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Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustic device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.

Eavesdrop on forest sounds to effectively monitor biodiversity, researchers say

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Jan 2019

Top camera trapping stories of 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 31 Dec 2018
Rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The biggest rainforest news stories in 2018

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2018

10 ways conservation tech shifted into auto in 2018

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 28 Dec 2018

In India, indigenous youths are filming their own forests and communities

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Dec 2018

Two Indian tribes help reconstruct a forest’s history, in war and in peace

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Dec 2018

Bird business: The man who taught his tribe to profit from conservation

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2018

From a new bird to a new community reserve: India’s tribe sets example

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Dec 2018

Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2018
Rose-ringed parakeets seized from the parrot trade in Senegal. Photo courtesy of Davide de Guz/World Parrot Trust

Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa

Erin I. Garcia de Jesus 5 Dec 2018
Dongria women from Hutesi village farm the slopes of the Niyamgiri hill range. Image by Indrajeet Rajkhowa.

Photos: Indian tribe revives heirloom seeds for health and climate security

Sonali Prasad 30 Nov 2018

The Bangladeshi tribe that’s guarding turtles, co-authoring research papers

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Nov 2018

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

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2018

High sea levels thousands of years ago aided island formation

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2018

Invisible plant-enemy interactions drive diversity in forest fragments

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Nov 2018

AI simplifies statewide study of leopards in south India

Vasudevan Sridharan 5 Nov 2018

‘At capacity’? A Nepali park reckons with its rhinos

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Nov 2018

Is northern India better prepared for air pollution this winter?

Mayank Aggarwal 31 Oct 2018

What’s killing Nepal’s rhinos?

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Oct 2018

Machine-learning app to fight invasive crop pest in Africa

Stephanie Parker 26 Oct 2018

In a rhino stronghold, indigenous wood-carvers cut through stereotypes

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Oct 2018
Monopterus rongsaw, a swamp eel from India. Photo © Rachunliu G Kamei

Hot pink swamp eel discovered in Indian rainforest

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2018

Nepali scientists deploy drones to count endangered crocodiles

Abhaya Raj Joshi 4 Oct 2018

New survey results show Nepal is on track to double its tiger population by 2022

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2018

Limi Valley: A threatened Shangri-La for wildlife (commentary)

Yadav Ghimirey 24 Sep 2018

As India’s Ganges runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms

Sahana Ghosh 17 Sep 2018

DNA database helps Nepal’s officials monitor tigers, punish poachers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Sep 2018

Tech goes back to basics to mitigate human-wildlife conflict near Indian parks

Moushumi Basu 31 Aug 2018

Will protecting half the Earth save biodiversity? Depends which half

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Aug 2018
Black Necked Cranes

For India’s black-necked cranes, dogs are a major threat

Athar Parvaiz 28 Aug 2018

A new dimension to marine restoration: 3D printing coral reefs

David Klinges 27 Aug 2018

Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 23 Aug 2018

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