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Heat-sensing drone cameras spy threats to sea turtle nests

Reducing beef’s carbon footprint is key to achieving net-zero in Latin America and the Caribbean, new paper shows

More droughts are coming, and the Amazon can’t keep up: Study

Eight new-to-science geckos described from biodiversity haven Madagascar

Protecting global forests with a limited budget? New study shows where and when to start

We’ve crossed the land use change planetary boundary, but solutions await

Between six ferns: New tropical fern species described by science

Miners, drug traffickers and loggers: Is Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park on the verge of collapse?

Draining tropical peatlands for oil palms isn’t just bad — it’s unnecessary, study shows

New report pieces together toll of environmental damage in Venezuela in 2021

Of rats and bats: Hundreds of mammal species still unidentified, study says

‘Giving up’: Amazon is losing its resilience under human pressure, study shows

Pandemic hit the pause button on the discoveries of new species

As animals vanish, the plants they spread can’t keep pace with climate change

In Panama, a tiny rainfrog named after Greta Thunberg endures

Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2021

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company

New study helps cattle ranchers monitor ecological impact on U.S. rangelands

Study chronicles dying of a lake in PNG with advent of oil & gas activities

From Shanghai Knights to gecko life: The Jackie Chan gecko among 12 new Indian species

Oil spills plague Venezuelan coast, but cleanup efforts are lacking: Report

New study identifies regions of greatest conservation potential for species, water quality, carbon

Build around the forest, not through it, study says of Sumatra trucking road

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

Soil and its promise as a climate solution: A primer

Rare pygmy chameleon, lost to science, found in dwindling Malawi forest

Protected areas keep adjacent lands safe, but face losing their own protection

Brazil’s Amazon is now a carbon source, unprecedented study reveals

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but EVs could render both moot

Environmental benefits or social — but rarely both — under RSPO, study finds

Rocky Mountains are burning more now than ever, and it could get worse

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