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The Maasai people in Kenya pass down environmental knowledge through storytelling. Photo courtesy of Joan de la Malla.

We need an Indigenous conservation state of mind (commentary)

Rebecca Adamson 28 Nov 2024

Nepal’s rhino translocations to continue amid concerns over effectiveness

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Nov 2024

Western Kenya’s most important water-capturing forest is disappearing, satellites show

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Nov 2024

Nations should redirect 1% of military spending towards reforestation, Mexico proposes

Maxwell Radwin 27 Nov 2024

Researchers find high levels of mercury in Amazon’s Madeira River water & fish

Kevin Damasio 27 Nov 2024
Banner image of an Ethiopian wolf feeding on the nectar of red hot poker flowers, courtesy of Adrien Lesaffre.

Study finds rare wolf feeding on nectar and spreading pollen

Kristine Sabillo 27 Nov 2024
Fresh forest clearance inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary signals the beginning of an infrastructure project that will bisect the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

New transmission lines cut a Cambodian rainforest sanctuary in half

Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 27 Nov 2024

Reserve in Brazilian Amazon struggles as ‘aggressive’ deforestation spreads

Ruth Kamnitzer 27 Nov 2024

Vulture poisonings in the Serengeti alarm conservationists

Sean Mowbray 26 Nov 2024

Illegal gold mining drives deforestation in DRC reserve home to ‘African unicorn’

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2024

Logging persists in Cameroon’s wildlife-rich Ebo Forest despite warnings

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 25 Nov 2024
Juvenile one-horned rhinos at a rescue center in Chitwan. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi

Nepal’s top court to rule next month on law allowing development in protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Nov 2024
Blackwater oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon.

Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation

Fernanda Wenzel 22 Nov 2024

One of the tiniest frogs ever is discovered in Brazil, defying size limits

Shanna Hanbury 22 Nov 2024
Oluwa's forest are home to many species threatened with extinction, including this red-capped mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus). Image by Rufus46 via Wikimedia Commons (CC SA 3.0).

A Nigerian reserve, once a stronghold for chimps, is steadily losing its forest to farming

Morgan Erickson-Davis 21 Nov 2024

Protecting 2.6% of oceans could prevent deadly whale-ship collisions: Study

Shanna Hanbury 21 Nov 2024

Communities band together to save besieged reserve in Bolivia

Iván Paredes Tamayo 20 Nov 2024

Last wild hurricane palm of its kind falls, marking extinction

Shanna Hanbury 20 Nov 2024
Despite also being known as “residual forests,” OSFs host significant biodiversity, like this endemic hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus) that’s considered near-threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Relief in Sri Lanka as key threat to nonprotected forests is repealed

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Nov 2024
Sumatran tiger

Camera traps reveal little-known Sumatran tiger forests need better protection

Carolyn Cowan 20 Nov 2024

Hopes and fears for the Amazon: Interview with botanist Hans ter Steege

Peter Speetjens 19 Nov 2024

‘Historic’ decision for the Batwa & DRC gorilla park faces hurdles — and hope

Latoya Abulu, Aimable Twahirwa, Didier Makal 19 Nov 2024

Organizations tackle droughts, floods in Brazil by planting forests

Ellen Nemitz 18 Nov 2024

Brazil to adopt full beef traceability by 2032 amid China, EU pressure

Shanna Hanbury 15 Nov 2024
Banner image of clownfish and coral reef in Indonesia, by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

44% of reef-building coral species at risk of extinction: IUCN

Kristine Sabillo 14 Nov 2024
Banner image of deforestation in Malaysia, by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

WWF gives banks a tool to see if they’re financing environmental crime

Kristine Sabillo 14 Nov 2024

Coral biodiversity hotspot at risk from fossil fuel expansion, report warns

Ashley Yeong 13 Nov 2024

More than 20% of Earth’s plants grow only on islands, global study finds

Shanna Hanbury 13 Nov 2024

Satellite data detect appearance of new roads in primary forests in Borneo

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Nov 2024

Local groups drive creation of new Puerto Rico marine protected area

Bobby Bascomb 12 Nov 2024

A deadly fly is spreading through Central America. Experts blame illegal cattle ranching

Maxwell Radwin 12 Nov 2024
Banner image of a coral reef in Indonesia by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

New ‘Cali Fund’ plans to make companies pay for benefiting from nature

Kristine Sabillo 12 Nov 2024

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