Death of last female Yangtze softshell turtle signals end for ‘god’ turtle
May 9, 2023, 8:23 pm BySometimes, our current mass extinction crisis can be represented by the loss of a single individual.…‘It gives life’: Philippine tribe fights to save a sacred river from a dam
May 9, 2023, 7:10 pm ByDARAITAN, Philippines — Members of the Indigenous Dumagat-Remontado, young and old alike, stood…As Exxon bows out, industry takes step toward sustainable algae biofuels
May 9, 2023, 6:54 pm ByThe algae biofuel industry has seen some ups and downs in 2023, with one major corporate player…Spamming streams with hatchery salmon can disrupt ecosystems, study finds
May 9, 2023, 6:24 pm ByEvery year, 22 million sockeye salmon begin life some 420 kilometers, or about 260 miles, inland…Social media can be a bat’s best friend (commentary)
May 9, 2023, 5:41 pm ByBats save countries like the United States billions of dollars in pest control every year. They keep…EU deforestation tracking regulation sparks division among groups, producers
May 9, 2023, 3:40 pm ByJAKARTA — As the European Union is set to adopt a landmark regulation that prohibits companies…Indigenous groups voice support for REDD+, despite flaws
May 9, 2023, 2:46 pm ByA group of Indigenous-led organizations released a letter May 9 supporting forest protection efforts…‘Chasing giants’: Q&A with megafish biologist and author Zeb Hogan
May 9, 2023, 12:58 pm ByIn 2005, fishers in northern Thailand captured a Mekong giant catfish of gargantuan proportions.…The Mexican family who gave up fishing to monitor and rescue sea turtles
May 9, 2023, 10:56 am ByBAHÍA DE KINO, Mexico — For several years, Cosme Becerra was tasked with sacrificing a sea turtle…A Guatemalan town fights to bar gold mining and save its waters
May 9, 2023, 6:58 am ByIn 1997, people in Asunción Mita, a municipality in eastern Guatemala, weren’t really thinking…Logging permit threatens Quilombola bioeconomic ‘paradise’ in the Amazon
May 8, 2023, 8:42 pm BySituated in one of the world’s largest blocks of protected rainforest, the remaining Quilombola…After Sri Lanka, Nepal debates exporting its ‘problematic’ monkeys
May 8, 2023, 3:41 pm ByKATHMANDU — As the crowing of a rooster signals the break of dawn in Taplejung in eastern Nepal,…Colombian farmers turn deforested land into sustainable Amazonian farms
May 8, 2023, 11:02 am ByThe town of San José del Fragua is just over an hour’s drive from Florencia, the capital of the…New study reveals fine detail on location and scale of mining sites worldwide
May 8, 2023, 8:43 am ByWe live at the center of a spiderweb of global mining supply chains. The vehicle that took you to…In Sumatra, potato appetite bites into a UNESCO-listed tiger haven
May 8, 2023, 2:32 am ByJAMBI, Indonesia — The lunchtime rush is well underway as customers file into a lively…Even in recycling, microplastics remain a persistent polluter, study shows
May 5, 2023, 7:56 pm ByNew research suggests that plastic recycling facilities could be releasing wastewater packed with…One elephant a day: Sri Lanka wildlife conflict deepens as death toll rises
May 5, 2023, 3:35 pm ByCOLOMBO — On average one elephant has died each day in Sri Lanka in the first three months of…Latin America had the most attacks on environmental defenders in 2022, says report
May 5, 2023, 3:07 pm ByThe human rights organization Front Line Defenders has published its Global Analysis 2022, a report…Snares don’t discriminate: A problem for wild cats, both big and small
May 5, 2023, 3:00 pm ByIn 2019, researchers declared the Indochinese tiger extinct in Laos as widespread snaring in Nam…Mongabay’s What-to-Watch list for May 2023
May 5, 2023, 12:10 pm ByIn April, Mongabay released videos covering the Indigenous action in conservation in Brazil and the…
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