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Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco. Why is deforestation still rising there?

Maxwell Radwin 8 May 2026
Male cock-of-the-rock birds in Peru's Kosñipata valley. Image credit: Rhett A. Butler

Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns

Liz Kimbrough 7 May 2026

Cerrado’s hidden carbon highlights gaps in Brazil’s conservation policy

Daniel Shailer 7 May 2026

World’s largest shark conference is set to begin in Sri Lanka next week

Malaka Rodrigo 1 May 2026

In Guatemala, new AI technology will be ‘listening’ for illegal deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 30 Apr 2026

Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel

Sean Mowbray 30 Apr 2026
monkey in tree

Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region

Anastasia Austin, Douwe den Held 27 Apr 2026
In this Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, cattle graze on land recently burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil. The cattle industry in Brazil is a major driver of destruction of the Amazon rainforest, a fact documented by the World Bank and numerous academic studies. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

EUDR is starting to steer company actions, despite slow progress: Report

Constance Malleret 14 Apr 2026

Colombia’s main river redraws the map of little-known night monkeys

Manuel Fonseca 13 Apr 2026

Venezuela’s new mining law could spell disaster for the Amazon, critics warn

Maxwell Radwin 10 Apr 2026

Chile’s ancient conifers host underground web of life that sustains forests: Study

Sofia Moutinho 9 Apr 2026
Collage of the 24 new Amphipod species identified in Clarion-Clipperton Zone, CC BY, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining

Liz Kimbrough 9 Apr 2026

Mennonites from Belize spark deforestation fears with new settlement plans in Suriname

Maxwell Radwin 8 Apr 2026
The Kapawi River, soon to be the first “solar river” in the Amazon, is a lifeline for more than 1,000 Indigenous peoples and is home to endangered pink river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Image by Andrés Cornejo.

Indigenous governance key to protecting Amazon Basin connectivity, experts say

Constance Malleret 7 Apr 2026

Unwrapping deforestation: Your chocolate Easter bunny may harm the environment

Elisângela Mendonça 3 Apr 2026

Working together, Indigenous peoples & researchers describe new Amazonian palm

Sofia Moutinho 1 Apr 2026

In Laos, ancestral spirits are helping save one of the world’s rarest crocodiles

Liz Kimbrough 25 Mar 2026
A ranger at Upemba National Park.

Upemba National Park staff recount assault that left seven dead

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Mar 2026

Argentina updates national IUCN mammal list with new focus on non-native species

Maxwell Radwin 24 Mar 2026

California condors nesting in Pacific Northwest for first time in a century, on Yurok territory

Liz Kimbrough 20 Mar 2026

New mapping data show where oil blocks threaten Venezuela’s protected areas

Maxwell Radwin 19 Mar 2026
An oil pipeline through Wampis territory in the Amazonas department. Image by Jacob Balzani.

How foreign investor lawsuits stymie environmental protection

Aimee Gabay 19 Mar 2026

Flagship conservation platforms SMART and EarthRanger join forces in new tech partnership

Maxwell Radwin 17 Mar 2026

In Brazil, regenerative farming advances, but deforestation still pressures ecosystems

Mie Hoejris Dahl 17 Mar 2026
An Indochinese tiger. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The Wild League aims to turn sports mascots into conservation champions

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2026

Ecuador’s new ecological corridor connects Andes and Amazon ecosystems

Maxwell Radwin 9 Mar 2026

Colombia’s coffee industry well placed but wary as EU deforestation rule looms

Mie Hoejris Dahl 4 Mar 2026

Climate change is slowing southern right whale birth rate, 33-year study finds

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 2026

Mummified cheetahs found in Saudi caves could shape rewilding plans

Liz Kimbrough 26 Feb 2026

Panama NGOs face lawsuits, asset seizures in fight over port construction

Maxwell Radwin 23 Feb 2026

Argentina considers weakening glacier safeguards in pursuit of critical minerals

Maxwell Radwin 19 Feb 2026

In Ecuador’s Chocó, roads shape the fate of the rainforest

Maxwell Radwin 18 Feb 2026

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