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Handroanthus guayacan tree in full bloom.

Tropical trees grow most easily where they are rare

Tom Garlinghouse 3 Dec 2018

In pursuit of the rare bird that vanishes for half the year

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2018

Amazon deforestation at highest level in 10 years, says Brazil

Mongabay.com 24 Nov 2018

Filling in the gaps: Managing endangered species on the high seas

Marianne Messina 23 Nov 2018

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

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Peru shares its fisheries surveillance data with the world

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Nov 2018

Radar helps Kenya map mangroves and other cloud-covered forests

Gatonye Gathura 15 Nov 2018

Satellite technology unites Kenyans against bush fires

David Njagi 9 Nov 2018

Novel research method reveals small-scale gold mining’s impact on Peruvian Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2018

Latam Eco Review: Hungry manatees and grand theft tortoise

Mongabay.com 9 Nov 2018
Satellite image from Google Earth: Tanguro, Brazil -12.262600, -52.733553

Deforestation continues upward trend in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 31 Oct 2018

Documenting emperor penguin populations, a dispatch from Antarctica

Mike Gaworecki 30 Oct 2018

Real-time plantation map aims to throttle deforestation in Papua

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Oct 2018

Scientists map the impact of trawling using satellite vessel tracking

John Cannon 17 Oct 2018

Deforestation surges in Virunga National Park in the wake of violence

Benji Jones 5 Oct 2018
Planet satellite image showing a mosaic of deforestation and rainforest in São Judas Tadeu, Xapuri in the state of Acre, Brazil in August 2018. Courtesy of Planet.

Ahead of election, deforestation continues to climb in the Brazilian Amazon

Mongabay.com 30 Sep 2018
Chalcopyrite from the Huanzala Mine in Peru. Photo by James St. John via Flickr.

Chilling images of illegal mining operations in Peru

Yvette Sierra Praeli 24 Sep 2018

Using space tech to improve palm oil transparency in Colombia

Andrew J. Wight 21 Sep 2018

Satellites and citizen science pinpoint migratory bird refueling stops

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Sep 2018

Tagging and tracking the Tour de Turtles

Catherine Morris 13 Sep 2018

Latam Eco Review: Industrial fishing in the Galapagos, fracking Colombian cloud forests, whale sharks in Peru

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2018
Planet Labs satellite image showing deforestation around the Xingu Basin in Brazil in June 2018.

Deforestation continues upward trend in Brazil, says NGO

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2018

Study finds widespread degradation, deforestation in African woodlands

John Cannon 27 Aug 2018

Brazil hits emissions target early, but rising deforestation risks reversal

John Cannon 23 Aug 2018

The Arctic’s oldest, thickest ice is breaking up

Gloria Dickie 22 Aug 2018

Tracking tools identify regional hubs of whale shark activity

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 16 Aug 2018

Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Aug 2018
A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

Technological breakthroughs are changing how researchers observe the world’s fishing fleet

Nadine Freischlad 14 Aug 2018

‘High risk’ that China’s timber from PNG is illegal: New report

John Cannon 9 Aug 2018

Fire, more than logging, drives Amazon forest degradation, study finds

David Klinges 6 Aug 2018

Largest king penguin colony in the world has shrunk by 90%

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2018

Automating drone-based wildlife surveys saves time and money, study finds

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Aug 2018

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