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Girl with a seedling in Northern California. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Investing in the next generation of environmental journalists (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Nov 2025
The last photo taken between Rhett Butler and Jane Goodall--who shared a friendship for nearly 15 years--at the Forbes Sustainability Leadership Summit. Photo by Sofia Negron.

Rhett Butler reflects on recent accolades, and Jane Goodall’s legacy of hope

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Nov 2025
Willie Shubert in Madagascar with lemurs at a rehabilitation center. Note: visitors are not permitted to touch lemurs, but lemurs do as they please. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Measuring success in trees, not clicks

Rhett Ayers Butler 20 Oct 2025
Willie Shubert in Madagascar with lemurs at a rehabilitation center. Note: visitors are not permitted to touch lemurs, but lemurs do as they please. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Building a global newsroom for a planet in crisis: A conversation with Willie Shubert

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2025
Sandhya Sekar in Kerala, India in 2025; Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

How Mongabay India took root: Interview with Sandhya Sekar

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2025
Ridzki in Jambi in 2022.

How Mongabay Indonesia grew into a trusted environmental voice: Interview with Ridzki Sigit 

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 May 2025

Mongabay celebrates 25 years with Jane Goodall at sold out event

Mike DiGirolamo 15 Oct 2024

In ‘the century of Africa,’ Mongabay’s new bureau reports its biggest environmental issues and solutions

Mike DiGirolamo 25 Jun 2024
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Mongabay at 25: A Reflection on the Journey and Future

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jun 2024
Reserva Narupa in Ecuador. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Mongabay CEO discusses slowdown in Amazon loss and other positive news

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Nov 2023
Macaws flying over the rainforest.

Mongabay wins prestigious 2023 Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication

Mongabay.com 18 Oct 2023
Rhett Butler

Mongabay founder wins prestigious 2022 Heinz Award for the Environment

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2022
Jane Goodall interviewing Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler for her Hopecast podcast.

Jane Goodall’s Hopecast podcast features Mongabay founder

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2021
Tiger in India.

Mongabay launches in Hindi to expand environmental journalism in India

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Nov 2020
Baobab tree amid rice paddies outside Morondava. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Mongabay at 20: Two decades of news and inspiration from nature’s frontline (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2019

How Mongabay grew from a guy in his pajamas to a multinational media organization (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jan 2019

A lucky child: Mongabay’s origin story (insider)

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Nov 2018

Welcome to Mongabay’s New Website

Mongabay.com 4 Aug 2017

Parker/Gentry Award for Conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Sep 2014

New opportunities for data-driven reporting on forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 May 2014

Conservation legend Jane Goodall turns 80 today

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2014

Talking deforestation and conservation with APP, Greenpeace, RAN, WWF, TFT, and Ekologika

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Feb 2014

Debating deforestation in Indonesia and APP’s forest conservation policy

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jan 2014

Are there economic alternatives to palm oil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2013

What happened to the Innovation in Conservation prize?

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2013

Top nature pictures of 2013

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Dec 2013

Clarifying Google’s forest map

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2013

Shifting to a non-profit model for environmental news reporting

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Oct 2013

3 days on safari: 2 dead rhinos

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Oct 2013

Using model airplanes to help save the planet

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Sep 2013

Grant opportunities for in-depth reporting on environmental issues

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Sep 2013

New pictures from Costa Rica

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Aug 2013

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