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Loading a barge with iron ore from Simandou. Image by Paul Kagame via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Hopes and fears as Guinea exports iron ore from Simandou mines

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Jan 2026
Myotis nimbaensis, shown here, is a new species of bat named for the mountain range in which it is found, the Nimba Mountains in West Africa. Photo © Kendra Snyder / Bat Conservation International.

Rare bats at risk as iron ore mine advances in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains

Victoria Schneider 30 Dec 2025

Women scatter seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’

Liz Kimbrough 16 Dec 2025
Forest elephants

Wildlife and communities bear the cost as Simandou rail corridor advances across Guinea

Younoussa Naby Sylla 11 Dec 2025

Guinea iron ore megaproject pollutes waterways & farmland, communities say

Ashoka Mukpo 4 Aug 2025
Banner image: The Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa captured by the Pléiades Neo satellite. Image courtesy of the Airbus Foundation and Connected Conservation Foundation.

‘Satellites for Biodiversity’ upgrades with new projects and launches insight hub

Kristine Sabillo 26 May 2025
Image of a critically endangered western chimpanzee. Image by Christoph Wurbel via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Guinea greenlights gold mine in habitat of critically endangered chimpanzees

Victoria Schneider 26 Feb 2025

Rare new Guinean flower is ‘canary in a coal mine’ — but in an actual iron mine

Ryan Truscott 27 Dec 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024

Study: A third of Africa’s great apes at risk from mining of transition metals

Anna Dulisse 28 Jun 2024
a western chimpanzee in a tree

Setback for Guinea mine that threatens World Heritage chimp reserve

Ashoka Mukpo 15 May 2024
Chimpanzee

A rush for ‘green’ iron is on in Guinea. Will chimpanzees be a casualty?

Juliette Portala 17 Jan 2024
a western chimpanzee in a tree

Guinea’s crab-fishing chimps are in good health, study shows, but threats loom

Ryan Truscott 3 Apr 2023
Two researchers measuring a Victoria boliviana leaf.

Kew Gardens joins local partners to save tropical plants from extinction

Sue Branford 15 Feb 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
Chimpanzee

In Guinea, an illegal $6b gold ‘bonanza’ threatens endangered chimpanzees

Ashoka Mukpo 19 Oct 2021

‘Spectacular’ orange-furred bat described from West African mountain

Liz Kimbrough 21 Jan 2021

10-year plan hopes to give western chimpanzees a fighting chance

Jim Tan 10 Jul 2020
A chimpanzee munches on a cacao fruit on a plantation in Bossou, Guinea. Image courtesy of Nicola Bryson-Morrison.

Chimps prefer human crops, scientists find — and it’s better for them

Elizabeth Fitt 18 Jun 2020

Mortgaging the future: Report details risks of resource-backed loans

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2020

Bauxite mining and Chinese dam push Guinea’s chimpanzees to the brink

Jennifer O’Mahony 21 May 2019
Western Chimpanzees at Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by BigMikeSndTech, licensed under CC by 2.0

Western chimp numbers revised up to 53,000, but development threats loom

Ashoka Mukpo 1 May 2019

Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

Western Chimpanzee numbers declined by more than 80 percent over the past quarter century

Mike Gaworecki 31 Jul 2017

Going viral: How advancements in Ebola disease detection in wild apes can help to prevent dangerous outbreaks

Lalini Pedris 4 May 2017

Chimps help farmers ‘plant’ cacao in Guinea

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Dec 2016

Calls for CITES to address the corruption fueling the illegal wildlife trade

Mike Gaworecki 23 Sep 2016

West African countries come together to stop the illegal rosewood trade

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016

Busted: Guinean wildlife official arrested for trafficking chimpanzees

Mongabay 3 Sep 2015

Meager post-Ebola harvests worsen food insecurity in West Africa

Lois Parshley 25 Jun 2015

Flag states can be held liable for violations of fishing vessels abroad, international tribunal rules

Melati Kaye 19 May 2015

Scandal and intrigue overshadow environment at the Simandou mine in Guinea

Daniel Stiles - Mongabay Special Reporting Assignment Fellow 20 Jan 2015

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