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Whale shark off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Sep 2017

Taking on the plastic straw: Q&A with Adrian Grenier, actor and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador

Dave Martin 1 Sep 2017

App combines computer vision and crowdsourcing to explore Earth’s biodiversity, one photo at a time

Colleen O'Brien 30 Aug 2017

Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

‘Science needs to catch up’: Deep sea mining looms over unstudied ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Aug 2017

Good quality monitoring surveys key to wildlife conservation: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Aug 2017

Renewable energy to power 139 countries? Scientists say it’s possible

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2017
An endangered Sambirano mouse lemur (Microcebus sambiranensis), which is found only in two or three small populations in northwest Madagascar, including one on the Ampasindava peninsula. Photo by Leslie Wilmet.

A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Aug 2017

The world’s first biotacide (commentary)

Fred Bercovitch 22 Aug 2017

How animals react to a solar eclipse

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Aug 2017

New study: Bird species blossom in stable climates

John Cannon 17 Aug 2017
Lucero Vaca with a jaguar (Panthera onca). Photo courtesy of Lucero Vaca.

A rich person’s profession? Young conservationists struggle to make it

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2017

Katharine Hayhoe on how to talk about climate change: ‘Share from the heart and then the head’

Mike Gaworecki 8 Aug 2017

HydroCalculator: new, free, online tool helps citizens assess dams

Claire Salisbury 7 Aug 2017

Welcome to Mongabay’s New Website

Mongabay.com 4 Aug 2017

Sixth mass extinction ‘tsunami’ coming, but preventable

John Cannon 4 Aug 2017

Greater collaboration between companies and governments necessary to enhance climate action, report finds

Mike Gaworecki 3 Aug 2017

Conservation community failing to use evidence to make decisions, scientists say

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2017
Kahuzi-Biega National Park rangers stand in formation at the park in October, 2016. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

Two things you can do for World Ranger Day

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2017

Open-source species location data supports global biodiversity analyses

Colleen O'Brien 31 Jul 2017

First ‘intrusions’ into unbroken forests drive pulses of biodiversity loss

John Cannon 28 Jul 2017
Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Conserving the World’s Remaining Intact Forests (commentary)

Michael Painter, David Wilkie 25 Jul 2017

Stopping climate change may be harder than scientists thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Jul 2017

UN moves one step closer to convening high seas treaty negotiations

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2017

Global megadam activism and the sounds of nature in Taiwan

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2017

Road safety for wildlife: researchers analyze the best techniques for road-kill mitigation

Danielle Bettermann 21 Jul 2017

Halfway through the year, 2017 is on pace to be the second warmest on record

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jul 2017

Animated animals: can games engage an audience with a conservation message?

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2017

Ranges for majority of world’s large carnivores have shrunk by more than 20 percent

Mike Gaworecki 17 Jul 2017

2016 was even deadlier for environmental and indigenous activists than 2015

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jul 2017

Empowering communities fighting new mines: an interview with filmmaker Jessie Landerman

Caitlin Looby 13 Jul 2017

Seafood giant Thai Union commits to clean up supply chains following pressure campaign

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2017

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