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A Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) nursing. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Sifaka lemurs listed as “critically endangered” amid mysterious die-off

Edward Carver 15 May 2018

Pangolins on the brink as Africa-China trafficking persists unabated

Sharon Guynup 8 May 2018

Crisis in Venezuela: Caparo Experimental Station invaded by 200 farmers

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 7 May 2018

In the Canary Islands, a good seed disperser is hard to find

Bhanu Sridharan 25 Apr 2018

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost?

Giovanni Ortolani 24 Apr 2018

Animal trainers are teaching wildlife to conserve themselves

Linda Lombardi 10 Apr 2018

Trump’s elephant, lion trophy hunting policy hit with double lawsuits

Jeremy Hance 26 Mar 2018

Sharp-eyed Mongabay readers spot a jaguarundi (commentary)

Glenn Scherer 16 Mar 2018

Cerrado: appreciation grows for Brazil’s savannah, even as it vanishes

Alicia Prager and Flávia Milhorance 12 Mar 2018

Beyond polar bears: Arctic animals share in vulnerable climate future

Gloria Dickie 7 Mar 2018
Bison in Chihuahua, Mexico, where protected grasslands in the U.S. and Mexico create a bi-national wildlife corridor. President Trump’s border hardening plans threaten the continuity of this habitat, and existing fencing has already curtailed the bison's movements. Photo by Rurik List.

Judge OKs waiving environmental laws to build U.S.-Mexico border wall

Mongabay 1 Mar 2018

Protected areas with deforestation more likely to lose status in Brazilian state

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2018

Restoration optimism: Bringing nature back (commentary)

Claire Wordley 13 Feb 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018

Trumping Colombia’s peace: U.S. drug war threatens fragile accord, forests

Sean Mowbray 5 Feb 2018

Muskox and other Arctic mammals are feeling the heat of climate change

Gloria Dickie 23 Jan 2018

Natural World Heritage Sites in trouble, especially in the Tropics

Claire Asher 11 Jan 2018

IUCN, UN, global NGOs, likely to see major budget cuts under Trump

Sean Mowbray 8 Jan 2018

U.S. zoos learn how to keep captive pangolins alive, helping wild ones

Linda Lombardi 5 Jan 2018

U.S. court ruling complicates Trump’s elephant and lion policy

Jeremy Hance 2 Jan 2018

Waterbirds flock to well-run countries, new study shows

Mongabay.com 29 Dec 2017

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017
Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), a species that lives in northeastern Madagascar, where rosewood logging has been severe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

CITES rejects Madagascar’s bid to sell rosewood and ebony stockpiles

Edward Carver 12 Dec 2017

As 2017 hurricane season ends, scientists assess tropical forest harm

Claire Salisbury 11 Dec 2017

Activists seek protection for Indonesia’s karst amid building boom pressure

Tommy Apriando 5 Dec 2017
Franco Rajaonarison, a guide, shows a rosewood stump in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Madagascar petitions CITES to sell millions in stolen rosewood

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 13 Nov 2017

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017
A fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), a species that lives in Marojejy National Park, which was ground zero for Madagascar’s rosewood logging crisis in 2009. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Logjam: Inside Madagascar’s illegal-rosewood stockpiles

Rowan Moore Gerety 8 Nov 2017

Carbon sequestration role of savanna soils key to climate goals

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2017

Trump budget undercuts U.S. commitment to global wildlife conservation

William H. Funk 30 Oct 2017
With a greater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus) stretched out on her lap, Voahangy Soarimalala of Association Vahatra demonstrates measurement techniques for small mammals to a group of masters students from the University of Antananarivo in the Andranomena Special Reserve. Photo courtesy of Association Vahatra.

Building conservation’s brain trust in Madagascar

Rowan Moore Gerety 25 Oct 2017

As Northwest salmon economy teeters on brink, Trump gives it a push

Saul Elbein 23 Oct 2017

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