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Four new tarantula species found in India’s Western Ghats mountains

Liz Kimbrough 31 Dec 2024
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024
Sani Lodge run by the Kichwa Indigenous community at Sani Isla. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Sani Isla: A Kichwa community that found alternatives to oil in conservation and tourism

Ana Cristina Alvarado 24 Dec 2024
Conservationist Wayan Wardika in the farm.

A Bali farm lights up the night with a one-of-a-kind firefly lab

Claire Turrell 23 Dec 2024
A humpback whale

Top Mongabay podcast picks for 2024

Mike DiGirolamo 17 Dec 2024

Endangered seabirds return to Pacific island after century-long absence

Liz Kimbrough 14 Dec 2024
As he stepped carefully along the seafloor in the warm shallows of French Polynesia, I could hardly tell where the boy ended and the sea began. The pink whiptail ray swooped playfully around him and for a moment I could see clearly the path to coexistence between humanity and all the denizens of the sea.

How conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier uses visual storytelling to inspire action

Rhett A. Butler 9 Dec 2024
A hawksbill sea turtle in Grand Cayman, part of the Mesoamerican Reef.

After historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef

Fritz Pinnow 6 Dec 2024

‘Bear’s-eye camera’ reveals elusive Andean bear cannibalism and treetop mating

Liz Kimbrough 6 Dec 2024
A Desmarest’s hutia in Cuba.

That Cuban rodent species you never knew about? Turns out it’s two species

Jeremy Hance 6 Dec 2024

In Colombia, a simple fencing fix offers a win-win for wildlife and ranchers

Marlowe Starling 28 Nov 2024
Citizen scientist photographing a Northern Queen of Sheba Orchid in Lesueur National Park, Western Australia. Photo credit: Thomas Mesaglio

Citizen scientists can boost IUCN species assessments, but need better guidance from ecologists

Mahima Samraik 26 Nov 2024

Rappahannock Tribe first in US to enshrine rights of nature into constitution

Liz Kimbrough 22 Nov 2024
A Dayak elder with a young member in Sungai Utik.

Borneo’s ‘omen birds’ find a staunch guardian in Indigenous Dayak Iban elders

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 15 Nov 2024
Tastefully-hatted Desmond Alugnoa smiles at project manager Jakob Attakpah in front of an Earthshot Prize banner. Image courtesy Earthshot Prize.

From landfill to limelight, Ghana waste entrepreneurs win Earthshot Prize

Petro Kotzé 14 Nov 2024
Northern white-cheeked crested gibbon

Gibbons found to perform dance routines akin to ‘the robot,’ but why?

Carolyn Cowan 11 Nov 2024

Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years

Rhett A. Butler 10 Nov 2024

Court throws out permits for controversial Baja California hotel project

Maxwell Radwin 8 Nov 2024

COP16: ‘A fund unlike any other’ will pay tropical nations to save forests

Justin Catanoso 30 Oct 2024
Tikuna man fishing in Colombia

Colombia decree recognizes Indigenous people as environmental authorities

Aimee Gabay 30 Oct 2024

Largest dam removal ever, driven by Tribes, kicks off Klamath River recovery

Liz Kimbrough 17 Oct 2024
Waves off Scotland’s coast.

As tidal power rides a wave of clean energy optimism, pitfalls persist

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2024
A recently hatched Kemp's Ridley sea turtle on the Texas Gulf Coast. Image courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Poll shows voters agree next U.S. President must do more for wildlife and conservation (commentary)

Dr. Robert Shumaker 8 Oct 2024

In the Pacific depths, an underwater mountain hosts a bonanza of new species

Liz Kimbrough 1 Oct 2024

Small snails make big comeback in French Polynesia

Liz Kimbrough 27 Sep 2024
Grevy's zebras in Samburu Reserve, Kenya

At Climate Week and beyond, investing in community conservation pays big dividends (commentary)

Resson Kantai Duff 26 Sep 2024

‘Extinct’ Guam kingfisher takes flight again after nearly 40 years

Liz Kimbrough 25 Sep 2024
Fish at a coral reef in Mexico.

Lab-grown corals resisted bleaching during Caribbean’s worst marine heat wave

Caitlin Cooper 19 Sep 2024

From prison psychologist to wildlife whisperer: Interview with Susan Eirich

Liz Kimbrough 18 Sep 2024
Before and after of a restoration project in Spain. Image courtesy of AlVelAl.

Why I quit the film industry to work on ecological restoration (commentary)

John D. Liu 12 Sep 2024
Benjakitti Forest Park

Bangkok turns to urban forests to beat worsening floods

Claire Turrell 10 Sep 2024

In Venezuela, natural regeneration helps restore a threatened cloud forest

María Fernanda Rodríguez 10 Sep 2024

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