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Bigger is badder when it comes to climate impact of farms in the Amazon

Claire Asher 17 Jun 2021

It’s an ‘incredibly exciting’ time for the field of bioacoustics

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2021

New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines

Claudia Geib 15 Jun 2021

Climate change isn’t fueling algal blooms the way we think, study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Jun 2021

Marbled cat: Candid Animal Cam meets the mini clouded leopard

Romina Castagnino 15 Jun 2021
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Indigenous territory, in Lábrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

Amazon rainforest destruction is accelerating, shows government data

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2021
Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustic device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.

Big bioacoustics boost: Cornell University program receives $24 million donation

Erik Hoffner 10 Jun 2021

Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2021
Jaguars still roam the Chaco, but they require large tracts of contiguous forest to survive and reproduce. As forest is destroyed, fewer of these intact landscapes exist. Photo by Eduardo Merille via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New areas of primary forest cleared in Brazil’s ‘lawless’ Lábrea

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jun 2021

CSI, but for parrots: Study applies criminological tool CRAAVED to wildlife trade

Grace Dungey, Nick Rodway 7 Jun 2021
Heat spots in areas with Prodes (2017-2018) and Deter warnings, Novo Progresso, Pará state.

May deforestation in the Amazon hits 14-year high, with 4 days of data still to process

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2021
Live hotspots in areas with Prodes 2019 and Deter warnings, in Colniza, Mato Grosso state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: © Christian Braga / Greenpeace

The Brazilian Amazon is burning, again

Liz Kimbrough 3 Jun 2021

‘Dark’ ships off Argentina ring alarms over possible illegal fishing

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Jun 2021

How many members can a giant river otter family have? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 2 Jun 2021
Satellite image of oil palm, agriculture, and forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image credit: Maxar Technologies.

Chocolate giant funds high resolution carbon map to protect forests

Aurora Solá 1 Jun 2021
Global Forest Watch tree cover loss 2001-2021 set on Planet imagery from Jun-Sep 2020.

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon

John Cannon 25 May 2021

Satellites keep watch over global reef health in a world first

Mongabay.com 20 May 2021
African elephants in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. Photo credit: Gregoire Dubois

An engaged society is key for the future of African conservation, says WWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 May 2021

For Atlantic sea turtles, Sargasso Sea is home during the ‘lost years’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 May 2021

Did you know that spix’s night monkeys only weigh around 1 kg?

Romi Castagnino 19 May 2021
Staff member of the Kinesi nursery planting seedlings in the pots, August 2019 ©WeForest

How to pick a tree-planting project? Mongabay launches transparency tool to help supporters decide

Liz Kimbrough 17 May 2021
Redwood trees in California. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 May 2021
In sub-Saharan Africa 70% of the population lives from agriculture — and specifically rainfall agriculture.

Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems

Saul Elbein 10 May 2021
Burning forest in Rondonia in 2020. Photo credit: Fabio Nascimento

Amazon deforestation jumps sharply in April

Mongabay.com 8 May 2021

Did you know how many insects a Giant Anteater can eat in a day? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 4 May 2021

Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river

James Fair 4 May 2021
Keo Seima forest. Image by user Pygathrix nigripes via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Apr 2021

Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2021

Did you know that a group of warthogs is called a sounder? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 20 Apr 2021

Human impact on South America expanded by 60% since 1985

Mongabay.com 16 Apr 2021

Did you know that northern tamanduas may eat up to 9,000 insects per day? Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 14 Apr 2021

New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon

Ana Ionova 12 Apr 2021

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