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World’s biggest meatpacker JBS bought illegally grazed Amazon cattle: Report

Sam Cowie 20 Jul 2020

World Bank-funded factory farms dogged by alleged environmental abuses

John Cannon 16 Jul 2020
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

In the battle to save forests, a make-or-break moment for REDD+

CJ Clouse 15 Jul 2020

The U.N.’s grand plan to save forests hasn’t worked, but some still believe it can

CJ Clouse 14 Jul 2020
Alley cropping is a common form of agroforestry, combining annual crops like hay, grains, or vegetables with long rows of useful fruit or fodder trees. Image courtesy of Caney Fork Farms.

Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s also profitable

Stephanie Hanes 8 Jul 2020

For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling

Lauren Evans 6 Jul 2020

‘They took it over by force’: Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone

Victoria Schneider 30 Jun 2020

‘If they take our lands, we’ll be dead’: Cameroon village battles palm oil giant

Victoria Schneider 26 Jun 2020

How the legacy of colonialism built a palm oil empire

Victoria Schneider 26 Jun 2020

On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit

Febriana Firdaus 21 Apr 2020

Rapid deforestation of Brazilian Amazon could bring next pandemic: Experts

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 15 Apr 2020

Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 23 Mar 2020

How Mongabay grew from a guy in his pajamas to a multinational media organization (insider)

Rhett A. Butler 1 Jan 2019

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett A. Butler 14 Nov 2018

Cerrado: Agribusiness may be killing Brazil’s ‘birthplace of waters’

Alicia Prager and Flávia Milhorance 19 Mar 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

The Spirit of the Steppes: Saving Central Asia’s saiga

Elizabeth Devitt 27 Feb 2017

The clouded leopard: conserving Asia’s elusive arboreal acrobat

Linda Lombardi 9 Feb 2017

Resurrected Jeypore ground gecko faces second death sentence

Fiona Broom 7 Feb 2017

From loathed to loved: Villagers rally to save Greater Adjutant stork

Diane Toomey 6 Dec 2016

A dam shame: the plight of the Mekong giant catfish

Claire Asher 30 Nov 2016

Silent soldiers of the extreme, or why I’m glad I’m not a wild yak

Joel Berger 22 Nov 2016

Where have all the lutungs gone? Mystery monkeys fast disappearing

William H. Funk 18 Nov 2016

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey: discovered and immediately endangered

Sean Mowbray 4 Oct 2016

Black, white and unique: the Malayan tapir struggles for recognition

Kate Mayberry 7 Sep 2016

Pet trade’s “cute” and “adorable” label endangers the slow loris

Linda Lombardi 25 Aug 2016

Pulling the stunningly unique painted terrapin back from the brink

Diane Toomey 17 Aug 2016

Out of sight, out of mind: Asia’s elusive Fishing Cat in trouble

Sean Mowbray 11 Aug 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett A. Butler 21 May 2016

The Maned wolf: Saving South America’s largest canid

Sean Mowbray 7 Dec 2015

The Black-faced Spoonbill: Asia’s beloved wading bird fights for space

Doug Meigs 2 Nov 2015

The Long-beaked Echidna: can we save the earth’s oldest living mammal?

Andrew L. Mack 26 Oct 2015

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