Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado
Wed 11:36pm By
When a 2018 fire burned across 73,000 hectares (180,000 acres) of the Santana Indigenous Territory,…Chimpanzees and gorillas among most traded African primates, report finds
Wed 7:39pm By
Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries,…North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms
Wed 6:24pm By
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year…Indonesia’s illegal gold boom leaves a toxic legacy of mercury pollution
Wed 11:10am By
MERANGIN, Indonesia — There wasn’t much Aris Adrianto felt he could do when the gold miners’…Indonesia launches sweeping environmental audits after Sumatra flood disaster
Wed 10:50am By
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based…An inventory of life in California
Tue 11:50pm By
Why Mongabay is reporting on California’s biodiversity Mongabay’s coverage of biodiversity…Plastic pollution requires urgent action, says author Judith Enck
Tue 9:09pm By
Judith Enck is a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,…An endangered menu (cartoon)
Tue 6:03pm By
Amidst the ongoing battle for survival against logging and hunting, Madagascar’s lemurs face a new…Urban sprawl and illegal mining reshape a fragile Amazon frontier
Tue 5:15pm By
MITÚ, Colombia — Beneath the rising sun, people from nearby Indigenous communities navigate…EUDR antideforestation law officially delayed for second year in a row
Tue 11:12am By
The European Union’s antideforestation law, known as EUDR, has officially been delayed for a…After Cyclone Senyar, Indonesia probes whether development amplified scale of disaster
Tue 10:53am By
JAKARTA — Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru…7 hopeful wildlife sightings that researchers celebrated in 2025
Tue 9:51am By
Once in a while, an animal shows up where it’s least expected, including places from where it was…Amazon entrepreneur spreads seeds of growth with recycled paper
Tue 7:00am By
Alessandra Moreira worked as an administrative assistant in Altamira, an oversized municipality in…Cultural changes shift an Indigenous community’s relationship with the Amazon forest
Mon 6:14pm By
VAUPÉS, COLOMBIA – As a baby, Elisa Fernández Sánchez’ mother would place her into the bow of…Massive Amazon conservation program pledges to put communities first
Mon 5:05pm By
In the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon, locals tap rubber and extract Brazil…Azores must respect its exceptional network of marine protected areas (commentary)
Mon 5:01pm By
At the end of 2024, the Azores stood as a beacon of hope and a global leader in ocean conservation,…Poaching down but threats remain for forest elephants, recent population assessment finds
Mon 3:06pm By
More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent…Carving up the Cardamoms
Mon 1:02pm By
The Cardamom Mountains sprawl across southwestern Cambodia and are among the best-preserved…The climate fight may not be won in the Amazon, but it can be lost there
Mon 10:48am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Snowy owl, striped hyena, sharks among migratory species proposed for greater protections
Mon 9:16am By
Countries under the international treaty to protect migratory animals have proposed increasing…
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