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Daring activists use high-tech to track illegal logging trucks in the Brazilian Amazon

Jeremy Hance 15 Oct 2014

Jane Goodall joins mongabay

Jeremy Hance 13 Oct 2014

The only solution for polar bears: ‘stop the rise in CO2 and other greenhouse gases’

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 8 Oct 2014

What makes the jaguar the ultimate survivor? New books highlights mega-predator’s remarkable past and precarious future

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2014

Leonard DiCaprio to UN Climate Summit: ‘You can make history or you will be vilified by it’

Jeremy Hance 23 Sep 2014

‘The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood’: authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2014

Mongabay founder, Rhett Butler, wins Field Museum’s top conservation prize

Jeremy Hance 3 Sep 2014

Featured video: new Netflix documentary highlights the work of Sylvia Earle to save the oceans

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2014

Why conservationists need a little hope: saving themselves from becoming the most depressing scientists on the planet

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2014

World Ranger Day: honoring our wildlife protectors

Laurel Neme 31 Jul 2014

Pope Francis: ‘if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us!’

Jeremy Hance 28 May 2014

Lemur expert becomes first woman to win top conservation prize

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2014

53 indigenous activists on trial for police-protester massacre in Peru

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2014

Indonesian activist wins Goldman Prize for fighting palm oil, deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Apr 2014

The remarkable story of how a bat scientist took on Russia’s most powerful…and won

Jeremy Hance 28 Apr 2014

Mother of God: meet the 26 year old Indiana Jones of the Amazon, Paul Rosolie

Jeremy Hance 17 Mar 2014

Assassination 25 years ago catalyzed movement to protect the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2013

UN talks tough to global coal industry

Jeremy Hance 19 Nov 2013

David Attenborough: someone who believes in infinite growth is ‘either a madman or an economist’

Mark Riley Cardwell 16 Oct 2013

Unlikely success: how Zimbabwe has become a global leader in rhino conservation

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2013

Celebrities aim to raise $1.6 million to keep orangutan forests from the the chopping block in Borneo

Lewis Smith 2 Oct 2013

Clinton Global Initiative pledges $80 million to combat elephant poaching

Suzanne Goldenberg 27 Sep 2013

A year after devastating attack, security returns to the Okapi Wildlife Reserve (photos)

Jeremy Hance 9 Sep 2013

Sea Shepherd to name new ship after slain sea turtle activist

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2013

Decades-long fight leads to old-growth forest protection in Tasmania

Bridie Jabour 25 Jun 2013

Why endangered species need conservation champions

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2013

Costa Rican environmentalist pays ultimate price for his dedication to sea turtles

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2013

Loris champion: conserving the world’s most surprising primate family

Jeremy Hance 4 Jun 2013

Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique

Bridget Conneely 30 May 2013

Conservation without supervision: Peruvian community group creates and patrols its own protected area

Jenny R. Isaacs 30 Apr 2013

Iraqi who is bringing back the Garden of Eden wins top environment award

John Vidal 16 Apr 2013

Anti-mining activist from Indonesia wins top green honor

Mongabay.com 15 Apr 2013

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