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An indri lemur (Indri indri). Image by Rhett A. Butler.

For Malagasy trapped in poverty, threatened lemurs and fossas are fair game

Malavika Vyawahare 4 Aug 2021
Bornean gibbon

In the Borneo canopy, life thrives in surprising ways, camera-trap study shows

Carolyn Cowan 4 Aug 2021

Indonesia assessing fish stock health to improve sustainable planning

Basten Gokkon 4 Aug 2021

Lack of ID cards bars Indigenous Indonesians from much-needed vaccines

Elviza Diana, Sapariah Saturi, Yitno Suprapto 4 Aug 2021

Tesco’s meat problem (commentary)

Robin Willoughby 3 Aug 2021

333 people rescued from slavery in Brazil mines since 2008, exclusive report shows

Maurício Angelo 3 Aug 2021

More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban

Liz Kimbrough 3 Aug 2021

Rare pygmy chameleon, lost to science, found in dwindling Malawi forest

Liz Kimbrough 3 Aug 2021

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn

Sharon Guynup 3 Aug 2021

2 Sumatran tigers recovering from COVID-19 at Jakarta zoo

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2021
Natural forest and an acacia plantation on the island of Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Corporate sustainability shouldn’t be an unknown entity (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 2 Aug 2021

Ending Amazon deforestation a top priority on Colombian minister’s D.C. visit

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 2 Aug 2021

Acquittal of Indonesian villagers protesting pollution marks rare win against SLAPP

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Aug 2021

Sharing solutions: How a digital toolkit is strengthening Indigenous voices

Caitlin Looby 2 Aug 2021

Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for August 2021

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2021

As blazes on embargoed Amazon land surge, links to meat industry emerge

Andrew Wasley, Elisângela Mendonça 30 Jul 2021

African wild dogs return to southern Malawi for the first time in 20 years

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 Jul 2021

In Sierra Leone, two colorful land crabs rediscovered, two new species found

Liz Kimbrough 30 Jul 2021

Old and new solutions pave way to net-zero emissions farming, studies show

Claire Asher 30 Jul 2021

New report provides road map for expanding chestnut agroforestry in the U.S.

Sarah Derouin 30 Jul 2021
Grey-cheeked mangabey

Arboreal camera traps add ‘tons of value’ to forest canopy research

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jul 2021
Prolonged dry conditions have caused the worst drought in central and southern Brazil in almost a century. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on NASA's Landsat 8 captured an image of Lago das Brisas on the Paranaíba River on June 17, 2021.

Lessons from Brazil’s São Paulo droughts (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 30 Jul 2021
Soy and Chaco forest in Bolivia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

U.S., Argentine investors tied to illegal land deals, deforestation in Brazil

Caio de Freitas Paes, Agência Pública 29 Jul 2021

Spanish farmers fight forest fires with agroforestry (and many sheep)

Monica Pelliccia 29 Jul 2021

Ethnic communities in Myanmar opposing a coal plant see their fight get harder

Robert Bociaga 29 Jul 2021
Malayan tiger

Southeast Asia losing tigers as deadline looms to double population by 2022

Carolyn Cowan 29 Jul 2021
Rainforest creek in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Hartree Partners to channel $2 billion toward new carbon credits

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jul 2021

Indonesia reimposes ban on destructive seine and trawl nets in its waters

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2021

Cerrado desertification: Savanna could collapse within 30 years, says study

Fernanda Wenzel 28 Jul 2021

Palm oil grower looks to make amends for past deforestation in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2021

For species in the red, IUCN’s new Green Status signals conservation wins

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Jul 2021

Trafficking for traditional medicine threatens the Philippine porcupine

Keith Anthony Fabro 28 Jul 2021

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