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New study: Radar reveals bats are a bellwether of climate change

Mongabay.com 28 Feb 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018
A Rohingya boy carrying a load of firewood through Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo by Khaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive

Kaamil Ahmed 9 Jan 2018

‘Record’ number of migratory species protected at October wildlife summit

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2017
A male indigo bunting pauses in Texas during

Scientists combine crowd-sourced field observations with land-use and climate models to identify steps for migratory bird protection

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Aug 2017

Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig

Christopel Paino 15 Aug 2017

Brazil’s indigenous Munduruku occupy dam site, halt construction

Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres 19 Jul 2017

Kiribati confronts climate upheaval by preparing for ‘migration with dignity’

Kayla Walsh 11 Jul 2017

Mangrove loss threatens migratory shorebird route in North Sumatra

Ayat S. Karokaro 15 Jun 2017

Papuan clan leader laments influx of migrants to sacred Cyclops Mountains

Christopel Paino 14 Jun 2017

Cross River superhighway changes course in Nigeria

John Cannon 28 Apr 2017

Bordering extinction: Can technology offer ecologically-sound alternatives to the proposed U.S.-Mexico wall?

Lalini Pedris 12 Apr 2017

Cattle ranching devours Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

Michelle Carrere 10 Mar 2017

Many tree species in eastern US may be unable to adapt to changing climate, study finds

Justin Catanoso 6 Mar 2017

Environmental costs, benefits and possibilities: Q&A with anthropologist Eben Kirksey

John Cannon 28 Feb 2017

Nations come together to save Kenya’s disappearing coastal forests

Sophie Mbugua 3 Nov 2016
While most of Vietnam's natural forests were destroyed since the 1960s, the country is now one of the rare examples of a developing nation that has seen an expansion in forest cover since 2000. Photo by Rhett Butler

Deep-rooted migration cycles challenge green growth in Vietnam

Shanti Johnson 5 Sep 2016

Turkey’s wild bears migrate for food; but some bears prefer garbage dumps

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Jul 2016

Amazonian catfish’s 5,000-mile migration endangered by dams

Claire Salisbury 21 Jun 2016

Dams flood 36,000 hectares of Brazilian rainforest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 23 May 2016

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

Cory Rogers 23 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

A small European island teaches conservation through its herbs and spices

Nika Levikov 29 Jan 2016

Photos: Can helping local people save an embattled Nigerian park?

Lawal Sani Kona 20 Jan 2016
Manta Ray off Sipadan Island in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Greg Asner of DivePhoto.org

Not all escaped fishing slaves want to go home

Cory Rogers 6 Nov 2015

A surprising threat to Monarch butterfly survival — tropical milkweed

Sophie Furnival 23 Oct 2015

Sunrise to sunset: documenting warbler migrations with cheap, light geolocator tags

Katie Taylor 22 Oct 2015

Noise: an invisible threat that harms wildlife, degrades habitats

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Oct 2015

Photos: watch Africa’s annual wildebeest migration live online

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2015

From slave to student: Myanmar migrants find abuse, opportunity in Thailand

Sarah Hucal 29 Sep 2015

Harsh treatment for indigenous Botswanans ousted from Kalahari wildlife reserve

Michael Schwartz 21 Aug 2015

Palm oil a mixed blessing in Indonesia’s peat peninsula

Zamzami 4 Aug 2015

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