Venezuela tries an environmental rebrand, but critics aren’t buying it
Aug 19, 2025, 1:00 pm By
Over the last few years, the Venezuelan government has taken a surprising interest in the…Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary)
Aug 19, 2025, 12:53 pm By
The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely…Whale shark hotspot discovered along the Great Barrier Reef
Aug 19, 2025, 12:45 pm By
The whale shark — a shark, not a whale — is the largest fish in the world, roughly the length of…Ocean-based carbon storage ramps up, bringing investment and concern
Aug 19, 2025, 12:11 pm By
Capturing carbon to ship or funnel it offshore for storage in depleted marine oil and gas wells is…Leopard seals sing songs similar to nursery rhymes, study
Aug 19, 2025, 11:19 am By
In the cathedral of ice beneath Antarctica’s frozen sea, male leopard seals conduct their solitary…How Indonesian companies dodge fines for forest & peatland fires
Aug 19, 2025, 8:16 am By
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s courts have ordered plantation companies to pay more than 21 trillion…Philippines’ new forest policy wins business backing but alarms green groups
Aug 19, 2025, 7:18 am By
MANILA — The Philippine government has rolled out a sweeping forest land reform that officials say…John Landsiedel, Alaska wildlife biologist and pilot, died on July 25, aged 33
Aug 19, 2025, 7:03 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Are crows really street smart? Science confirms the genius of corvids (commentary)
Aug 19, 2025, 6:04 am By
Corvus splendens — Corvus meaning ‘raven’ in Latin and splendens meaning ‘shining’ or…Deforestation & illegal roads advancing fast in Colombia’s largest natural area
Aug 19, 2025, 4:56 am By
In Colombia, the construction of illegal roads continues to damage protected areas. In Chiribiquete…World Orangutan Day: Ongoing threats & habitat loss haunt these great apes
Aug 19, 2025, 12:20 am By
Despite years of research into their complex behavior and intelligence, orangutans remain critically…Deadly Nordic heat wave made 10 times worse by climate change: Study
Aug 18, 2025, 11:45 pm By
A deadly heat wave in July that left people and wildlife struggling in Norway, Sweden and Finland…Spain deploys 500 more troops to battle wildfires during extended heat wave
Aug 18, 2025, 2:47 pm By
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have…Sniffer dogs may have rediscovered a lost population of Sumatran rhinos
Aug 18, 2025, 11:27 am By
Sumatran rhinos — hairy and noisy — were thought to have gone extinct from southern Sumatra for…US proposes zero new protections for traded wildlife at upcoming CITES CoP
Aug 18, 2025, 11:09 am By
At the end of 2025, representatives from 185 countries will convene in Uzbekistan to discuss the…Amazon jambu blends tradition and science for numbing flavors and healthcare
Aug 18, 2025, 10:34 am By
The jambu plant is native to the Amazon Rainforest, where it’s renowned for its numbing and…There’s hope for sunflower sea stars, with their killer unmasked and reintroductions pending
Aug 18, 2025, 10:19 am By
There’s hope for an iconic ocean predator that has mostly disappeared from California’s…Argentina pushes pipeline exports through protected Patagonian waters
Aug 18, 2025, 9:32 am By
San Matías Gulf, on the northern coast of Argentina’s Patagonia region, is one of the most…US proposes threatened listing for widely trafficked Borneo earless monitor
Aug 18, 2025, 7:29 am By
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently proposed listing the Borneo earless monitor, an…Increased construction in the Himalayas risks more deadly flash floods
Aug 18, 2025, 7:19 am By
On Aug. 5, a flash flood devastated much of the Himalayan village of Dharali in India’s…
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