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Todd Smith dreamt of being an airline pilot since he was five years old. He left the aviation industry in 2020, and is now working to reform it. Image by Helena Dolby. Courtesy of Todd Smith.

Grounded: A pilot who quit flying to help tackle climate change works to change aviation, for good

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 12 Nov 2024
African elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

African elephants declining — but some areas show promise

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Nov 2024

The rubber boom and its legacy in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Colombia

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Nov 2024

Court throws out permits for controversial Baja California hotel project

Maxwell Radwin 8 Nov 2024
Clouded leopard.

Study shows, via clouded leopards, how to better protect forests

Carolyn Cowan 8 Nov 2024
Boats of Tangerang's fishermen, who are starting to have difficulty going to sea.

An ‘ocean grab’ for a property megaproject leaves Jakarta fishers grounded

Irfan Maulana 8 Nov 2024
A car charging.

Fixing EVs’ ecological and social problems needs circularity and transport redesign

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Nov 2024

Exposure to slow-moving landslides increases with migration: Study 

Angana Chakrabarti 4 Nov 2024

Karachi expected to receive 2.3 million climate migrants by 2050: Report

Waqas Alam Angaria 1 Nov 2024

Evolution of the Pan Amazon in the post-Jesuit era

Timothy J. Killeen 31 Oct 2024
Banner image of logging truck near Think Biotech’s concession in 2020. Image by Ma Chettra.

Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2024
A snow leopard photographed in Nepal. Imagine by Sanjog Rai/WWF Nepal

As Nepal counts its snow leopards, even the best estimate is still a guess

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Oct 2024
Terrat residents at an entrepreneurship training facilitated by TACCEI. Image courtesy TACCEI.

For Tanzania’s Maasai, adapting to climate change may mean less livestock, more trees

Naomi Achieng' 30 Oct 2024
Farmer Rachael Njeri collects soils samples on her land. She has started growing forage strips on her farm which prevent soil erosion and provide feed for her cattle. Image by CIAT/GeorginaSmith via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

In Kenya, a river restoration initiative pays for itself, and then some

Ochieng' Ogodo 29 Oct 2024
Banner image: Tourists interact with birds at the Bouddhanath shrine in Kathmandu. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi

As Kathmandu’s birds get used to humans, biodiversity suffers, studies show

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Oct 2024

Impacts and legacies of migration across the Pan Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 24 Oct 2024

Dam terrorism: How mining companies in Brazil scare residents into relocating

Evanildo da Silveira 24 Oct 2024

In Costa Rica, sustainable tourism is no longer enough for conservation

Michele Bertelli 21 Oct 2024
A European blackbird.

New study upends common belief that birds escape winter to save energy

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Oct 2024

Rural-urban migration across the Amazon Basin

Timothy J. Killeen 18 Oct 2024

Largest dam removal ever, driven by Tribes, kicks off Klamath River recovery

Liz Kimbrough 17 Oct 2024
Lioness in Tanzania. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

NGOs urge banks and China to refuse support for Ugandan oil projects

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Oct 2024
Shea butter production process near Chiana, Kassena Nankana District - Ghana. Image by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Local NGO RAINS brings relief to Ghana’s semiarid north with regenerative farming

Awudu Salami Sulemana Yoda 16 Oct 2024

Hotel built without permits on disputed land riles neighboring Paracas reserve in Peru

Mongabay Latam 11 Oct 2024
Behind Mario Luna Romero, a Yaqui spokesperson and water defender is the Plutarco Elías Calles (El Novillo) on the left and the Independencia Aqueduct on the right. Image by Abimael Ochoa Hernández.

Despite court ruling, Yaqui water rights abuses ignored

Aimee Gabay 10 Oct 2024

Javan fisherwomen lead fight against marine dredging amid fears of damage

Basten Gokkon 10 Oct 2024

Indigenous communities in the Amazon fight for full recognition

Timothy J. Killeen 9 Oct 2024

Indigenous perspectives and a fossil fuel phaseout treaty featured at Climate Week

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Oct 2024

Birds caught in the eye of Hurricane Milton

Bobby Bascomb 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
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
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

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