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In Borneo, dwindling forests face further fragmentation as roads spread

Basten Gokkon 22 Jan 2019

A ‘FitBit for squid’ could help track the ocean’s squishier species

Marianne Messina 21 Jan 2019

Tanzania creates new reserve to protect rare colobus monkeys and trees

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jan 2019

Solomon Islands province bans logging in bid to protect environment

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2019
Rainforest at Tampolo on the Masoala Peninsula. The peninsula has been heavily logged for rosewood in the wake of the 2009 coup d’etat that brought Andry Rajaolina to power in Madagascar for the first time. He was elected to the presidency in December and will take office Jan 19. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar’s next president to take office, bears suspect eco record

Edward Carver 18 Jan 2019

A sociological approach to global biodiversity loss (commentary)

Jordan Fox Besek 18 Jan 2019

Why are more female than male Magellanic penguins stranded in South America every year?

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2019

Coffee in trouble: 60% of wild coffee species threatened with extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jan 2019

Cellphones are still endangering gorillas, but recycling old ones can help

Tina Deines 17 Jan 2019

How wasps saved Asia’s forests (commentary)

Douglas Sheil, Anne Johnson, Louis Reymondin, Alice C. Hughes 16 Jan 2019

Camera traps find rich community of carnivores on Apostle Islands

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Jan 2019

The case for forests’ prominent role in holding off climate change

John Cannon 16 Jan 2019

Asiatic black bear cubs rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2019

‘Ecosystem guardians’ remain passionate despite dicey conditions

Nora Ward 15 Jan 2019

China busts major ivory trafficking gang following EIA investigation

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jan 2019

For orangutans affected by El Niño, change unfolds over time

Jim Tan 15 Jan 2019

Bringing the tapir back to Borneo

Jeremy Hance 14 Jan 2019
Capybaras, Colombia. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay

Latam Eco Review: Resistance, hope and camera traps

Mongabay.com 11 Jan 2019
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Studying human behavior to protect orangutans: Q&A with Liana Chua

James Fair 11 Jan 2019

In Malta, legal loopholes give poachers cover to hunt migratory birds

Jason J. Gregg 11 Jan 2019

Termites help to protect tropical forests during drought, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Jan 2019

Drones with thermal cameras help detect camouflaged species

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 10 Jan 2019
Saravanan points to a large salt pan, part of Ennore Creek in the city of Chennai. The nearby port’s plan to convert the area into industrial real estate sparked protests among fishing communities in 2016. Image by Mahima Jain.

Protecting India’s fishing villages: Q&A with ‘maptivist’ Saravanan

Mahima Jain 10 Jan 2019

Rapid population drop weakened the Grauer’s gorilla gene pool

John Cannon 10 Jan 2019

Why are fewer monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico?

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2019

Community-based conservation offers hope for Amazon’s giant South American turtle

Jenny Gonzales 9 Jan 2019

Start them young: Uganda targets children for conservation awareness

Nangayi Guyson 9 Jan 2019

George, the last known Hawaiian snail of his kind, dies at 14

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2019

Rhett Butler on how sound can save forests and top rainforest storylines to watch in 2019

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jan 2019

Flashing lights ward off livestock-hunting pumas in northern Chile

John Cannon 7 Jan 2019

New species of tree frog from Ecuador has a mysterious claw

Mongabay.com 7 Jan 2019

Indonesia confiscated some 200 pet cockatoos. What happened to them?

Nadine Freischlad 4 Jan 2019

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