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Colombia scraps Amazon highway plans due to deforestation concerns

Taran Volckhausen 23 Mar 2018

Leopards could reduce rabies by controlling stray dog numbers in India, study finds

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2018

Report finds projects in DRC ‘REDD+ laboratory’ fall short of development, conservation goals

John Cannon 16 Mar 2018

Oil palm, rubber could trigger ‘storm’ of deforestation in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 12 Mar 2018

Jaguar numbers rising at field sites, WCS says

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2018

Budiardi, labeled a ‘provocateur’ and jailed in a dispute with a palm oil company

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 6 Mar 2018

African Parks to manage gorges, rock art and crocodiles of Chad’s Ennedi

Mongabay.com 27 Feb 2018

‘Photo Ark’ a quest to document global biodiversity: Q&A with photographer Joel Sartore and director Chun-Wei Yi

Mongabay.com 21 Feb 2018

Exploring the minds and inner lives of animals

Mike Gaworecki 20 Feb 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Study delves into overlooked community perceptions of conservation impact

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Feb 2018

Protected areas with deforestation more likely to lose status in Brazilian state

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2018

East Africa’s Albertine Rift needs protection now, scientists say

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2018

Ecuador votes to reduce oil exploitation in Yasuní National Park

Daniela Aguilar 12 Feb 2018

Ecuador announces a new national park in the Andes

Valeria Sorgato 7 Feb 2018

The cutting-edge technologies allowing us to monitor ecosystems like never before

Mike Gaworecki 6 Feb 2018

Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2018

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival

Mike Gaworecki 23 Jan 2018

Mesoamerican Reef gets improving bill of health

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2018

Pope set to visit site of deforestation, indigenous struggle in Peru

Mongabay.com 19 Jan 2018

680000 acres of Amazon rainforest may be lost to Peru’s new roads

Morgan Erickson-Davis 18 Jan 2018
Arches National Park. Courtesy of National Parks Service.

U.S. National Park Service advisory panel disintegrates

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2018

Peru declares a huge new national park in the Amazon

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Jan 2018

Natural World Heritage Sites in trouble, especially in the Tropics

Claire Asher 11 Jan 2018

Lions deal blow to giraffe numbers by targeting young, study finds

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2018
A manta ray in the South China Sea. Photo by Greg Asner/Divephoto.org.

2017’s top 10 ocean news stories

Douglas McCauley, Paul DeSalles 27 Dec 2017

Roads, dams and railways: Ten infrastructure stories from Southeast Asia in 2017

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2017

Do protected areas work in the tropics?

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2017

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017

Saving Sumatran orchids from deforestation, one plant at a time

Sean Mowbray 12 Dec 2017
Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra), a species that lives in northeastern Madagascar, where rosewood logging has been severe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

CITES rejects Madagascar’s bid to sell rosewood and ebony stockpiles

Edward Carver 12 Dec 2017

New study: Gorillas fare better in logged forests than chimps

John Cannon 11 Dec 2017

Tanzania used as case study for quickly and cheaply identifying wildlife corridors in need of conservation

Mike Gaworecki 8 Dec 2017

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