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In export- and domestic-driven coal boon, Indonesia neglects renewables

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 May 2018

There may be hope for the extremely rare ‘sneezing monkey,’ report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 29 May 2018

Researchers propose framework for designing PES programs that better deliver socioeconomic benefits

Mike Gaworecki 24 May 2018

Chinese giant salamander is at least five species — all nearly extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 24 May 2018
African elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Will China’s new ban on the ivory trade help or hurt? (Commentary)

Karl Ammann 16 May 2018

Report unmasks indiscriminate killer of elephants: poaching not for ivory, but for skin

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2018

A boon for birds: Once overlooked, China’s mudflats gain protections

Benjamin Graham 11 May 2018

Pangolins on the brink as Africa-China trafficking persists unabated

Sharon Guynup 8 May 2018

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost?

Giovanni Ortolani 24 Apr 2018

Range countries to lead new estimate of global snow leopard population as downgraded threat status remains controversial

Mike Gaworecki 26 Mar 2018

New report highlights top 50 tortoises and turtles on brink of extinction

Mongabay.com 22 Mar 2018

Small hydropower a big global issue overlooked by science and policy

Claire Salisbury 13 Mar 2018

In blood-sucking leeches, scientists find a genetic snapshot of local wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Mar 2018

Carbon credit prices too low to protect forests from rubber, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Mar 2018

Only 12 vaquita porpoises remain, watchdog group reports

Mongabay.com 8 Mar 2018

How Tibetan Buddhism and conservation efforts helped Eurasian otters thrive in a city of 200,000 people (commentary)

Yifan (Flora) He 7 Mar 2018

New maps reveal industrial fishing in over half of world’s oceans

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2018

Illegal ‘white gold,’ South Africa’s abalone, pouring into Hong Kong: TRAFFIC

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2018

A tale of two otters: settling in Singapore, suffering in China

Joshua Parfitt 7 Feb 2018

Hong Kong votes to ban ivory trade by 2021

Mongabay.com 1 Feb 2018

Fang trafficking to China is putting Bolivia’s jaguars in jeopardy

Roberto Navia 26 Jan 2018

Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Jan 2018

Rhino horn seizure taps into Southeast Asian trafficking ring

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2018
A Kenyan ranger guards poached elephant tusks in preparation for the destruction of 105 tons of ivory and a ton of rhino horn in April. Photo by Mwangi Kirubi via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Ivory trade in China is now banned

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2018
An underwater view of the reef at Layang Layang Atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse

David Brown 21 Dec 2017

Land reclamation threatens extremely rare spoon-billed sandpipers in China

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Dec 2017
Hippos have large curved canine teeth and a pair of huge incisors in the lower jaw. Credit: Peripitus via Creative Commons (CC- BY-SA-3.0)

The curious case of the phantom hippo teeth

Laura G. Shields 4 Dec 2017
A car of seized rosewood close to Yu Pu check point. The driver have heard rumors have an active check point so left the car at a nearby restaurant and disappeared before the officers arrived. Photo by Ann Wang for Mongabay.

Checkpoint China: The shadowy world of timber smuggling

Ann Wang 31 Oct 2017
A​ ​temple​ ​at​ ​night​ ​in​ ​the​ ​town​ ​of​ ​Bhamo,​ ​a​n area​ ​greatly​ ​influenced​ ​by​ ​its​ ​proximity​ ​to​ ​the Chinese​ ​border. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

The wily ways of a Myanmar-China border town

Emmanuel Freudenthal 30 Oct 2017
A boat travels in a tributary to the Irrawaddy River near Katha, northern Myanmar. Along this tributary, charcoal is produced by villages and sold to traders that eventually bring it to China, where it is used in factories that make silicon metal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

The charcoal hunters

Emmanuel Freudenthal, Nathan Siegel 27 Oct 2017
A local cools charcoal at a kiln near Katha, Myanmar. This kiln takes seven days to produce 130 bags of charcoal. Myo Htun, who owns the charcoal, will sell each bag for $0.90 to traders in Bhamo, who will then transport it to China. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Burning down the house: Myanmar’s destructive charcoal trade

Emmanuel Freudenthal 26 Oct 2017

Saving the ‘Star Wars gibbon’: Q&A with primatologist Carolyn Thompson

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Oct 2017

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