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Logging in Malaysia’s Ulu Muda forest threatens wildlife and water supplies

Kate Mayberry 26 Jun 2017

Illegal logging and hunting threaten Yasuní isolated indigenous groups

Daniela Aguilar 22 Jun 2017

Restoration of shattered coral reef at Raja Ampat on hold

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2017

New highway brings deforestation near two Colombian national parks

Taran Volckhausen 21 Jun 2017

When it comes to rhino conservation, Asia and Africa can learn a lot from each other

Alex Dudley 21 Jun 2017

Wildlife ecologist killed in Rwandan national park by recently translocated rhino

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2017

Trade just as important to ensure food security as healthy fisheries (commentary)

Michael Fabinyi, Wolfram Dressler, Michael Pido 14 Jun 2017

Why losing big animals causes big problems in tropical forests

John Cannon 14 Jun 2017

30 years of protecting the mysterious Okapi

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2017

In rare move, Brazil’s Temer ups conserved lands by 282,000 hectares

Jenny Gonzales 9 Jun 2017
Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Photo by Greg Asner/www.Divephoto.org.

Can marine reserves help counteract climate change?

Kim Smuga-Otto 8 Jun 2017

Bringing rhinos back to India’s parks

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jun 2017

‘Crunch time for biodiversity’: Farming, hunting push thousands of species toward extinction

John Cannon 7 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Conservation group African Parks to look after West African wildlife

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2017

Fire a rising threat to Sulawesi’s black macaques

Christopel Paino 2 Jun 2017

Frances Seymour on why rich nations need to start paying up to protect the world’s tropical forests

Mike Gaworecki 31 May 2017
Caboco on a Sunday fishing trip. Photo by Maximo Anderson for Mongabay.

Amid life and death risks, Brazil’s land defenders stand firm

Maximo Anderson 29 May 2017

‘Who wants to go for holiday to see large clear-cuts?’: Slovakia turns against its national parks

Matthew P. Reed 29 May 2017

Cheetahs return to Malawi after decades

Shreya Dasgupta 29 May 2017

Slight bumps in protected areas could be a boon for biodiversity

John Cannon 26 May 2017

Brazil agribusiness company accuses ally Temer in secret bribe taping

Jenny Gonzales 23 May 2017

Skewed sex ratio spells danger for rhinos in India’s Gorumara National Park

Moushumi Basu 22 May 2017

Guatemalan authorities destroy secret airstrip in Laguna del Tigre National Park

Sebastián Escalón 19 May 2017
A snow leopard in the Sanjiangyuan region of China's Qinghai province, captured by camera trap. Photo courtesy of Shanshui Nature Center.

China’s first national park, an experiment in living with snow leopards

Wang Yan 19 May 2017

Meet the 2017 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2017

A new secret runway found in Laguna del Tigre National Park in Guatemala

Sebastián Escalón 18 May 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017

Manmade noise pollution even more prevalent in US protected areas than researchers expected

Mike Gaworecki 16 May 2017

Howler monkeys booming in Belize sanctuary 25 years after translocation

John Cannon 10 May 2017
Giraffes roam in Garamba National Park in DRC. Photo by Thomas Nicolon for Mongabay.

DRC’s Garamba National Park: The last giraffes of the Congo

Thomas Nicolon 9 May 2017
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Anti-trafficking activist held without trial in Madagascar

Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 8 May 2017

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