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Ancient Maya knowledge helps Guatemalan farmers cut agrochemical use

Mark Hillsdon 9 Jun 2026
The Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor from above on the Peruvian side, near the Peru-Brazil border.

In Peru and Brazil, extractivism threatens Indigenous people in isolation: Report

Aimee Gabay 5 Jun 2026
A desert pampas cat (Leopardus garleppi). A genetic study caused researchers to raise an alarm over a small, unique, dry mangrove-adapted population being genetically unhealthy, putting it at risk for local extinction. Image courtesy of the Peruvian Desert Cat Project.

Genetic study reveals extinction risk for unique mangrove-adapted pampas cat

Sean Mowbray 5 Jun 2026
A Mongabay investigation team visited the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon where Mennonites are illegally converting pristine forests in the Peruvian Amazon into agricultural land. Image by Romi Castagnino for Mongabay.

It’s time to engage Mennonite communities in reducing deforestation across Latin America (analysis)

Timothy J. Killeen 3 Jun 2026
Tawaya Village of the Matis people in Javari Valley, Amazonas, Brazil, also featuring Korubo members. Image courtesy of Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) / Daniel Dalberto.

Legal protections for Brazil’s isolated Indigenous peoples: Interview with prosecutor Daniel Luís Dalberto

Aimee Gabay 3 Jun 2026
Petrobras says in its emergency plan that it’s "unfeasible" to rescue animals weighing more than 50 kilos (110 pounds).

Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue

Fernanda Wenzel 2 Jun 2026
The blue shark is one of the widest-ranging sharks in the world, and its meat is the most commonly traded in commercial markets. Image courtesy of Prochym/Adobe Stock.

Shark Meat Nation

1 Jun 2026
Brooklyn Rivera. Photo courtesy of La Prensa,

Brooklyn Rivera, defender of Nicaragua’s Indigenous lands, dies in detention

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2026

In Brazil, a project paying farmers for forests is looking to scale up

Constance Malleret 1 Jun 2026

The global trafficking ring preying on a rare golden monkey from Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel, Marco Mantovani 1 Jun 2026

For Honduran coffee growers, EUDR compliance means changing old habits

Sandra Weiss 29 May 2026
Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

The Amazon’s path from crisis to durability

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 May 2026

Has Ecuador started fracking? New oil project causes confusion and concern

Maxwell Radwin 28 May 2026

How much suffering do invasive species cause? Researchers are measuring that

Daniel Shailer 28 May 2026
The common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is one of 63 species that can be recognized by TropiCam-AI.

Most wildlife AI focuses on the ground. This model looks up in the trees

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 May 2026

European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it

Elisângela Mendonça, Emmanuelle Picaud 28 May 2026

Peru’s Quellaveco mine tied to water scarcity, contamination, investigation finds

Maxwell Radwin 26 May 2026

Brazil has protected much of the Amazon. It now has to pay for it.

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 May 2026
Amazonian migratory catfish for sale at the Ver-o-Peso market in Belém, Pará. Image by AP Photo/Eraldo Peres.

Countries push new protections for the Amazon’s iconic migratory catfish

Gustavo Faleiros 25 May 2026
Emergent tree in the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Will my president save the Amazon? (commentary)

Enrique Ortiz 24 May 2026
Givaldo Santos Kaiowá

Givaldo Santos, Kaiowá and Guarani leader, was killed on May 1st, aged 40

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 May 2026
A tiger-striped tree frog (Callimedusa tomopterna) in the Brazilian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Amazon resilient to fire, but diversity loss still a threat, study finds

Suzana Camargo 21 May 2026
The short-eared dog inhabits the Amazon and prefers untouched forests. Image courtesy of Guido Ayala & María Viscarra/WCS Bolivia.

Study gathers over 4,000 photos to find Bolivia’s rarest Amazonian dog

Iván Paredes Tamayo 19 May 2026

After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress

Benjamin Swift 14 May 2026
A channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) in Yasuní National Park.

Ecuador failing to end Yasuní oil drilling: Interview with Waorani leader Juan Bay

Aimee Gabay 13 May 2026

New Jaguar Rivers Initiative aims to reconnect South America’s fragmented ecosystems

Maxwell Radwin 12 May 2026

A law to help Bolivian farmers may actually increase land grabbing, critics warn

Maxwell Radwin 11 May 2026

Fossil fuel transition summit seeks progress beyond stalled COP talks

Aimee Gabay 11 May 2026

EU deforestation law risks leaving Honduran coffee farmers behind

Sandra Weiss 11 May 2026
Indigenous communities face changes to their ways of life due to the presence of illegal economies. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Crime affects 32% of Amazon Indigenous areas, says study

Yvette Sierra Praeli 11 May 2026

Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco. Why is deforestation still rising there?

Maxwell Radwin 8 May 2026
Indonesian rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Forests, fires and fragile gains: Interview with WRI’s Elizabeth Goldman

David Akana 8 May 2026

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