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Part of the Green Fuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje, Zimbabwe. Photo by Kenneth Matimaire.

Amid epic drought, villagers bitter over Zimbabwean ethanol plant

Andrew Mambondiyani 28 Jul 2016
Levita holds a layer of dried crude oil from her farmland along the Marañon River. Photo by Brett Monroe Garner.

Health concerns, food insecurity linger months after Peruvian oil spills

Kevin Floerke, Rebecca Wolff 25 Jul 2016

Unknown, ignored and disappearing: Asia’s Almost Famous Animals

Laurel Neme 6 Jul 2016
Blue color form of Dendrobates auratus dart frog. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

10 conservation “fads”: how have they worked in Latin America?

Aldo Orellana López, Alan Forsberg 17 Jun 2016
La Danta pyramid in the Mayan city of Mirador, as seen from a distance. Photo by Ronyrocael/Wikimedia Commons.

Controversial park plans in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 17 Jun 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016
Marta Álvarez inspects xate palm fronds harvested in the Uaxactún community forest concession. Photo by Sandra Cuffe.

Communities lead the way in rainforest conservation in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 9 Jun 2016

Orangutan reintroductions could risk population survival, study warns

Claire Salisbury 8 Jun 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016

Successes and many challenges in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve

Sandra Cuffe 2 Jun 2016

Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

Conservation today, the old-fashioned way

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Apr 2016

Eavesdropping on Cameroon’s poachers to save endangered primates

Claire Salisbury 20 Apr 2016

One ape, two ape: why counting apes is so difficult — but crucial

Jennifer Huizen 19 Apr 2016

Designing the ideal wildlife corridor for Malaysia’s orangutans

Becca Cudmore 18 Apr 2016

Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courts

Laurel Neme 13 Apr 2016

An agribusiness revolution is needed to save Africa’s last great apes

William H. Funk 12 Apr 2016

Palm oil’s new frontier: averting a Great Ape catastrophe in Cameroon

Claire Salisbury 1 Apr 2016

Major legal system breakdowns threaten great apes of Africa, Asia

William H. Funk 31 Mar 2016

Leuser’s Legacy: how rescued orangutans help assure species survival

Laurel Neme 30 Mar 2016

Hope for monkey on brink of extinction: new population found in Vietnam

Claire Salisbury 15 Mar 2016

Oil palm company takes lead on sustainable agriculture in Gabon

John Cannon 15 Mar 2016

Even minor forest disturbance can cause great ape population crashes

Rachel Nuwer 7 Mar 2016

Communities and cutting-edge tech keep Cambodia’s gibbons singing

Claire Salisbury 22 Feb 2016

Study gauges use of tea as buffer crop to curb mountain gorilla raids

Sean Mowbray 16 Feb 2016

Scientists see like predators to prove camouflage works

Karen Johnston 15 Feb 2016

Palm oil expansion triggers ecological cascade, boosting pigs but hurting other species

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2015

Recovery of predators causes unexpected conservation challenges

Ariel Mark 14 Jul 2015

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