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Drones are a knife in the gunfight against poaching. But they’re leveling up

Caitlin Looby 18 Oct 2021

To spot wild-caught birds in pet trade, researchers zoom into isotopic detail

Jansen Baier 13 Oct 2021

To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 13 Oct 2021

Empowering Indigenous youths with tradition and tech: Q&A with Dawn Martin-Hill

Caitlin Looby 8 Oct 2021

Tracking white-bellied pangolins in Nigeria, the new global trafficking hub

Gianluca Cerullo 7 Oct 2021

What the Mauritius kestrel can teach us about wildlife reintroductions

Marlowe Starling 20 Sep 2021

Creation of three new northern white rhinos embryos may indicate hope for other rhino species

Ashley Stumvoll 16 Sep 2021

Mycoremediation brings the fungi to waste disposal and ecosystem restoration

Carly Nairn 15 Sep 2021
red panda

Myanmar’s snowcapped north is a haven for large mammals, new study finds

Carolyn Cowan 13 Sep 2021

New research hopes to shine a light on wedgefish, the ‘pangolin of the ocean’

Caroline Chebet 7 Sep 2021

Sri Lanka tagging program traces little-known paths of migratory birds

Malaka Rodrigo 6 Sep 2021

Find my elephant: The conservation apps revolutionizing how rangers work

Aimee Gabay 30 Aug 2021

End of deforestation tracker for Brazil’s Cerrado an ‘incalculable loss’

Fernanda Wenzel 19 Aug 2021

Swarm technology: Researchers experiment with drones to battle crop pests

Ashley Stumvoll 13 Aug 2021

New artificial intelligence tool helps forecast Amazon deforestation

Juliana Ennes 9 Aug 2021
Bornean gibbon

In the Borneo canopy, life thrives in surprising ways, camera-trap study shows

Carolyn Cowan 4 Aug 2021

Sharing solutions: How a digital toolkit is strengthening Indigenous voices

Caitlin Looby 2 Aug 2021
Grey-cheeked mangabey

Arboreal camera traps add ‘tons of value’ to forest canopy research

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jul 2021
Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler / mongabay

New index measuring rainforest vulnerability to sound alarm on tipping points

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 28 Jul 2021

Global restoration now has an online meeting point

Liz Kimbrough 23 Jul 2021
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Betting big on bioacoustics: Q&A with philanthropist Lisa Yang

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jul 2021
Grizzly bear

For monitoring mammals, eDNA boasts ‘killer feature’ over other methods

Carolyn Cowan 21 Jul 2021

Scientists turn to eDNA to curtail the freshwater extinction crisis

Caitlin Looby 16 Jul 2021

Armed with data and smartphones, Amazon communities boost fight against deforestation

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 12 Jul 2021

Sri Lanka seeks peace with pachyderms as human-elephant conflicts escalate

Malaka Rodrigo 10 Jul 2021
Blackwater lake, rainforest, and the whitewater Zacambu River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

The conservation gains we’ve made are still fragile, says Aileen Lee of the Moore Foundation

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jul 2021
Giant muntjac

Cambodia’s first giant muntjac sighting highlights key mountain habitat

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jun 2021

Camera trap pics of rare species in Vietnam raise conservation hopes

Michael Tatarski 24 Jun 2021

$10 million XPRIZE Rainforest contest announces 33 qualifying teams

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 22 Jun 2021
Topher White of Rainforest Connection installing a bioacoustic device in the forest canopy. Image by Ben Von Wong.

Big bioacoustics boost: Cornell University program receives $24 million donation

Erik Hoffner 10 Jun 2021
Satellite image of oil palm, agriculture, and forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image credit: Maxar Technologies.

Chocolate giant funds high resolution carbon map to protect forests

Aurora Solá 1 Jun 2021

Exposing organized crime in the Amazon: Q&A with Robert Muggah of the Igarapé Institute

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2021

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