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Baobab Alley outside Morondava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.

Photo essay: Madagascar’s disappearing dry forests (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2019
Google Earth satellite image showing a deforestation, legal forest reserves, and agriculture in Rondonia, Brazil.

Bolsonaro can bully on deforestation, but he can’t hide from satellites (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2019

Future of Amazon deforestation data in doubt as research head sacked

Karla Mendes 5 Aug 2019

New toolkit identifies multiple species from environmental DNA

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 3 Aug 2019

As Amazon deforestation in Brazil rises, Bolsonaro administration attacks the messenger (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 3 Aug 2019

July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2019

Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Jul 2019
Traditional Iban tattoos on a Dayak leader's back. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Travelogue: Visiting an indigenous rainforest tribe in Borneo (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Jul 2019

Baby whale wears a camera, reveals its travel and nursing behavior: video

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jul 2019

Indonesia, facing a waste crisis, plans to burn it for electricity

Basten Gokkon 22 Jul 2019

Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2019

Experts deny alleged manipulation of Amazon satellite deforestation data

Karla Mendes 16 Jul 2019
Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

A response to “On public interest in conservation and internet data”

Zuzana Burivalova; Rhett A Butler; and David S Wilcove 15 Jul 2019

On public interest in conservation and internet data (commentary)

Ricardo Correia 15 Jul 2019

Let there be lights, to help migratory cranes avoid power lines

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 Jul 2019

Arctic in free fall: 2019 sea ice volume sinks to near record for June

Gloria Dickie 11 Jul 2019
Google Earth image showing deforestation around Arara in the state of Para, in the Brazilian Amazon.

As Amazon deforestation rises, sensational headlines play into Bolsonaro’s agenda (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jul 2019

Film that fish: Stereo-video speeds surveys of marine fish communities

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 5 Jul 2019

Travelogue: Ground-truthing satellite data in Borneo (Insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jul 2019

New eDNA sampling system aims for cleaner, more efficient field research

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 2 Jul 2019

More than 50 lakes lie hidden beneath Greenland ice sheet, study finds

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2019

Sponges supply DNA for new method of monitoring aquatic biodiversity

Lakshmi Supriya 26 Jun 2019
Drone view of Chiquitano forest recently deforested on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon for soy production. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Satellite data suggests deforestation on the rise in Brazil

Mongabay.com 25 Jun 2019

Logging road construction has surged in the Congo Basin since 2003

John Cannon 24 Jun 2019

Fire, cattle, cocaine: Deforestation spikes in Guatemalan national park

Maxwell Radwin 21 Jun 2019

“Part of something bigger”: the social movement around New Zealand’s Predator-Free 2050 goal

Monica Evans 20 Jun 2019

’Livestock revolution’ triggered decline in global pasture: Report

John Cannon 19 Jun 2019

At least one species has been lost on more than half of Earth’s land area

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2019

New tool helps monitor forest change within commodities supply chains

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 18 Jun 2019

Predator-free by 2050? High-tech hopes for New Zealand’s big conservation dream

Monica Evans 13 Jun 2019

Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse may come

Gloria Dickie 12 Jun 2019

Researchers and customs officials unite to fight wildlife trafficking using eDNA

David Klinges 6 Jun 2019

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