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Myrna Cunningham

For some Indigenous, COVID presents possibility of cultural extinction, says Myrna Cunningham

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Oct 2021

New checklist aims to tackle racism in conservation science in higher ed

Caitlin Looby 22 Sep 2021

Extinction of Indigenous languages leads to loss of exclusive knowledge about medicinal plants

Sibélia Zanon 20 Sep 2021
Laysan albatross

Not just sea life: Migratory fish, birds and mammals also fall foul of plastic

Carolyn Cowan 3 Sep 2021

In Peru, ancient food technologies revived in pursuit of future security

Illa Liendo Tagle 3 Sep 2021

Examining ‘What Works In Conservation’

Mike Gaworecki 1 Sep 2021
Photo credit: Felipe Rodriguez

It’s time to scrutinize who’s in the room when conservation decisions are made, says Laly Lichtenfeld

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Aug 2021

A bad fire year predicted in Brazil’s Acre state. What’s to be done?

Liz Kimbrough 17 Aug 2021
Maleo

Maleos bounce back in Sulawesi after villagers resolve to protect their eggs

Carolyn Cowan 9 Aug 2021

‘I am Indigenous, not pardo’: Push for self-declaration in Brazil’s census

Karla Mendes 30 Jun 2021

Connecting kids and ourselves to nature

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jun 2021

In Rio de Janeiro, Indigenous people fight to undo centuries of erasure

Karla Mendes 30 Jun 2021

In Boa Vista, Indigenous Brazilians retake their identity through education

Nayra Wladimila 29 Jun 2021
Wild dog. Photo credit: Niassa Carnivore Project NO RE-USE PERMITTED

Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation: Q&A with Colleen Begg

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jun 2021
Philippine tarsier

Researchers look to locals to fill knowledge gap on Philippine tarsier

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jun 2021

On the Mongolian steppe, conservation science meets traditional knowledge

Jacopo Pasotti 2 Jun 2021

A new environmental education site for kids

Mongabay.com 25 Mar 2021

Traditional healers are preserving their knowledge, and with it, the biodiversity of Brazil’s savanna

Sarah Sax 12 Mar 2021
Young girl in the Kayapó-Mẽbêngôkre village of Aukre in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Cristina Mittermeier

“Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2021

Teachers create lasting change for people and primates via clean cookstoves (commentary)

Corinne Kendall 10 Feb 2021

Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 8 Feb 2021
Cesar, a Matses shaman. Photo courtesy of Acaté.

Investment in Indigenous peoples’ knowledge can drive their economic growth (commentary)

Tatiana Botelho 26 Jan 2021

Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection

Claudia Geib 25 Jan 2021

Honoring children and protecting the planet: An interview with musician Raffi

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Nov 2020

Land and language: Indigenous cultures key to protecting Amazon biodiversity

Miguel Pinheiro 5 Nov 2020
Man roasting bushmeat. Image by Corinne Staley via Flickr (BY-NC-2.0)

Bushmeat hunting: The greatest threat to Africa’s wildlife?

Jim Tan 26 Oct 2020
Rainbow over the Colombian Amazon. Photo © Wade Davis

Colombia, ethnobotany, and America’s decline: An interview with Wade Davis

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Oct 2020

With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic

Claudia Geib 7 Oct 2020

In the Horn of Africa, conflict and illegal trade create a ‘cheetah hell’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Oct 2020

A Philippine tribe’s plant-based medical tradition gets its moment

Bong S. Sarmiento 2 Oct 2020

Indigenous Ashaninka launch fundraiser to help Amazon neighbors amid pandemic

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 29 Jul 2020

Think you’ve seen a mermaid? This Sri Lankan scientist sets the record straight

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Jun 2020

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