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Models, maps, and citizen scientists working to save the Great Barrier Reef

Marianne Messina 14 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

‘Landscape of fearlessness’: bushbuck emboldened following top-predator decline in Mozambique

Sophie Manson 6 May 2019

The world lost a Belgium-size area of old growth rainforest in 2018

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Apr 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

How a sheriff in Brazil is using satellites to stop deforestation

Jenny Gonzales 12 Apr 2019

Solving the mystery of the UK’s vanishing hen harriers

Lakshmi Supriya 12 Apr 2019

Arctic in trouble: Sea ice melt falls to record lows for early April

Gloria Dickie 11 Apr 2019

Climb confirms that the world’s tallest tropical tree tops 100 meters

John Cannon 7 Apr 2019

Indonesia oil slicks highlight weak enforcement against bilge dumping

Basten Gokkon 5 Apr 2019
A juvenile Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Tapirs have been found to disperse seeds in disturbed Amazon forests. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tapirs could be key in helping degraded rainforests bounce back

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

As Arctic neared 2019 winter max, Bering Sea was virtually ice-free

Gloria Dickie 18 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Bolivia’s Batman and Peru’s birdy cave drawings

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2019

AI and drone-based imagery improve power to survey cryptic animals

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 15 Mar 2019

Wikipedia searches reveal how people’s interests in wildlife change

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Mar 2019

Brazil to receive first-ever results-based REDD+ payment, but concerns remain

Sarah Sax 1 Mar 2019

Blue whales remember best times and places to find prey

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2019

The odor side of otters: Tech reveals species’ adaptations to human activity

Visvak P. 25 Feb 2019

AI and public data identify fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

Marianne Messina 22 Feb 2019
The mudslide near Brumadinho via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Dam holding mining waste collapses in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2019

For conservationists, crowdfunding sites raise both funds and awareness

Emily Clark 28 Jan 2019

Latam Eco Review: Some whales may benefit from Japan’s whaling commission exit

Mongabay.com 26 Jan 2019

New space lasers offer best 3D look at global forests yet

David Klinges 18 Jan 2019

Can satellite data help monitor sustainable rural development?

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Jan 2019

Antarctica now shedding ice six times faster than in 1979

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2019
Saravanan points to a large salt pan, part of Ennore Creek in the city of Chennai. The nearby port’s plan to convert the area into industrial real estate sparked protests among fishing communities in 2016. Image by Mahima Jain.

Protecting India’s fishing villages: Q&A with ‘maptivist’ Saravanan

Mahima Jain 10 Jan 2019

Machine learning tool helps prioritize plants for conservation

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Jan 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018

10 ways conservation tech shifted into auto in 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Dec 2018

Photos highlight evolving roles of AI, citizen science in species research

David Klinges 17 Dec 2018

Deforestation in Brazil’s cerrado falls

Mongabay.com 16 Dec 2018

Hobby-grade drones can monitor marine animals beneath the surface

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 14 Dec 2018

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