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2,000 species at high risk of extinction from natural disasters, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jul 2025
Sifting coffee beans in Porciuncula, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

‘Insignificant risk’ EUDR proposal threatens fight against deforestation, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jul 2025
The Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Ecuador’s new protected areas law sparks debate over security, development

Maxwell Radwin 23 Jul 2025

Suspicions surround international legal trade in Galápagos iguanas

Spoorthy Raman 10 Jul 2025
Tropical forests in places like Costa Rica (pictured) can be an important source of livelihoods by attracting nature-oriented tourists. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Nearly half of tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinction

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jul 2025
Drought in Bangladesh.

Droughts are a ‘slow-moving global catastrophe,’ report finds

Liz Kimbrough 7 Jul 2025
brown spider monkey Colombia

Forest corridors protect Colombia’s critically endangered brown spider monkey

Sean Mowbray 2 Jul 2025

Private financing for Argentina’s lithium is anything but green, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 1 Jul 2025
A family of mountain gorillas resting together, in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Resting in physical contact is an indicator of close social relationships and tolerance in gorillas. Image credit: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Friendship benefits male and female mountain gorillas differently, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jun 2025

Nicaragua government tied to illegal land invasions in wildlife refuge, documents suggest

Maxwell Radwin 26 Jun 2025

Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom

Maxwell Radwin 24 Jun 2025
bird Colombia

In Colombia, bird-watching brings tourism and a love for conservation

Charlie Cordero 23 Jun 2025

In the Brazilian Amazon, sustainability policies clash with development goals

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Jun 2025
El Rincon frog

On a Patagonian plateau, a microendemic frog makes a hopeful comeback

Mark Hillsdon 20 Jun 2025
jaguar

Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort

Sarah Brown 11 Jun 2025
Woman standing next to a tree.

Making nature a healing place: Interview with Colombia’s Enilda Jiménez

Manuel Fonseca 10 Jun 2025
hydroelectric dam

Revived hydropower project to bring forced displacement, Peru communities warn

Aimee Gabay 6 Jun 2025

US pioneers restoration of deep water corals damaged by country’s worst oil spill

Liz Kimbrough 30 May 2025

What’s at stake for the environment in Suriname’s upcoming elections?

Maxwell Radwin 23 May 2025

Without vultures, carcasses are slow to rot and disease-carrying flies abound

Liz Kimbrough 22 May 2025

German supermarket palm oil linked to Indigenous rights abuses in Guatemala

Maxwell Radwin 19 May 2025

Rectifying the damage: environmental fines in the Brazilian Amazon

Timothy J. Killeen 14 May 2025

Warming climate is already too hot to handle for 2% of amphibians, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 8 May 2025
An aerial view of mining operations run by KP Cement, Vantage Mining and others inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in October 2023. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Cement factory approved inside Cambodia’s Prey Lang sanctuary despite mining ban

Gerald Flynn 28 Apr 2025

Building environmental laws across Amazon countries

Timothy J. Killeen 23 Apr 2025
Long-tailed macaques being held at Sookvannaseng Integrated's breeding farm in Bolikhamsai province, Laos. Image supplied by source.

Data discrepancies suggest Laos monkey smuggling persists, despite trade ban

Gerald Flynn 23 Apr 2025

Mexican government looks to correct Tren Maya environmental damages

Maxwell Radwin 22 Apr 2025
An endangered long-tailed macaque peeks out from a cage having been exported from Vietnam to Europe. Image supplied by Animal Rights BE.

Report alleges criminality in Cambodian, Vietnamese monkey trade

Gerald Flynn 21 Apr 2025
A flamingo in Salar de Uyuni, southwestern Bolivia.

Bolivian communities push back against foreign-backed lithium projects

Carla Ruas 17 Apr 2025
protests Mexico

Sheinbaum’s energy agenda under fire as Mexican activists slam LNG megaproject

Joshua Collins and Daniela Díaz 15 Apr 2025
Susana Muhamad interacts with an Indigenous representative.

Colombia’s green transition should be inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, former environment minister

Mie Hoejris Dahl 8 Apr 2025

Despite improvements, governance in the Pan Amazon falls short

Timothy J. Killeen 3 Apr 2025

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