger

Peter Speetjens 18 Oct 2023

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