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Petrel chick in the Galapagos. Photo credit: James Muchmore

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

Rhett A. Butler 11 Dec 2023
A miyamashijimi rests on a buckwheat flower. Image courtesy of Todai University.

Japanese butterfly conservation takes flight when integrated with human communities

Keona Blanks 8 Dec 2023
Thailand flood, 2011

Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change

Carolyn Cowan 7 Dec 2023

A Brazilian NGO restores widely degraded Atlantic Forest amid mining threats

Sarah Brown 6 Dec 2023
A traditional fishermen in an Indigenous territory on the Tapajós River, in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Marcio Isensee e Sá. Licensed via Adobe Photo Stock

Despite progress, small share of climate pledge went to Indigenous groups: report

Aimee Gabay 4 Dec 2023

Keeping herbivores at bay helps in early stages of restoration, studies show

Tim Vernimmen 28 Nov 2023
Community tree nursery

How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life

Carolyn Cowan 22 Nov 2023
Mona Webber pointing at a mangrove restoration site on Norman Manly Highway.

Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Nov 2023
Prescribed burns conducted by government organizations don’t face the same high cost of fire insurance as private organizations do. Image courtesy of the Virginia Department of Forestry.

As U.S. insurers stop covering prescribed burns, states and communities step up

Ashli Blow 15 Nov 2023
A phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Is ocean iron fertilization back from the dead as a CO₂ removal tool?

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2023
Woman carrying a solar pannel near Yangambi, DRC.

Can carbon markets solve Africa’s climate finance woes?

Ashoka Mukpo 7 Nov 2023
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Image by Dr. Jonathan Moore.

To keep track of salmon migrations in real time, First Nations turn to AI

Spoorthy Raman 6 Nov 2023
A turtle over coral reefs off the coast of Australia.

Not MPAs but OECMs: Can a new designation help conserve the ocean?

Edward Carver 6 Nov 2023
Cattle and zebras share grazing land inside the Enonkishu Conservancy, southern Kenya. Image by David Njagi for Mongabay.

A mobile solution for Kenyan pastoralists’ livestock is a plus for wildlife, too

David Njagi 6 Nov 2023
Monarch butterflies

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

Abhishyant Kidangoor 3 Nov 2023

São Paulo nurseries bring the city’s rare and forgotten trees back to life

Sibélia Zanon 17 Oct 2023
A leopard in Primorsky Krai region in the Russian Far East caught on camera.

Taking the global pulse of biodiversity monitoring: Q&A with Andrew Gonzalez

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Oct 2023
Fishermen catch octopus on Beriulou Island.

Indonesian village forms coast guard to protect octopus in Mentawai Islands

Jaka Hendra Baittri 3 Oct 2023
An oriental pied hornbill in Sabah's rainforest.

Forest restoration can fare better with human helping hand, study shows

Jeremy Hance 28 Sep 2023
Seabirds on Redonda Island cliffs.

From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 Sep 2023
A herd of Asiatic elephants in Assam.

Video: Rice as a peace offering in India’s human-elephant conflict capital

Biswajit Das, Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2023
Participants in an eelgrass coring workshop gather sediment cores from an eelgrass meadow, which will be used to establish how long the carbon stored by eelgrass stays locked away.

First Nation and scientists partner to revive climate-saving eelgrass

Moira Donovan 22 Sep 2023

In São Paulo’s cityscape, community gardens prompt a new food paradigm

Sibélia Zanon 22 Sep 2023
Jerry Lotawa.

‘The forest is so much more than money’: Q&A with Fijian carbon project ranger Jerry Lotawa

Monica Evans 12 Sep 2023

Photos: Fiji’s first Indigenous-owned carbon credit project

Monica Evans 12 Sep 2023
Orphanage manager Claudia Andrione with older rhino orphans at the orphanage.

African Parks to rewild 2,000 rhinos from controversial breeding program

Jim Tan 11 Sep 2023
Young beaver grooming itself. Image courtesy of Cheryl Reynolds via Wikimedia Commons.

NASA satellites reveal restoration power of beavers

Jeremy Hance 11 Sep 2023
A sub-adult Bengal tiger on the river bank.

Sundarbans tiger and prey numbers rise amid Bangladesh conservation efforts

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 11 Sep 2023
Starfish on a tree reef raised out of the water.

Study finds old pear trees make for surprisingly rich reef habitats

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Sep 2023
An elephant in Cambodia.

A forest gave Cambodia’s captive elephants a new life. Now they’re paying it back

John Cannon 31 Aug 2023
A rancher herds cattle in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

How the Amazon’s ‘greatest devastator’ sold cattle to a Carrefour supplier 

Marina Rossi/Daniel Camargos/Hyury Potter 29 Aug 2023

Big promises to Indigenous groups from new global nature fund — but will it deliver?

Spoorthy Raman 29 Aug 2023

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