With nocturnal surveys and awareness building, Sri Lanka steps up to protect its owls
Aug 11, 2025, 2:30 pm By
COLOMBO — As darkness settled over Colombo on Aug. 3, a small group of young men, led by a zoology…Torrential rains in southern Japan cause flooding & mudslides, several people missing
Aug 11, 2025, 8:50 am By
TOKYO (AP) — Downpours on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides…The man fighting to keep vultures and planes safe from each other in Nepal’s Pokhara
Aug 11, 2025, 4:29 am By
The new international airport in Nepal’s tourism capital of Pokhara lies close to prime vulture…The case for hope in environmental journalism
Aug 11, 2025, 4:22 am By
I often return to this image, which I took in 2022 in Jambi, Indonesia. At first glance, it seems to…Participants in the negotiations on plastic pollution are determined to finalize a treaty
Aug 11, 2025, 3:07 am By
GENEVA — Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are…Wolves’ continued spread in California brings joy, controversy & conflicts
Aug 11, 2025, 1:11 am By
With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis…As Africa pays the price for rich world’s fast fashion fix, new French bill targets brands
2:35am By
NAIROBI — Mountains of waste stretch as far as the eye can see, smoking in places, giving off an…Indigenous alliance unveils Brazil’s first Native-led emissions strategy
Fri 8:05pm By
Brazil’s largest Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to…World lion day: Why is the king of the savanna declining?
Fri 2:00pm By
The lion, with its majestic mane and the loudest growl of all the big cats, is today a vulnerable…How a gecko species defied extinction on a Galápagos island
Fri 1:04pm By
On Rábida Island in the Galápagos, where red-tinged beaches meet ancient lava formations,…Sri Lanka plans restoring revoked protection for an important mangrove patch in the island’s North
Fri 10:59am By
Mannar, SRI LANKA — The Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve, nestled along Sri Lanka’s northwestern…What we can learn from the Nuer people and their sacred birds
Fri 10:50am By
For the pastoralist Nuer people who migrate with the seasons between western Ethiopia’s Gambella…Scientists identify the bacterium behind billions of sea star deaths
Fri 5:09am By
More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the…High temperatures threaten to reignite blaze after France’s largest wildfire in decades
Fri 5:06am By
VILLEROUGE LA CREMADE, France (AP) — Firefighters and local authorities remained on high alert…Rex Mann, American chestnut evangelist, died July 2, aged 81
Fri 4:58am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Who is clearing Indonesia’s forests — and why?
Fri 12:50am By
JAKARTA — While most tropical countries experienced record-high deforestation rates in 2024,…Displaced and dispossessed, Cambodia’s ethnic Cham fishers struggle to survive
Aug 7, 2025, 4:28 pm By
PHNOM PENH — Mao Man, a 65-year-old ethnic Cham fisher in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh,…Formalizing small-scale gold mining can reduce environmental impacts & crime (commentary)
Aug 7, 2025, 3:49 pm By
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs more than 15 million people globally and generates a…How urban greening is helping Singapore bounce back from widespread forest loss
Aug 7, 2025, 3:44 pm By
Singapore, the smallest country in Southeast Asia, lost most of its original forest cover in the…Revealed: Brazilian state buys endangered angelsharks for school lunches
Aug 7, 2025, 2:44 pm By
Endangered angelsharks have been served to schoolchildren in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do…
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