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Coral reef, ocean, mangroves, and forest.

New digital tool maps blue carbon ecosystems in high resolution

Abhishyant Kidangoor 12 Jun 2023
Kevin Marriott with a drone.

Competing for rainforest conservation: Q&A with XPRIZE’s Kevin Marriott

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Jun 2023
It’s early morning and Lun Yi feeds her chicken.

Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules

Hanna Hett, Shaurya Kshatri, Megan Wilde, Aastha Sethi 28 Apr 2023

Technology makes studying wildlife easier, but access isn’t equal

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2022

‘Amped-up citizen science’ to save the world: Q&A with Conservation AI Hub’s Grant Hamilton

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 Aug 2022

Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Jun 2022
A marine researcher launching a drone for ocean color surveys

Where satellites come up short, drones can fill in a picture of our oceans

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Apr 2022

Researchers turn to drones for that big-picture view of the forest canopy

Caitlin Looby 21 Mar 2022

For fire-ravaged northern Thailand, there’s now an app to battle the blaze

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 28 Feb 2022

Drone photography raises concerns for Sri Lanka’s flamingo flock

Malaka Rodrigo 21 Feb 2022

Indigenous Comcáac turtle group saves sea turtles in Mexico’s Gulf of California

Astrid Arellano 17 Feb 2022
TNC scientist Eddie Game checks an acoustic recorder in Papua New Guinea. Photo © Justine E. Hausheer / The Nature Conservancy

Collaboration is key to scaling conservation technologies (commentary)

Jonathan Palmer 7 Dec 2021

Drones are a knife in the gunfight against poaching. But they’re leveling up

Caitlin Looby 18 Oct 2021

Swarm technology: Researchers experiment with drones to battle crop pests

Ashley Stumvoll 13 Aug 2021

Armed with data and smartphones, Amazon communities boost fight against deforestation

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 12 Jul 2021

$10 million XPRIZE Rainforest contest announces 33 qualifying teams

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 22 Jun 2021
Ranger training in Zimbabwe

Saving Africa’s biodiversity is a challenging, but urgent necessity, says Rodger Schlickeisen

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Mar 2021

An economic case for competing in the XPRIZE Rainforest contest (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 1 Mar 2021

Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection

Claudia Geib 25 Jan 2021
Sea turtle in the Pacific.

Nature drone photos: 2020 highlights (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Dec 2020

Madagascar experiments with drones for its massive reforestation effort

Rivonala Razafison 19 Oct 2020

Bubbles, lasers and robo-bees: The blossoming industry of artificial pollination

Liz Kimbrough 24 Jul 2020

‘Hummingbird’ spy creature films millions of monarchs taking flight

Liz Kimbrough 1 May 2020
Blackwater lake, rainforest, and the whitewater Zacambu River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Bird’s eye view: Drone photos of the Amazon rainforest (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Apr 2020

Using satellites to alert an Amazonian indigenous community of coca encroachment (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Apr 2020
Snorkeler with three juvenile whale sharks in the Sea of Cortez off Baja California, Mexico. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Our top nature drone photos of 2019 (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2019

Tree-planting programs turn to tech solutions to track effectiveness

Malavika Vyawahare 22 Nov 2019

Madagascar’s bold reforestation goal lacks a coherent plan, experts say

Malavika Vyawahare 22 Nov 2019

Tests show multi-rotor UAVs can improve cetacean behavioral studies

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Aug 2019
Baobab Alley outside Morondava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.

Photo essay: Madagascar’s disappearing dry forests (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2019
Traditional Iban tattoos on a Dayak leader's back. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Travelogue: Visiting an indigenous rainforest tribe in Borneo (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2019

Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2019

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