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Deforestation rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as cattle invade

Antonio José Paz Cardona 2 Apr 2021

Exposing organized crime in the Amazon: Q&A with Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021
A protest against land-grabbing held in front of the Land Management Ministry in September, 2020. Image by Gerald Flynn.

‘What other country would do this to its people?’ Cambodian land grab victims seek int’l justice

Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 1 Apr 2021

New map shows where the 80% of species we don’t know about may be hiding

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 31 Mar 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2021

Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Mar 2021
Indonesian New Guinea is home to species like this Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2021

Did you know that stump-tailed macaques can go bald?

Romi Castagnino 23 Mar 2021
Photo credit: Sacred Earth Solar

Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Catalyzing an Indigenous-led just energy transition

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Mar 2021

As Arctic sea ice hits annual maximum, concern grows over polar ice loss: Studies

Gloria Dickie 16 Mar 2021

When a tree falls in the forest, it’s the birds that don’t make a sound, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Mar 2021

Rare black jaguars caught on camera in Panama

Yvette Sierra Praeli 12 Mar 2021

Philippines looks to improve disaster preparedness with geospatial tech

Rosy Mina 10 Mar 2021

A new app puts invisible communities in Brazil’s Cerrado on the map

Sarah Sax 9 Mar 2021

How fast does a white-tailed deer run? Candid Animal Cam spots fawns

Romina Castagnino 9 Mar 2021

Illegal fishing: The great threat to Latin America’s marine sanctuaries

Michelle Carrere 5 Mar 2021

Male superb lyrebirds found to trick females into mating via masterful mimicry

Romi Castagnino 5 Mar 2021
Haze rising from an oil palm plantation and forest in Riau. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

We can now see through clouds to detect deforestation in near real-time

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Mar 2021
New cutting-edge technology can monitor illegal activities and movements of species across vast areas.

How technology can help us achieve at least 30% ocean protection (commentary)

Simon Cripps 3 Mar 2021
Ranger training in Zimbabwe

Saving Africa’s biodiversity is a challenging, but urgent necessity, says Rodger Schlickeisen

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Mar 2021

An economic case for competing in the XPRIZE Rainforest contest (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 1 Mar 2021

Why do zebras have stripes? Candid Animal Cam visits the Serengeti

Romina Castagnino 25 Feb 2021

Human impacts leave reefs short on sharks and long on moray eels

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Feb 2021

The Kalunga digitally map traditional lands to save Cerrado way of life

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 24 Feb 2021

Electronic ears listen to poachers in a key Central American jaguar habitat

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Feb 2021
Young girl in the Kayapó-Mẽbêngôkre village of Aukre in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo credit: Cristina Mittermeier

“Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Feb 2021

New platform gathers data on Brazil’s disappearing Cerrado biome

Clarissa Beretz 23 Feb 2021

Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum

Claudia Geib 19 Feb 2021

Where does the name of the crab-eating fox come from?

Romi Castagnino 9 Feb 2021

Lasers find forest gaps to aid tree mortality studies in Brazilian Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 26 Jan 2021

What does a great argus pheasant sound like? Candid Animal Cam listens to birds

Romina Castagnino 26 Jan 2021

Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection

Claudia Geib 25 Jan 2021

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