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Mongabay's founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler flying a drone in the Amazon rainforest in July 2023.

World Economic Forum features Mongabay’s work

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2023
Paiche in Bolivia. Courtesy of SERNAP.

Our most read stories of 2023

Mongabay.com 23 Dec 2023
At least 228 freshwater dolphins have died in lakes connected to rivers, possibly killed by excess heat.

Detailed NASA analysis finds Earth and Amazon in deep climate trouble

Jenny Gonzales 21 Dec 2023
A coffee cup with beans. Photo by Lotus Head/Wikimedia Commons

U.S. and U.K. lawmakers must wake up to the coffee problem (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 21 Dec 2023

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2023

John Cannon 20 Dec 2023
A blue monkey in Virunga National Park, DRC.

COP28 cements goal to halt forest loss in 7 years, but where’s the money?

Alec Luhn 15 Dec 2023
Sunrise over mangroves in Australia.

Did the tides turn for oceans at COP28? Climate summit draws mixed reviews

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Dec 2023
Aerial view of a road.

To understand how animals roam, look at human movements, study says

Liz Kimbrough 13 Dec 2023
An excavator at a coal mine.

COP28 ‘breakthrough’ elevates litigation as vital route to climate action

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2023
Two male mallard ducks in Hesse, Germany, showing homosexual behavior.

Study on evolution of same-sex animal behaviors underscores stigmas in research

Swati Thapa 13 Dec 2023
Melting ice.

Earth on ‘devastating trajectory’ to global tipping points. But there’s hope.

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Dec 2023
Wolf. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Wolves through the ages: A journey of coexistence, conflict, and conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2023
A toucan in a tropical rainforest.

Tropical deforestation increases even as a few hotspots see respite, new data shows

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Dec 2023
The first asynchronous roboflapper, built at the size of an actual insect. Photo: Courtesy of Nick Gravish.

Robotic insect reveals evolutionary secrets of the fastest flapping fliers

Eli Ramos 5 Dec 2023
Getting plant species on the Red List often leads to greater habitat protections and conservation funding. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Nearly half of the world’s flowering plants face the threat of extinction, study says

Joseph Howlett 4 Dec 2023
Pangolin pup. Courtesy of the Pangolin Conservation Fund.

Biden can tip the (pangolin) scales on China’s illegal wildlife trade (commentary)

Araluen Schunmann 3 Dec 2023
Rainbow over rainforest and plantations in Jambi on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Photo credit Rhett A. Butler

Brazil proposes $250 billion “Tropical Forests Forever” fund for rainforests

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2023

New guidebook draws on real-world experiences for running private nature reserves

Liz Kimbrough 1 Dec 2023
Clouds reflected in a lake in the Amazon Rainforest.

At COP28 & beyond, fair carbon markets must be part of the climate finance solution (commentary)

Charles Bedford, John Edward Myers 30 Nov 2023

In reversal, Mexico calls for moratorium on international deep-sea mining

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Nov 2023

Keeping herbivores at bay helps in early stages of restoration, studies show

Tim Vernimmen 28 Nov 2023
A REDD+-supported nursery at Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

Carbon credit certifier Verra updates accounting method amid growing criticism

John Cannon 28 Nov 2023
A herd of lantana elephants in London, U.K.

The tricky business of commercializing invasive plants to death

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2023
Throwaway single-use plastic trash at a festival in Germany.

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics

Charles Pekow 22 Nov 2023
Kosnipata Valley in Peru. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Can impermanent carbon credits really offset forever emissions?

John Cannon 22 Nov 2023

Report shines partial light on worst labor offenders in opaque fishing industry

Edward Carver 21 Nov 2023
Reserva Narupa in Ecuador. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Jurisdictional REDD+ ready to fund forest-positive, socially-inclusive development in the Amazon and beyond (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad 20 Nov 2023
Fossils fuels are emblematic of a “take-make-waste” economic model that is pushing humanity beyond safe limits, experts say.

Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say

Sean Mowbray 16 Nov 2023

New platform offers toolkit for companies to prove their eco claims

Claudia Geib 16 Nov 2023
A young boy tries to help a fallen donkey stand during a severe drought that struck the Horn of Africa.

Beyond Climate: Fossil fuels rapidly eroding Earth’s ‘safe operating space’

Sean Mowbray 15 Nov 2023
A phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Sea captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Is ocean iron fertilization back from the dead as a CO₂ removal tool?

Jeremy Hance 14 Nov 2023
Rainforest and an oil palm plantation in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Forests hold massive carbon storage potential — if we cut emissions

Liz Kimbrough 14 Nov 2023

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