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Saving sea turtles in the ‘Anthropause’: Successes and challenges on the beach

Elizabeth Fitt 15 Sep 2021

Fashions to die for: The fur trade’s role in spreading zoonotic disease

Jenny Gonzales 15 Sep 2021

Study fails to find link between increased deforestation and COVID lockdowns

James Fair 14 Sep 2021

Plant-based face masks? This young Philippine inventor has you covered

Ethan Kisses Guevarra 6 Sep 2021

Conservation after coronavirus: We need to diversify and innovate (commentary)

Jonathan Ayers, Frederic Launay 2 Sep 2021
In Hebei province, smoke billows from chimneys from the steel plants in 2014. Photo © Lu Guang / Greenpeace

There is no climate solution without China and America, says Li Shuo

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2021

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

Jansen Baier 1 Sep 2021

Captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos: Where the program stands today

Mongabay 31 Aug 2021

L.A.-sized tract of primary forest went up in flames in DRC province in 2020

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Aug 2021

Not just for humans — scientists turn to vaccines to save endangered species

Gloria Dickie 20 Aug 2021

In Brazil’s Acre, smoke from fires threatens health, could worsen COVID-19

Liz Kimbrough 18 Aug 2021

On World Elephant Day (and every day) humans should stay away from wildlife (commentary)

Shermin de Silva 11 Aug 2021

Black Death aside, we know surprisingly little about rodents and disease

Liz Kimbrough 9 Aug 2021

New study finds that minority of animals host majority of zoonotic viruses

Michael Tatarski 5 Aug 2021

Lack of ID cards bars Indigenous Indonesians from much-needed vaccines

Elviza Diana, Sapariah Saturi, Yitno Suprapto 4 Aug 2021

Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn

Sharon Guynup 3 Aug 2021

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jul 2021

For Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan, vaccine doubt is part of historic govt distrust

Rachel Donald 15 Jul 2021

Global demand for manganese puts Kayapó Indigenous land under pressure

Naira Hofmeister, Pedro Papini 14 Jul 2021

Indigenous communities in Brazil reinvent grief in the time of COVID

Maurício Angelo 12 Jul 2021

Without room to expand, mountain gorillas’ population growth could backfire

Ini Ekott 29 Jun 2021
Wild dog. Photo credit: Niassa Carnivore Project NO RE-USE PERMITTED

Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation: Q&A with Colleen Begg

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jun 2021

Sri Lanka zoo lion contracts COVID-19 as reports of animal infections rise

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Jun 2021

Brazil continues to lose an entire generation of Indigenous leaders to COVID-19

Jennifer Ann Thomas 25 Jun 2021
Cambodia activist Sun Ratha

Rights groups demand end to Cambodia’s persecution of green activists

Carolyn Cowan 23 Jun 2021

Amazon dams: No clean water, fish dying, then the pandemic came

Tiffany Higgins 23 Jun 2021
Proboscis monkeys in Malaysian Borneo. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Scientists call for solving climate and biodiversity crises together

John Cannon 14 Jun 2021

Brazil’s Uru-eu-wau-wau document COVID-19 victory with new video

Alejandro Smith 10 Jun 2021

For Africa’s great apes, a post-pandemic future looks beyond tourism

Heather Richardson 9 Jun 2021
Brett Jenks visits with Mabi, the clown fish mascot of a community Pride campaign in the Philippines in 2011. Photo credit: Rare

‘Inspiring behavior change so people and nature thrive’: Q&A with Rare’s Brett Jenks

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Jun 2021

Wildlife trafficking, like everything else, has gone online during COVID-19

Imelda Abano, Leilani Chavez 1 Jun 2021

Oil palm plantations a ‘threat to global health,’ says study on outbreaks

Mongabay.com 28 May 2021

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