Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback
Jan 15, 2026, 1:44 pm By
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has scrapped a plan to retire a major coal-fired power plant,…Doug McConnell, interpreter of Northern California, has died, aged 80
Jan 15, 2026, 1:35 pm By
Doug McConnell spent much of his adult life doing something that sounds simple and is not: he helped…Democratizing AI for conservation: Interview with Ai2’s Ted Schmitt and Patrick Beukema
Jan 15, 2026, 7:29 am By
Environmental data-gathering technology has proliferated in recent years. But how do you derive…Greenland sharks retain functional vision despite extreme longevity
Jan 14, 2026, 3:10 pm By
Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrate known to science, topping out at more than 400…What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers
Jan 14, 2026, 2:54 pm By
Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical…Small hippo, big dreams: Can Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo, save her species?
Jan 14, 2026, 2:15 pm By
Social media loves a charismatic, cute, relatable animal. Personalities like Neil the elephant seal…Indonesia says 4 million hectares of plantation, mining lands reclaimed in crackdown
Jan 14, 2026, 11:43 am By
JAKARTA — Indonesia has reclaimed more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres, about the size…After years of progress, Indonesia risks ‘tragedy’ of a deforestation spike
Jan 14, 2026, 4:27 am By
After years of uneven progress, deforestation in Indonesia is poised to accelerate, owing to…Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction
Jan 14, 2026, 2:18 am By
Since July 2024, three Andean condor chicks have hatched at an artificial incubation program located…Ants need urgent protections from global trade, conservationists say
9:25pm By
As the recent seizure of more than 5,000 endemic ants in Kenya reveals, ants have become part of a…Study tracks fishing boats to see how heat waves affect fish distribution
9:09pm By
Marine heat waves have become longer and more frequent along the U.S. West Coast, as elsewhere in…South Africa’s great white shark population worries researchers
8:43pm By
Great white shark populations in South Africa are disappearing, driven largely by human activities…Formalizing Amazon gold mining can transform a toxic liability into an economic opportunity (analysis)
7:13pm By
The wildcat gold mining boom that swept across the Amazon beginning in the 1970s left behind an…Canceled tourism project still threatens local communities in Tanzania
4:44pm By
Roughly one year ago, the Tanzanian government a multimillion-dollar tourism project funded by the…North Atlantic right whale births increase
12:50pm By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Myanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora, collaborations could help, study says
1:00am By
Myanmar is a country of extremes. From tropical forests, mangroves and wetlands to frost-bitten…Mauritania’s fishmeal fever ends as government tightens regulation
12:09am By
NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania — On a busy weekday, the coastal strip of Bountiya in Nouadhibou,…Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025
Mon 11:24pm By
Over the past year, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., officially named 125…Cowboy boots made from pirarucu leather fund Amazon’s sustainable fishery
Mon 6:26pm By
An inhabitant of the Amazon Basin and one of the world’s largest freshwater fishes, the pirarucu…One year on, TGBS benchmark shows how to restore forests for biodiversity
Mon 4:54pm By
There are around 60,000 known tree species in the world, and they can do amazing things: store…
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