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IUCN calls for moratorium on projects impacting rarest great ape species

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Apr 2019

A park in Bolivia bears the brunt of a plan to export electricity

Miriam Telma Jemio 17 Apr 2019

Colorful display of newly described stick insects confounds scientists

Malavika Vyawahare 16 Apr 2019
Afghan man carrying a stuffed leopard down the street in Kabul. The real driver of wildlife trafficking in Afghanistan was however international military forces, humanitarian NGOs, and development contractors. Credit WCS/Lisa Yook.

Conservation may offer common ground in Afghan conflict

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2019

Palm oil, logging firms the usual suspects as Indonesia fires flare anew

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Apr 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019
The savannah and grasslands of the Mara conservancies are home to a spectacular abundance of wildlife, lying at the northern end of the greater Serengeti ecosystem. Photo Credit: Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association

Human pressure on the Serengeti’s fringes threatens the wildlife within

Ignacio Amigo 12 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019
A loggerhead turtle swims around a fish aggregation device belonging to the Ecuadorean fishing vessel Ingalapagos. Greenpeace says it documented the vessel in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands. Image by © Alex Hofford / Greenpeace.

30 percent by 2030? Study maps out how to protect the world’s oceans

Taran Volckhausen 11 Apr 2019

No rhino census this year as Nepal runs short of funds for survey

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Apr 2019

Indonesia creates three marine protected areas within Coral Triangle

Mahmud Ichi 10 Apr 2019

Hunting pumas to save deer could backfire, new research suggests

John Cannon 9 Apr 2019

Belize to nearly triple area under strict marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Apr 2019
Salted shark meat, called cecina, drying in the sun. Image courtesy of MarAlliance.

Fishing for sharks in Honduras’s sanctuary seas: Q&A with biologist Gabriela Ochoa

Michelle Carrere 8 Apr 2019

Planning without action will see the Javan rhino go extinct (commentary)

Haerudin R. Sadjudin 8 Apr 2019

Climb confirms that the world’s tallest tropical tree tops 100 meters

John Cannon 7 Apr 2019

Indigenous leaders decry Colombia’s deadly crackdown on land protesters

Taran Volckhausen 4 Apr 2019
Kahuzi Biega National Park

Farming communities abused at troubled DRC mega-farm, campaigners say

Ashoka Mukpo 4 Apr 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

Crab season to be cut short in California to protect whales and turtles

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

Video: Scientists surprised to discover tiny toadlets can glow

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Mar 2019

Ascension, the Atlantic ‘Galápagos,’ to get massive marine reserve

Sophie Manson 27 Mar 2019

No more fires in Indonesia? Blazes on Sumatran peatland say otherwise

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Mar 2019

How digital technologies can transform nature conservation engagement (commentary)

Julio Corredor 26 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Sergio Rojas Ortiz, leader of Costa Rica’s indigenous Bribri, slain by gunmen

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Study maps where tunas, sharks and fishing ships meet

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2019

Nepal reckons with the dark side of its rhino conservation success

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Mar 2019

‘Managed resilience’ not a successful strategy for conserving coral reefs, researchers find

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2019

West Bengal’s rhino population hits a record high

Gurvinder Singh 22 Mar 2019

Indonesia investigates mass shark deaths at captive-breeding facility

Jay Fajar, M Ambari 22 Mar 2019
A juvenile Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Tapirs have been found to disperse seeds in disturbed Amazon forests. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tapirs could be key in helping degraded rainforests bounce back

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

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