A controversial bridge appears to be inching toward construction in northern Malaysian Borneo. For more than a year, scientists and conservationists have argued that the 350-meter (1,148-foot) Sukau bridge crossing…
Amidst Sumatra’s vast tracts of pulpwood plantations, thin slivers of remaining native forest can serve as corridors for large mammals, researchers say. The new study, published last month in Tropical…
The governor of a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo approved the boundaries of a 1,477-square-kilometer (570-square-mile) natural reserve on Wednesday. “This is the first protected area to…
Scientists have confirmed the presence of a new population of the rare Myanmar snub-nosed monkey in China. The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri) first came to attention when local hunters…
Against all odds, a young illegally trafficked chimpanzee held in a tiny cage at a private zoo in war-torn Iraqi Kurdistan has been rescued, and has arrived safely at a…
Noted ecologist and author Carl Safina appears on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the current state of marine conservation and its future under the Trump presidency. Mongabay…
Brazil is forging ahead with plans to build a vast hydropower dam complex in the heart of the Amazon that would convert the now remote and wild Tapajós river system…
When I mentioned to some friends that I was writing a piece for Mongabay about langurs, their perplexed reactions were similar: “I thought you were an environmental journalist?” they said.…
The clearing of a corridor for the Cross River Superhighway in Nigeria, which would cut through the southern half of the country, has been temporarily halted as a result of…
It’s no secret that many mammals face a dire future, as we humans hunt them to satisfy our desire for protein, medicines and animal parts. But until now, scientists have…
ack in 2010, scientists discovered a new primate species with a distinct and unusual aversion to rain. Tipped off by hunters’ stories, they found the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri)…
World governments have voted to grant the highest protection to yet another species, the Barbary macaque, at the ongoing at the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP 17) of the Convention…
Tim Plowden has done a little bit of everything when it comes to the animal world. The producer of two films to be aired in 2016’s WCFF festival, award-winning The…
Scientists seeking to understand the origins of human language have long known that ape’s communicative gestures share striking similarities with those of humans. These gestures are believed to shed light…
Late last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government announced the creation of the country's first new national park in more than four decades. Spanning an area of Congo Basin…
This is the first of 20 Mongabay stories highlighting Almost Famous Asian Animals — all to be published by the end of 2016. You can find the complete Almost Famous…
In addition to being charismatic flagship species for conservation, arboreal rainforest mammals — monkeys, anteaters, porcupines, sloths — are essential ecosystem engineers that disperse fruits and seeds and act as…
These monkeys seem to love "selfies". In 2011, a female black-crested macaque (Macaca nigra) took a series of "selfies" on a camera set up by British photographer David Slater on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi. These "selfies"…
The "year of the monkey" dawned recently in China - and with it, a trendy new exotic pet. Pygmy marmosets are all the rage among China's wealthy elite, who are…
Russ Mittermeier, long-time Chair of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group and Executive Vice-Chair of Conservation International has spent the better part of the last 46 years working on the conservation…
