Environmental crimes don’t stop at borders. Neither can the reporting
Aug 31, 2026, 11:53 am By
High gold prices have fueled illegal mining across the Amazon. As Brazil tightened controls on the…Gold miners breach a crucial refuge for rescued Sumatran orangutans
Aug 31, 2026, 10:37 am By
JANTHO, Indonesia — Illegal gold miners in Indonesia’s Aceh province have breached a crucial…This rare wild cow is making a comeback
Aug 31, 2026, 10:17 am By
Thailand’s banteng (Bos javanicus) population has declined dramatically across much of its range.…Superb fairywrens disappearing in Australia’s capital: Conserving insects could help save them
Aug 31, 2026, 9:39 am By
If you sit in an Australian park or garden for long enough, chances are you might catch a flash of…Scientists use satellites to track whale strandings in remote places from space
Aug 31, 2026, 9:33 am By
In 2015, the remote coastal fjords of southern Patagonia turned into a whale graveyard. That June,…Recording a rainforest before Indonesia’s new capital changes it
Aug 31, 2026, 4:46 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…‘You can’t protect what you don’t know:’ Interview with marine scientist Loyiso Dunga
Aug 31, 2026, 4:00 am By
CAPE TOWN — When scientist Loyiso Dunga began mapping the Great African Seaforest in 2016, he…‘Lost’ for 170 years, rare plant recorded in Sri Lanka
Aug 31, 2026, 12:35 am By
Researchers have a population of an extremely rare plant species, last recorded in Sri Lanka in…For 50 years, Philip Fearnside has calculated the costs of losing the Amazon
Aug 30, 2026, 8:04 pm By
At a September 2021 public hearing in Manaus, Philip Fearnside read from a prepared statement laying…Turning the tables on lionfish: How Honduran divers are fighting back
Aug 29, 2026, 12:24 pm By
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Aug 29, 2026, 8:52 am By
TAINAN, Taiwan — Since she was old enough to understand it, Uma Talavan has known she belongs to…7 Indigenous Guarani killed after loose grain trailer hits car in central Brazil
Aug 28, 2026, 9:05 pm By
Seven Indigenous Guarani, including two children and a prominent community leader, were killed Aug.…First Nations in Canada call for emergency order to protect southern mountain caribou
Aug 28, 2026, 8:04 pm By
“Under our Syilx Okanagan law, everything is sacred to us. We believe that Mother Earth is alive,…Global sea surface temperatures reach a record high, again
Aug 28, 2026, 4:14 pm By
Global sea surface temperatures have reached a record high, raising serious concerns for global…As Photo Ark turns 20, Joel Sartore photographs 18,000 animal species
Aug 28, 2026, 11:16 am By
For 20 years, Joel Sartore has been on a quest: to photograph every animal species in human care,…Failed environmental safeguards leave coastal Bangladesh facing coal pollution
Aug 28, 2026, 11:15 am By
Riaz Panchayet used to farm papaya, cucumber, okra and bananas on his land in Madhupur village,…Hà Đình Đức, guardian of Hanoi’s legendary turtle, died at 86
Aug 28, 2026, 11:10 am By
On March 15th 1991 Hà Đình Đức happened to be passing Hồ Gươm, the small lake at the…A sea cucumber venture in Zanzibar seeks to balance business and conservation
Aug 28, 2026, 10:45 am By
PEMBA, Tanzania — Like many coastal communities across East Africa, the residents of Shamiani have…Under protection: The environmentalist’s widow in Brazil who had to disappear to survive
Aug 28, 2026, 10:20 am By
At around 1 a.m. on April 29, 2026, in a courtroom in Maranhão’s Bom Jardim district, Judge…The conservation population of Australia’s endangered eastern quoll welcomes joeys
Aug 28, 2026, 8:35 am By
SYDNEY — The endangered eastern quoll, one of Australia’s species of quoll, is a nocturnal…
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