Extinct sea cow’s underwater engineering legacy lives on today, study finds
Tue 6:23pm ByOn a Russian-led expedition in the northern Pacific Ocean in the 1740s, German botanist Georg…Coffee capsules: Brewing up an (in)convenient storm of waste
Tue 5:56pm ByIn 2015, an anonymous user posted a video on YouTube titled “Kill the K-cup.” In shaky footage,…Brazil’s Pantanal is at risk of collapse, scientists say
Tue 4:09pm ByPANTANAL, Brazil — We cruised the murky brown shallows of the Corixo Negro, the Black Channel, in…Better livestock health reduces carbon emissions (commentary)
Tue 3:53pm ByAmong the ambitious commitments made at COP27 were plans for a methane monitoring satellite system…Video: Stolen Quilombola cemeteries in the Amazon, and the probe that revealed it all
Tue 2:33pm ByALTO ACARÁ, Brazil — In November 2021, I went to Pará state, in the Brazilian Amazon, to…Nations adopt Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Tue 1:00pm ByCOP15, MONTREAL, Canada — After marathon negotiations and a clutch of protests (including a…To cut emissions from cattle ranching, beef up the soil, study says
Tue 9:00am ByFlying this November into a remote region of the Orinoquía savanna in Vichada, Colombia,…Global study reveals widespread salt marsh decline
Dec 19, 2022, 7:43 pm ByAn area of salt marsh twice the size of Singapore has disappeared since the turn of the century,…Mongabay’s Conservation Potential series investigates: where do we need to protect biodiversity?
Dec 19, 2022, 3:01 pm ByFrom microbes to meerkats, the wealth of species on Earth are the glue that hold the cycles of life…In Vietnam, a forest grown from the ashes of war falls to a resort project
Dec 19, 2022, 11:56 am ByDAK DOA, Vietnam — At the end of the rainy season, the hillsides in Dak Doa district, in central…‘Bizarre’ newly classified scorpionfly shines light on Nepal’s insect diversity
Dec 17, 2022, 2:40 am ByKATHMANDU– When German professor Jochen Martens and his associate W. Schawaller visited…All the issues impacting Indigenous people at COP15: Q&A with Joan Carling and Ramiro Batzin
Dec 16, 2022, 11:16 pm ByThe U.N. biodiversity conference (COP15) negotiations in Montreal have been moving slowly and under…Emmanuel Macron’s “Biodiversity Credits”: What are we talking about?
Dec 16, 2022, 6:59 pm ByPresident Macron announced on 7 November 2022 at the CoP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, an initiative…Black Sea dolphin deaths prompt ecocide allegations against Russia
Dec 16, 2022, 2:52 pm ByREADER ADVISORY: This story contains images of dead cetaceans that some viewers may find disturbing.…In Bangladesh, Ecologically Critical Areas exist only on paper
Dec 16, 2022, 12:47 pm ByAlthough 13 biodiversity hotspots in Bangladesh have been declared Ecologically Critical Areas (ECA)…Island shopping: Cambodian officials buy up the Cardamoms’ coast
Dec 16, 2022, 3:03 am ByKOH S’DACH, Cambodia — Bristling with coral reefs, marine life and palm trees, the islands…Major Brazil palm oil exporter accused of fraud, land-grabbing over Quilombola cemeteries
Dec 15, 2022, 9:02 pm ByALTO ACARÁ, Brazil — With trembling hands, Raimundo Serrão lights candles for his grandmother at…Japan’s example: Can forest planting reduce climate disaster risk?
Dec 15, 2022, 3:42 pm ByJapan is well-known for its natural disasters, from earthquakes and tsunamis (think Fukushima), to…Bright, unique colors can put tropical songbirds at greater risk
Dec 15, 2022, 2:21 pm ByAzure, cyan and chartreuse green — these feather colors dazzle birdwatchers and motivate…In Sierra Leone’s fishing villages, a reality check for climate aid
Dec 15, 2022, 1:29 pm ByBONTHE, Sierra Leone — As the sun rises over Bonthe, a small city on the coastline of Sierra…
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