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John Cannon hiking in a snowfield in the mountains of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks in 2024. Image courtesy of Anne-Claire Benoit.

Bringing storytelling to science: John Cannon’s approach to reporting on nature

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 5 Mar 2026
Torres (middle) conducting an interview with architect Marina Tabassum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2025. Image courtesy of Wasif Kabir.

Attention is scarce. Storytelling strategy matters more than ever

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2026
Story over a Fijian island. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Who actually uses environmental journalism — and why it matters

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Feb 2026
Rainbow over Borneo. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Letters to the future from journalism’s next generation

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Feb 2026

Bringing Mongabay’s Amazon narco airstrip exposé to the stage

Mike DiGirolamo 24 Feb 2026

When environmental reporting has to outlast the news cycle

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Feb 2026

Why a healthy information ecosystem matters

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Feb 2026
Rhett Butler in the Singapore Botanical Garden in 2023. Image by Alyson Blume.

Mongabay’s Rhett Butler on building a global newsroom for local impact

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Feb 2026
A fawn sprints across a road as the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, burns in Plumas National Forest, Calif., July 8, 2021. Photo credit: AP Photo/Noah Berger

What is lost when environmental coverage is cut

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Feb 2026
Twahirwa at Rwanda’s flagship Gorilla Naming Ceremony, at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park in the village of Kinigi in northern Rwanda. Image courtesy of Jean Leonald Karuranga.

From Kigali to the Congo Basin: Aimable Twahirwa’s path in environmental journalism

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 6 Feb 2026

Inside Mongabay with Isabel Esterman and the long arc of environmental reporting

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Feb 2026
Journalist Christ Belseran with traditional leaders of the Upau Tribe who inhabit the South Seram region, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku. Photo courtesy of titastory.id

Christ Jacob Belseran wins the Oktovianus Pogau Award for courage in journalism

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jan 2026
Redwood forest in Big Basin, California. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

On Mongabay’s legacy

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jan 2026

Staying with the story: Isabel Esterman on long-term nature reporting in Southeast Asia

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 23 Jan 2026
African elephants fighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Photo by Julie Larsen © Wildlife Conservation Society.

Mongabay launches Newswire Desk to deliver bite-sized, accessible news on nature to diverse audiences

Mongabay.com 16 Jan 2026
Indigenous youth playing soccer in the rain in northeastern Peru. Image by Gloria Pallares for Mongabay.

Mongabay’s investigative reporting won top environmental journalism awards in 2025

Bobby Bascomb 31 Dec 2025
Tatiana Schlossberg. Photo by Steven Senne/Associated Press

Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist, has died, aged 35

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2025
Seema Lokhandwala records elephant calls at Kaziranga National Park. Image courtesy of Vijay Bedi.

Mongabay’s multimedia reporting wins international journalism prizes in 2025

Bobby Bascomb 30 Dec 2025
Rainbow over the Borneo rainforest -- sabah_3512

How Mongabay’s journalism made an impact in 2025

Bobby Bascomb 29 Dec 2025
Weather over Jambi. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

2025: A year of consequence for Mongabay’s journalism

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Dec 2025
Mongabay contributor Glòria Pallarès won the ACE Award in Doha, Qatar. Image courtesy of the ACE Award.

Mongabay contributor Glòria Pallarès wins top anti-corruption reporting award

Mongabay.com 22 Dec 2025
Misty morning in Borneo. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Rethinking how we talk about conservation—and why it matters

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2025
Background: rainforest in Brunei. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

The value of journalism in the AI era

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2025

From Kalimantan’s haze to Jakarta’s grit: A journalist’s journey

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2025
Deforestation in Borneo, Malaysia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Balancing evidence and empathy in an age of doubt

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2025

How dropping ads set us free to focus on impact

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2025
Where cars go to die: an auto graveyard.

A ‘Life After Cars’ can provide huge human health and environmental benefits

Mike DiGirolamo 2 Dec 2025

Bearing witness to Indonesia’s environmental challenges: Sapariah Saturi

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Nov 2025
Rhett Ayers Butler in Brunei in November 2025. Photo by Aaron.

Mongabay founder Rhett Butler wins Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Prize

Bobby Bascomb 19 Nov 2025

Mongabay journalist Malavika Vyawahare honored with SEAL Award

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Nov 2025

Mongabay Fellows share their ‘Letters to the Future’

Karen Coates 14 Nov 2025
Akhyari Hananto. Courtesy of Hananto

From rock music to rainforests: Akhyari Hananto’s unlikely path to impact

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2025

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