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José Zanardini, the priest who tried to reconcile faith and Indigenous autonomy

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Jan 2026
Neighborhood affected by floods in Arroio do Meio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Image courtesy of Ricardo Stuckert/Brazil federal government.

Many Amazon climate disasters are missing from official records, study finds

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2026

In Brazil, planting forests for carbon credits could help ecosystem restoration

Constance Malleret 23 Jan 2026
An Indigenous Tikuna man in the Amazon Rainforest in Colombia. Some researchers oppose the idea that human cultures would have been limited and determined by the environment, and that supports the notion that human cultures have modified the environment as desired. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

What it will take to protect the Amazon, according to Virgilio Viana

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2026

Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep

Associated Press 22 Jan 2026

How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis

Maxwell Radwin 20 Jan 2026

Brazil bets reducing poverty can protect the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Jan 2026

Mosquitoes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest prefer human blood

Bobby Bascomb 16 Jan 2026

Colombia poised for another drop in deforestation in 2025, data show

Maxwell Radwin 16 Jan 2026
: An Andean condor chick, called Marijo, in a North American zoo in 2022. Image courtesy of Mike Faix, on behalf of the National Aviary.

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2026
After burning off the mercury, a relatively pure piece of gold remains. Image by Thomas Graham for Mongabay.

Turning the Amazon’s toxic gold mine waste liability into economic opportunity (analysis)

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Jan 2026

Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025

Liz Kimbrough 12 Jan 2026
Cody James brand pirarucu cowboy boots, made from exotic fish leather that stands up to wear, at Boot Barn.

Cowboy boots made from pirarucu leather fund Amazon’s sustainable fishery

Jenny Gonzales 12 Jan 2026

Silvopasture gains momentum in the Amazon, but can it shrink beef’s footprint?

Charlie Espinosa 12 Jan 2026
Demetrio carrying out monitoring tasks. Image courtesy of Richar Antonio Demetrio.

When Indigenous knowledge enters the scientific record

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jan 2026
Rainforest rainbow in Sabah. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

AI-centered conservation efforts can only be ethical if Indigenous people help lead them (commentary)

McKalee Steen, Magali de Bruyn 9 Jan 2026
Deforestation in Mato Grosso state. Image © Paulo Pereira/Greenpeace.

Soy giants drop Amazon no-deforestation pledge as subsidies come under threat

Shanna Hanbury 9 Jan 2026
Aécio Luiz poses for a portrait at his home in the Quilombola community of Córrego Narciso. Image by Amanda Magnani.

Beekeepers in Brazil worry lithium mining puts their bees in jeopardy

Amanda Magnani, Rebeca Binda 8 Jan 2026

Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado

Mongabay.com 7 Jan 2026
Mushrooms in San Mateo County, California. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

An inventory of life in California

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2026
The Indigenous Macaquiño community on the banks of the Vaupés River in Colombia’s Vaupés region. Image by Aimee Gabay/Mongabay.

Urban sprawl and illegal mining reshape a fragile Amazon frontier

Aimee Gabay 6 Jan 2026

The bird that builds tree skyscrapers: The oropendola

6 Jan 2026
Ocimum basilicum flower.

Amazon entrepreneur spreads seeds of growth with recycled paper

Rafael Spuldar 6 Jan 2026
A woman from the Indigenous Macaquiño community in Vaupés pushes her boat across the Vaupés River towards her traditional forest garden, or chagra. Image by Aimee Gabay/Mongabay.

Cultural changes shift an Indigenous community’s relationship with the Amazon forest

Aimee Gabay 5 Jan 2026
Rogério Barros, young extractive leader and son of Raimundão Barros, at the Chico Mendes extractive reserve

Massive Amazon conservation program pledges to put communities first

Constance Malleret 5 Jan 2026
The Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

The climate fight may not be won in the Amazon, but it can be lost there

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jan 2026
Demetrio carrying out monitoring tasks. Image courtesy of Richar Antonio Demetrio.

‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees

Xilena Pinedo 2 Jan 2026
The mining dredges installed along the Nanay River have begun to consume sections of forest. Image courtesy of FCDS Peru.

Mercury, dredges and crime: Illegal mining ravages Peru’s Nanay River

Enrique Vera 31 Dec 2025

Latin America in 2025: Conservation promises collide with crime and extraction

Mie Hoejris Dahl 31 Dec 2025
The Belo Monte hydropower dam on the Xingu River in Brazil’s Pará state. Image courtesy of TV Brasil.

Fish deformities expose ‘collapse’ of Xingu River’s pulse after construction of Belo Monte Dam

Tiago da Mota e Silva 31 Dec 2025
O. shunkusacha

A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk

Astrid Arellano 30 Dec 2025

Satellite data show forest loss persists in Brazilian Amazon’s most deforested reserve

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2025

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