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’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

When losing your soil means losing your livelihood (commentary)

Sophie Erfurth 3 May 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

Cloud seeding bears no rain in Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 12 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019
Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals mine in southeastern Madagascar. Image courtesy of Google Earth.

Madagascar: Rio Tinto mine breaches sensitive wetland

Edward Carver 9 Apr 2019

To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019

Crab season to be cut short in California to protect whales and turtles

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

New research teases apart complex effects of naval sonar on whales

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Days of darkness: Venezuelan national emergency is also environmental crisis

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 25 Mar 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

Tiny subterranean Texas salamanders could be extinct in 100 years

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

You’re gonna need a smaller boat: Media obscures shrinking ‘newsworthy’ fish

John Cannon 5 Mar 2019

Brazil’s Sinop Dam flouts environmental legislation (Commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 1 Mar 2019
The mudslide near Brumadinho via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Dam holding mining waste collapses in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2019

Solomon Islands province bans logging in bid to protect environment

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2019

‘Snot otters’ threatened by disease and stress

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2018
The Mozambique Channel off the west coast of Madagascar. Image by Rod Waddington via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration

Edward Carver 14 Dec 2018

Dam drove ‘collapse’ of rainforest bird populations in Thailand

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2018

Feed a fishery, starve a seabird

Mongabay.com 12 Dec 2018

Roads divide opinions along with forests, study finds

John Cannon 8 Nov 2018

Colombia: Dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes

Lucy Sherriff 1 Nov 2018
Duong Le feeds shrimp on his intensive shrimp farm in Long An Province, Vietnam. Image by Zoe Osborne for Mongabay.

New climate change report highlights grave dangers for Vietnam

Michael Tatarski 30 Oct 2018

Tsetse fly numbers dwindle in the warming Zambezi Valley

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2018

Stay or go? Understanding a partial seasonal elephant migration

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Oct 2018

Indonesian fish farmers get early-warning system for lake pollution

M Ambari 25 Sep 2018

As India’s Ganges runs out of water, a potential food shortage looms

Sahana Ghosh 17 Sep 2018

‘Diaper Brigade’ fights a chemical crisis in Java’s rivers

Tommy Apriando 6 Sep 2018

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