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David Quammen on ecological restoration, emerging diseases, evolutionary science, and more

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jul 2019

Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare as once thought

Nina Finley 23 Jul 2019

When it comes to captive breeding, not all Sumatran rhinos are equal

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2019

Making room for wild foods in forest conservation

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2019

Indonesia, facing a waste crisis, plans to burn it for electricity

Basten Gokkon 22 Jul 2019

Cocoa and gunshots: The struggle to save a threatened forest in Nigeria

Orji Sunday 19 Jul 2019

Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 19, 2019

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2019

Corrupt police caught in bust of Peruvian Amazon drug gang

Bethan John 19 Jul 2019

The ambitious plan to recover and rewild the feisty, dwarf cow

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2019

Congo government opens Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to oil exploration

John Cannon 18 Jul 2019

Indonesian officials foil attempt to smuggle hornbill casques to Hong Kong

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2019

Information is key – but lacking for sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean (commentary)

Dave van Beuningen, Rhett Bennett 18 Jul 2019
Villagers from Farihitsara gather near the proposed dam site. Tozzi Green, the Italian company responsible for the hydroelectric project, marked some of the rocks when it did research at the site. Image by Edward Carver for Mongabay.

In Madagascar, villagers oppose plans for a dam that would inundate their land

Edward Carver 18 Jul 2019

From over 100,000 species assessments in IUCN update, zero improvements

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2019

The frog and the university: Meet the niche new species from Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jul 2019
A small coral appears on a reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean, threats to coral ecosystems include climate change, storms, pollution, tourism, and fishing. Image courtesy of NOAA’s National Ocean Service via Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Virgin Islands bans coral-damaging sunscreens

Heather Gies 17 Jul 2019
Rainforest at Tampolo on the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

We are planting trees everywhere: Q&A with Madagascar’s environment minister

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jul 2019

Orangutan habitats being cleared in areas near palm oil mills, report finds

Loren Bell 17 Jul 2019

Newly described tree species from Tanzania is likely endangered

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2019

Agriculture, mining, hunting push critically endangered gorillas to the brink

Rachel Fritts 16 Jul 2019

Experts deny alleged manipulation of Amazon satellite deforestation data

Karla Mendes 16 Jul 2019

Colombia registers first drop in deforestation since 2016 FARC peace deal

Taran Volckhausen 15 Jul 2019
Fishers on an artificial reef in Jiquilisco Bay. Image by Max Radwin for Mongabay.

Bringing back the fish: Q&A with a repentant blast fisherman

Maxwell Radwin 15 Jul 2019
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), a species threatened by the Madagascar rosewood trade. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Study finds lemurs in degraded Madagascar forest skinny and stunted

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jul 2019

More than 10,000 animals and plants seized in massive global operation

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2019

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, July 12, 2019

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2019

Let there be lights, to help migratory cranes avoid power lines

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 Jul 2019

Yanomami Amazon reserve invaded by 20,000 miners; Bolsonaro fails to act

Sue Branford 12 Jul 2019
Road running through drained and burned peatlands. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

‘Dangerous’ new regulation puts Indonesia’s carbon-rich peatlands at risk

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Jul 2019
Sakondry, ready to eat. Image by Brian Fisher.

Eat the insects, spare the lemurs

Emilie Filou 11 Jul 2019

Arctic in free fall: 2019 sea ice volume sinks to near record for June

Gloria Dickie 11 Jul 2019

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