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Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023
Loris

When “cute” is cruel: Social media videos stoke loris pet trade, study says

Carolyn Cowan 27 Jun 2023
A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

Why did the orangutan cross the toll road to Indonesia’s new capital city?

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023
Fish farm in Saronic Gulf, off the Greek coast.

At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters

Edward Carver 26 Jun 2023
A silkworm farmer from Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Extreme temperatures and erratic weather disrupt Bangladesh’s famous Rajshahi silk industry

Abu Siddique 26 Jun 2023

The climate is already changing in the Matopiba, Brazil’s new agricultural frontier

Evanildo da Silveira 26 Jun 2023
A hummingbird drinking nectar from a flower.

To meet U.N. climate, biodiversity goals, 79% of plant cover must be saved, study

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jun 2023
A little owl (Athene noctua).

Air pollution sensors found to store crucial biodiversity data

Abhishyant Kidangoor 23 Jun 2023
Mining the Seti River.

Climate of fear persists among Nepal’s eco defenders as threats rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Jun 2023
Magnolia griffithii

Bangladesh’s new red list of plants shows country has already lost seven species

Farhana Parvin 23 Jun 2023
Mika Ganobal in his civil servant uniform.

In Indonesia’s Aru Islands, a popular eco-defender climbs the political ladder

Christ Belseran 22 Jun 2023
A river flows through the Amazon Rainforest.

Climate change and moisture recycling in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 22 Jun 2023

Indonesia to expand ‘smart fisheries’ program aimed at empowering communities

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2023
Mynas on an overhead wire.

Bangladesh’s ‘bird restaurant’ serves up snacks with a side of conservation

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 22 Jun 2023

Dam-building spree pushes Amazon Basin’s aquatic life closer to extinction

Sibélia Zanon 22 Jun 2023

Indonesia to cut tuna harvest in bid for more sustainable fishery

Basten Gokkon 21 Jun 2023
IBAMA officers watch a camp on fire.

No new mining operations on Yanomami land after raids and deaths

Sarah Brown 21 Jun 2023

For Central America, climate bill could top hundreds of billions annually

Dimitri Selibas 21 Jun 2023

Sugarcane: The monoculture that transformed southern Quintana Roo

Adriana Varillas, Alejandro Castro 21 Jun 2023
A Bengal whipping frog (Polypedates taeniatus).

In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming

Farhana Parvin 21 Jun 2023
A worker in an oil palm plantation.

Alleged torturers roam free as Indonesia struggles to bring charges in palm oil slavery case

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2023
Amanita muscaria is a mushroom that is both hallucinogenic and poisonous. Image posted by creator 942784 to the Creative Commons via Pixabay.

‘A psychedelic renaissance’: How hallucinogens can aid conservation

Mike DiGirolamo 20 Jun 2023
Yuliana and Singapue, workers in an oil palm plantation

Palm oil giants face corruption charges as Indonesia probe widens

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jun 2023

Forest ecology and carbon dynamics in the Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jun 2023

Chile government faces backlash after U-turn on copper mine

Boris van der Spek 20 Jun 2023

Palm oil: The crop that cuts into southeastern Mexico’s jungles and mangroves

Aminetth Sánchez 20 Jun 2023

Despite billions tied to clean supply chains, China’s Cofco still turns to deforesters

Sasha Chavkin 20 Jun 2023

Palm oil company in Ecuador operates illegally on ancestral land, community says

Maxwell Radwin 19 Jun 2023
A park blooming with more blue camas.

Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie

Spoorthy Raman 19 Jun 2023
A fisherman carries a basketful of hilsa.

Climate change, human pressures push Bangladesh’s ‘national fish’ into decline

Abu Siddique 19 Jun 2023
A green crested lizard in Borneo.

‘Tree islands’ boost diversity in oil palm plantations, study finds

Sean Mowbray 19 Jun 2023
Pablo Borboroglu with a Magellanic penguin

Penguins ‘enrich our lives’: Q&A with Pablo Borboroglu, protector of penguins

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2023

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