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Reef fish are faring fine in eastern Indonesia, study suggests

Julia John 31 Jul 2019

West Nile virus lingers longer in birds exposed to light pollution

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2019

India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Jul 2019

Two ferns presumed extinct found on remote Australian mountaintops

Mongabay.com 26 Jul 2019

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

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 25 Jul 2019

Simba’s future depends on putting communities at the forefront of lion conservation (commentary)

Fred Nelson, John Kamanga 25 Jul 2019

Where did the birds go?: Q&A with river tern researcher Bosco Chan

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Jul 2019

Small-scale farming is a big threat to biodiversity in the western Amazon: Study

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2019

New roads in Papua New Guinea may cause ‘quantum leap’ in forest loss

John Cannon 24 Jul 2019
Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Building a global inventory of plants: Q&A with botanist Patrick Weigelt

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jul 2019

Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare as once thought

Nina Finley 23 Jul 2019

When it comes to captive breeding, not all Sumatran rhinos are equal

Jeremy Hance 23 Jul 2019

Making room for wild foods in forest conservation

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2019

Newly described pocket shark likely glows in the dark

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2019

Cocoa and gunshots: The struggle to save a threatened forest in Nigeria

Orji Sunday 19 Jul 2019

Conservation tech prize with invasive species focus announces finalists

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 19 Jul 2019

The ambitious plan to recover and rewild the feisty, dwarf cow

Jeremy Hance 19 Jul 2019

Congo government opens Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to oil exploration

John Cannon 18 Jul 2019

Indonesian officials foil attempt to smuggle hornbill casques to Hong Kong

Basten Gokkon 18 Jul 2019

Information is key – but lacking for sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean (commentary)

Dave van Beuningen, Rhett Bennett 18 Jul 2019

From over 100,000 species assessments in IUCN update, zero improvements

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2019

The frog and the university: Meet the niche new species from Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jul 2019
A small coral appears on a reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean, threats to coral ecosystems include climate change, storms, pollution, tourism, and fishing. Image courtesy of NOAA’s National Ocean Service via Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Virgin Islands bans coral-damaging sunscreens

Heather Gies 17 Jul 2019

Orangutan habitats being cleared in areas near palm oil mills, report finds

Loren Bell 17 Jul 2019

Newly described tree species from Tanzania is likely endangered

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2019

Agriculture, mining, hunting push critically endangered gorillas to the brink

Rachel Fritts 16 Jul 2019

Thousands of sharks and rays are likely entangled in plastic polluting Earth’s oceans

Mongabay.com 16 Jul 2019
Fishers on an artificial reef in Jiquilisco Bay. Image by Max Radwin for Mongabay.

Bringing back the fish: Q&A with a repentant blast fisherman

Maxwell Radwin 15 Jul 2019
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema), a species threatened by the Madagascar rosewood trade. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Study finds lemurs in degraded Madagascar forest skinny and stunted

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jul 2019

Study examines how the Atlantic surfclam is successfully adapting to climate change

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2019

More than 10,000 animals and plants seized in massive global operation

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2019

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

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 12 Jul 2019

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