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Hotel built without permits on disputed land riles neighboring Paracas reserve

Mongabay Latam 11 Oct 2024
A village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) at Lake Chivero, Harare.

Community-led wetland restoration may hold key to Harare’s water crisis

Aimee Gabay 10 Oct 2024
Fully functional Earth systems offer numerous ecosystem services to humanity, including clean air and water, the provision of food, and natural pollination of crops.

Combined effects of human activities increase risk to ecosystem services

Claire Asher 10 Oct 2024
Loxodonta africana cyclotis. Forest elephant bull Gamba, Gabon. Image by WWF / Hervé MORAND with courtesy.

WWF report offers glimmer of conservation hope — yet warns of a planet in peril

Anne Nzouankeu, David Akana 10 Oct 2024

In the dark of the night, sponges help possum shrimp ‘smell’ their way home

Liz Kimbrough 10 Oct 2024
Ryan Killackey

The life and legacy of Ryan Killackey, the filmmaker who rallied international support for Yasuni (Obituary)

Rhett A. Butler 9 Oct 2024
Mature cacao fruit. Seeds from the pod are fermented, roasted and ground to make cocoa powder. Image courtesy of TMA.

The world’s chocolate cravings speed up deforestation in the Congo Basin: Study

Marlowe Starling 9 Oct 2024
Abdi Ahmed, in his late 60s, continues his pastoral life in Guyo Kebele, Somali Region, supporting his 19 children through a lifetime of nomadic herding.

Drought & climate change force Ethiopia pastoralists to go job hunting

Solomon Yimer 9 Oct 2024
Paraguay Chaco, cattle in Karanda'y palm tree savanna (Bajo Chaco), Alto Paraguay Province. Image by Peer V. via Wikimedia Commons.

Collagen and meat giants fuel deforestation and rights violations in Paraguay: Report

Iñigo Alexander 9 Oct 2024
Red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus) scavenging at a poached elephant's carcass, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. Image by otomops, via Wikicommons (CC BY 4.0)

Congo looks to monetize its high-integrity forests

Rosie Pioth 9 Oct 2024
A recently hatched Kemp's Ridley sea turtle on the Texas Gulf Coast. Image courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Poll shows voters agree next U.S. President must do more for wildlife and conservation (commentary)

Dr. Robert Shumaker 8 Oct 2024
Rinnie and Gary Shapiro in a peat swamp in Central Kalimantan. Photo credit: Rod Brindamour.

Orangutan conservation and communication: Gary Shapiro’s half-century journey from zoos to the wilds of Borneo

Rhett A. Butler 8 Oct 2024
In five years since the 2018-19 fiscal, Khulna, Bagerhat, and Satkhira districts recorded increased production of Aman rice. Image courtesy of BARCIK

Coastal farmers in Bangladesh give up shrimp farming for agriculture to combat salinity

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2024
Snow leopard in Nepal

Nepal’s snow leopard conservation shifts focus from research to conflict mitigation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Oct 2024

Prospect of mining is a bitter pill for Afro-Brazilian community known for its honey

Rafael Martins 8 Oct 2024
Alexandrino Garcia, an Abuelos de Tajín, in front of a Totonac altar in his house. Image by Monica Pelliccia.

In Mexico, Totonac spiritual guides work with scientists to revive ecosystems

Monica Pelliccia 7 Oct 2024
Nemonte Nenquimo in one of her family's forest gardens near the village of Nemonpare in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

‘Indigenous women in the Amazon must be empowered’: Interview with Nemonte Nenquimo

Astrid Arellano 7 Oct 2024
Women make up a considerable proportion of the coffee farmers in the area.

Coffee agroforestry holds promise for smallholder growers in Malawi

Charles Mpaka 7 Oct 2024

A nesting haven for sea turtles in Suriname is fading away

Stefanie Lauchman 7 Oct 2024
Cuatir Conservation Area’s neighbours come to inspect the new arrivals. Image by Jim Tan for Mongabay.

26 elephants from Namibia moved to Angola’s only private conservation area

Jim Tan 7 Oct 2024
An inventory for acoustic monitoring: Interview with Kevin Darras

An inventory for acoustic monitoring: Interview with Kevin Darras

Abhishyant Kidangoor 5 Oct 2024

The people who make up the Pan-Amazonian melting pot: regional demographics

Timothy J. Killeen 4 Oct 2024

Indigenous knowledge proves key in a study of plants gorillas use to self-medicate

Charles Mpaka 3 Oct 2024
A group photo after practical training on market gardening and forest garden maintenance in agroforestry at the regenerative camp. Image by Roland Frédéric Tahina.

In Madagascar, Taniala Regenerative Camp aims to heal deforestation scars

Mino Rakotovao 3 Oct 2024

EU considers postponing anti-deforestation law as pressure from agribusiness mounts

Maxwell Radwin 3 Oct 2024
A serval photographed in the area by camera trap with the Sasol plant behind it in 2019. Image by Dan Loock.

Follow the prey: How servals adapt to an industrialized landscape

Juliette Portala 3 Oct 2024

For ranchers in Costa Rica, jaguars and pumas become unexpected allies

Darío Chinchilla 3 Oct 2024
The Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts.

Controversial US marine geoengineering test delayed until next year

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2024

‘Mermaids’ dive to study and protect Mexican fishing grounds

Astrid Arellano 2 Oct 2024
A great white shark. Found frequently along the coasts of countries across the globe, white sharks also hunt on the high seas. Image by Pterantula (Terry Goss) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Social media influencers’ bad behavior with marine wildlife is risky for animals, too (commentary)

Erica Carone 1 Oct 2024

Celestún refuge fights illegal fishing & helps revive species in Mexico’s Yucatán

Astrid Arellano 1 Oct 2024

S. Korea dune merchant, 72, held over sand mining in Indonesia mangrove forest

Wahyu Chandra 30 Sep 2024

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