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A week after floods, swathes of central Mexico reel from devastation

Associated Press 16 Oct 2025
An elk in the Rocky Mountains, where the headwaters of the Colorado River lie. Image courtesy of Fin and Fur Films.

‘We can have abundant rivers and wildlife’: Director of ‘The American Southwest’ on new film

John Cannon 15 Oct 2025

Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search operations expand

Associated Press 13 Oct 2025
Cassandra Garduño harvests kale in her chinampa.

Saving Mexico City’s ancient floating farms

Lucia Torres, Associated Press 8 Oct 2025
Cassandra Garduño in a wooden boat.

Women in Mexico step up to protect the island farms traditionally inherited by men

Teresa de Miguel, Associated Press 8 Oct 2025
Banner image: Arturo Gómez-Pompa. Courtesy of Universidad

Arturo Gómez-Pompa, biologist who revealed the human history in “virgin” forests, has died, aged 90

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Sep 2025

The return of the axolotl (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 17 Sep 2025
Newly hatched Socorro doves at Chester Zoo. Image courtesy of Chester Zoo.

Lost to feral cats, saved by zoos: The story of the Socorro dove

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2025
Researcher Anna Gee and GIS specialist Antony Zacarías Morales track tree growth in the TreeMapper app.

After controversies, Plant-for-the-Planet plots its comeback

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2025
Black grouper at Palancar Reef, Cozumel, Mexico.

Cruise industry expansion collides with Cozumel’s coral reef

Fritz Pinnow 30 Aug 2025
Newly hatched Socorro doves at Chester Zoo. Image courtesy of Chester Zoo.

Newly hatched Socorro dove chicks bring hope to species extinct in the wild

Liz Kimbrough 29 Aug 2025

Officials struggle with land invasions in Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 28 Aug 2025
An ocelot hiding in a tree in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots

Sandra Weiss 20 Aug 2025

When the sea takes over: Voices from a climate-displaced community in Mexico

Sam Lee 1 Aug 2025
Mobula munkiana rays in the Sea of Cortez. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

Guarding Mexico’s blue frontiers: A conversation with Alejandro González

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2025
Miners work at a legal mining concession in Huaypetue, Madre de Dios, Peru. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Mexico’s rising mercury trade fuels toxic gold mining in Latin America: Report

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jul 2025
Coral reef in the Sea of Cortez. Photo courtesy of Legacy Works.

Forget decrees; try patience. Martin Goebel plays the long game in conserving Baja California Sur

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jul 2025
Data from transmitters helped the team identify corridors that are critical for the movements of the thick-billed parrots, which are endangered birds endemic to Mexico.

How drug cartels destroy the last habitat of Mexico’s thick-billed parrot (commentary)

Andrew-James Anthony 14 Jul 2025
Tropical forests in places like Costa Rica (pictured) can be an important source of livelihoods by attracting nature-oriented tourists. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nearly half of tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jul 2025
Julio and Isaac Blanco fish octopus along the coast of Asturias, Spain, using traditional nasas cages.

Two coasts, one struggle for octopus fishers battling overfishing and warming waters

Davide Mancini, Paola Margu 30 Jun 2025
A member of the Indigenous Tikuna nation paddling a dugout canoe on a tributary of the Amazon in Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jun 2025
Residents remove debris after the passing of Hurricane Erick, near Charco Redondo, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)

Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead

Associated Press 23 Jun 2025

Wildfires push tropical forest loss in Latin America to record highs

Mie Hoejris Dahl 17 Jun 2025
Employed women of the Banpewa community carrying seedlings to the planting site.

After controversy, Plant-for-the-Planet focuses on the trees

Maxwell Radwin 13 Jun 2025
The Nyamugasani River flows through the flood plains in the foothills of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, one of the sites supported by the CAPA initiative.

To survive climate change, scientists say protected areas need ‘climate-smart’ planning

Marina Martinez 13 Jun 2025
Future of Mexican communal land in limbo as mining company overstays agreement

Future of Mexican communal land in limbo as mining company overstays agreement

Aimee Gabay 27 May 2025

Scientists rediscover a Mexican rabbit they hadn’t seen in 120 years

Astrid Arellano 23 May 2025
A harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja). Image by Brian Gratwicke via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Harpy eagle confirmed in Mexico for first time in over a decade

Mongabay.com 22 May 2025

Cruise ships and intensified tourism in Mexico threaten whale shark habitat

Astrid Arellano 13 May 2025
A purple axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Image by Raphael Brasileiro via Pexels.

Hope for endangered axolotls as captive-bred group survives in wild

Shanna Hanbury 5 May 2025
Split shot in the waters of San Benedicto, Mexico. Credit: Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas

Protecting coastal waters may be the best investment you’ve never heard of, says Kristin Rechberger

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Apr 2025
A fisher at sea.

Oil companies have downplayed extent of spills in Gulf of Mexico, investigation finds

Gibran Mena Aguilar, Michelle Carrere 28 Apr 2025

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