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Electronic ears listen to poachers in a key Central American jaguar habitat

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Feb 2021
Young girl in the Kayapó-Mẽbêngôkre village of Aukre in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Cristina Mittermeier

“Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2021

Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum

Claudia Geib 19 Feb 2021

Where does the name of the crab-eating fox come from?

Romi Castagnino 9 Feb 2021

Lasers find forest gaps to aid tree mortality studies in Brazilian Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 26 Jan 2021

What does a great argus pheasant sound like? Candid Animal Cam listens to birds

Romi Castagnino 26 Jan 2021

Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection

Claudia Geib 25 Jan 2021

Video: Romania’s deadly fight against illegal logging

Frederick Gillingham 20 Jan 2021

An eye in the sky on deforestation: Q&A with Jean Jardeleza and Kim Carlson

Claudia Geib 18 Jan 2021
Rainforest in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

What are the tropical forest storylines to watch in 2021?

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jan 2021

How endangered are monk seals? Candid Animal Cam meets these underwater mammals

Romi Castagnino 12 Jan 2021

A good year for the Philippine eagle in 2020, but not for its supporters

Bong S. Sarmiento 8 Jan 2021

Cat fight: Jaguar ambushes ocelot in rare camera trap footage

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jan 2021

A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaiʻi’s living coral reefs

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jan 2021

How to transform systems: Q&A with WRI’s Andrew Steer

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jan 2021
Coral reef in at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo by Beth Watson / Ocean Image Bank.

Top positive environmental stories from 2020

Liz Kimbrough 30 Dec 2020
Blackwater oxbow lake, rainforest, and a whitewater river in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Dec 2020

New innovations to clean up the impacts of mining

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2020

Why do Eurasian badgers live with foxes? Candid Animal Cam spots badgers

Romi Castagnino 22 Dec 2020
Pine forest in the Sierra Nevada. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

Bold sustainability commitments: An interview with Microsoft’s Lucas Joppa

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2020

Whale of a find: Scientists spot beaked whale believed to be a new species

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Dec 2020

What is a white-faced capuchin? Candid Animal Cam meets monkeys

Romi Castagnino 8 Dec 2020

What is a white-lipped peccary? Candid Animal Cam is in South America

Romi Castagnino 1 Dec 2020
Plastic pollution endangers marine animals, such as this young monk seal, which may get entangled in or ingest litter. Photo credit: the Ocean Cleanup/Matthew Chauvin

Clean up efforts won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis in the world’s seas

Isabella Backman 25 Nov 2020

How are jaguars different from leopards? Candid Animal Cam is in the Americas

Romi Castagnino 24 Nov 2020

The Amazon’s short-eared dog was thought to be a scavenger. Now there’s video

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Nov 2020

What is a tayra? Candid Animal Cam is in the Americas

Romi Castagnino 17 Nov 2020

Podcast: Lemur love and award-winning plant passion in Madagascar

Mike Gaworecki 11 Nov 2020
A Grauer's Gorilla in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in late 2016. There are fewer than 4,000 of the gorilla subspecies left. Photo by Thomas Nicolon

As energy needs drive demand for minerals, forests face greater threats

Victoria Schneider 11 Nov 2020

Whale zone ahead: A cetacean speed trap tags ships going over the limit

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 Nov 2020

Technology innovations look to change the cacao landscape in Colombia

Aurora Solá 10 Nov 2020

What makes chimps unique? Candid Animal Cam meets our close relatives

Romi Castagnino 10 Nov 2020

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