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From teak farms to agroforestry: Panama tests reforestation strategies

Colin Sytsma 10 Mar 2022

In Panama, a tiny rainfrog named after Greta Thunberg endures

Liz Kimbrough 11 Jan 2022
A white-necked jacobin with the brightly colored feather patterns typical of males. Photo by Irene Mendez Cruz.

Some hummingbird females display male coloring to avoid being harassed

Megan Kalomiris 23 Nov 2021

Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study

Aimee Gabay 19 Nov 2021

New protections announced for Galápagos Islands and beyond at COP26

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Nov 2021

Some guitar makers in pursuit of sustainable manufacturing

Stephan Boissonneault 20 Apr 2021

Rare black jaguars caught on camera in Panama

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Mar 2021
A Panamanian golden toad. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Indigenous community wins recognition of its land rights in Panama

John Cannon 17 Feb 2021

Hotter tropics may worsen climate change, reforestation could lessen it: Studies

Taran Volckhausen 2 Oct 2020

Birthday party on ship may have led to oil spill in Mauritius, Panama regulator says

Mongabay.com 16 Sep 2020
Odielca Solis has built a silvopasture system at her farm in Panama, which provides shade and forage to her cattle and fruit for her family. Image by Erin Banks Rusby for Mongabay.

Silvopasturing improves ranches and the environment in Panama

Erin Banks Rusby 29 Apr 2020

The sounds of tropical katydids and how they can benefit conservation

Mike Gaworecki 22 Jan 2020

Central American countries pledge to protect Mesoamerica’s ‘5 Great Forests’

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2019
A Wounaan bird-watching group from the community of Puerto Lara during a hike in the local forest. Image by Alexander Arosemena for Mongabay.

Panamanian indigenous people act to protect the forest from invading loggers

Guido Bilbao 2 Apr 2019

Latam Eco Review: Pirate fishers in the Caribbean and many new reserves created

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2019

Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

José Arcia 24 Dec 2018

Relative of ‘penis snake’ amphibian named after Donald Trump

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2018

Latam Eco Review: Whale attacks, palm oil woes, and hope for vaquitas

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018
Handroanthus guayacan tree in full bloom.

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Tom Garlinghouse 3 Dec 2018

Panama, Namibia plan to reveal fishing fleet data via online map

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Frogs coping with fatal fungus in Panamanian forest, study finds

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2018

New species of blood-red coral found off Panama coast

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018
Seedlings in Brazil. Photo courtesy Guilherme Rodrigues.

Study sheds light on how seeds survive in tropical soils

Ignacio Amigo 5 Sep 2018

Tropical forest canopies get hotter than expected, putting wildlife at risk

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Aug 2018
A young Embera woman from Bajo Lepe. Image courtesy of the Rainforest Foundation.

Panama’s indigenous groups take land fight to the international stage

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 1 Aug 2018

Researcher names spectacular new frog after his granddaughter

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

Whale of a tale: Protecting Panama’s humpbacks from ship collisions

Andrew J. Wight 8 Feb 2018

Two new dog-faced bats discovered in Panama and Ecuador

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2018
Manolo Miranda, an indigenous leader recently acquitted of charges in a suit brought by the Barro Blanco dam's construction company, at a protest over the dam in August, 2016. Photo by Camilo Mejia Geraldo for Mongabay.

Indigenous group scores legal victory as dam floods their lands

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 12 Oct 2017

Suspect Beef: Central America

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2017

Panama: the ranching industry has moved into Darién National Park

José Arcia 26 Jun 2017

New study provides a blueprint for engaging indigenous peoples in REDD+ forest monitoring

Mike Gaworecki 28 Mar 2017

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