Mariano Cenamo, advocate for a sustainable Amazon bioeconomy, has died, aged 46
Aug 9, 2026, 8:02 pm By
For people trying to protect the Amazon, one problem has persisted for decades. A hectare of intact…‘This is what’s working’: Indigenous leaders on environment solutions in their communities
Aug 9, 2026, 12:00 am By
Eriberto throws his head back with a laugh and shakes it as he tills his plot of land in the…Amazon deforestation alerts fall to lowest level since 2013, Brazilian data show
Aug 8, 2026, 8:08 pm By
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in 13 years, according to new…How Sri Lanka’s heirloom rice can preserve Indigenous farming and help manage disease
Aug 8, 2026, 5:47 am By
WASGAMUWA, Sri Lanka – Prior to the 1940s and the Green Revolution, Sri Lankan paddy farmers…From small cats to pangolins: Detection dogs help track elusive species
Aug 8, 2026, 4:30 am By
In the grassy dwarf shrublands of South Africa’s Karoo, Michelle Marie Schroeder is looking for a…Suriname moves to evict Mennonites and illegal Amazon settlers
Aug 7, 2026, 7:52 pm By
The government in Suriname has started toughening up on land developers who illegally clear the…Decades after bottom trawling, Chilean seamounts remain degraded
Aug 7, 2026, 1:07 pm By
The scars of bottom trawling are still visible on seamounts in Chile’s Juan Fernández…Sacred places & living lands: How Indigenous Sámi peoples steward biodiversity (analysis)
Aug 7, 2026, 1:00 pm By
Modern conservation is often traced to the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. in…As Canada’s captive belugas arrive in the US, questions linger about their future
Aug 7, 2026, 12:16 pm By
Thirteen beluga whales, part of a pod of about 30 that were left languishing in a shuttered Canadian…A banana byproduct transforms farm waste into profits in Bangladesh
Aug 7, 2026, 10:38 am By
Bananas make up 20% of all fruit crops grown in Bangladesh, and the country has begun to unlock the…Thermal drones deployed in Kenya’s Amboseli Park to tackle human-elephant conflict
Aug 7, 2026, 8:47 am By
Dominic Mutua, a smallholder farmer from Inkoisuk village some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from…Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify
Aug 7, 2026, 6:41 am By
JAKARTA — A wildfire that reached the edge of an orangutan rehabilitation center in western Borneo…Protecting primates could protect thousands of other species, study finds
Aug 7, 2026, 12:54 am By
As biodiversity on Earth faces rapid decline, scientists are advocating for a new conservation…How Mennonites in Belize built a land-buying machine taking over forests
Aug 6, 2026, 10:59 pm By
Over the past two decades, Belize lost around 20% of its forest cover — more than 350,000 hectares…Tree cover is not the same as ecological recovery
Aug 6, 2026, 10:28 pm By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…On the front lines of conservation in Sumatra: Rangers safeguard Batutegi forest
Aug 6, 2026, 10:21 pm By
TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked…How social media and parrotfish poop are protecting the Maldives
Aug 6, 2026, 7:17 pm By
It started six years ago when Shaha Hashim began seeing posts across social media: Vulnerable and…From radar blobs to bird species, AI helps transform migration tracking
Aug 6, 2026, 12:56 pm By
How can we identify specific bird species as they undertake their annual migrations? In the U.S.,…Some free-roaming cats in New York City are parasite “super-shedders,” study shows
Aug 6, 2026, 12:33 pm By
If you’ve ever strolled through New York City and felt like there were a lot of cats strutting the…Nepal zoo bird flu outbreak raises alarm for national parks
Aug 6, 2026, 12:04 pm By
KATHMANDU — In the village of Pithauli, on the edge of Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, a safe…
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