The queen sets the tone: Deciphering the dialects of naked mole-rats
3:57am By MongabayThe naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a hairless rodent that lives in the arid areas of…Pandemic fails to slow agribusiness’s thirst for Cerrado’s water
2:05am By MongabayIn November 2017, about a thousand small farmers, cowboys and their families got on buses and headed…Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition
12:11am By MongabayAKLAN, Philippines — At dawn on Dec. 30, 2020, police officers raided Indigenous villages within a…With shared knowledge, ‘we could build a new world’: Q&A with Lisbet Rausing
12:03am By MongabayIn the past decade we’ve seen an incredible rise in the availability of information, from…Brazil’s BR-319: Politicians capitalize on the Manaus oxygen crisis to promote a disastrous highway (Commentary)
Feb 6, 2021, 9:32 pm By MongabayManaus, the capital of Brazil’s state of Amazonas, has gained worldwide notoriety for its handling…Cambodian environmental activists reportedly arrested
Feb 5, 2021, 5:43 pm By MongabayOn Friday afternoon Kratie provincial environment officers reportedly arrested prominent…Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say
Feb 5, 2021, 11:15 am By MongabayOver the past century, an average of two novel viruses per year have moved from their wild hosts…Investigation: Dutch, Japanese pension funds pay for Amazon deforestation
Feb 5, 2021, 1:24 am By MongabayFor citizens of the Netherlands and Japan, the dream of a comfortable retirement is fueling an…This Mediterranean seagrass filters plastic waste — but it’s also under threat
Feb 4, 2021, 11:44 pm By MongabayUnderwater meadows of a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean appear to trap some plastic debris…Study suggests the Tasmanian tiger survived into the 21st century
Feb 4, 2021, 3:17 pm By MongabayIn July 2019, Australian authorities on the island of Tasmania received a report of a footprint…Fewer than 100 of these giant whales make up a newly described species
Feb 4, 2021, 2:05 pm By MongabayFor decades, scientists observed a puzzling group of whales in the Gulf of Mexico. The animals…First the savior, now the villain: Fire suppression is often overhyped in the American west (commentary)
Feb 4, 2021, 11:14 am By MongabayWestern forests are pretty healthy, though our relationships with them may not be. Humans crave…Will new US EPA head continue his opposition to burning forests for energy?
Feb 4, 2021, 9:58 am By MongabayEnviva’s Sampson County North Carolina forest biomass facility. Wood pellets made there are mostly…In Indonesia, a village held hostage by coal pleads for change
Feb 4, 2021, 5:38 am By MongabayBANTEN, Indonesia — Every day, Subur and his wife walk past giant chimneys, painted red and white…A wet Amazon may be more resilient to a drying climate than thought: Study
Feb 3, 2021, 3:26 pm By MongabayIn some of the wettest parts of the Amazon rainforest, dry air may increase plant photosynthesis…Trader Cargill, pension fund TIAA linked to land grabs in Brazil’s Cerrado
Feb 3, 2021, 1:38 pm By MongabayIn the far west of Brazil’s Bahia state, sprawling soybean plantations extend from the edges of…For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
Feb 3, 2021, 10:55 am By MongabayBig cats require big home ranges. In February 2016, a young male Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris…New approaches needed to protect biodiversity as Aichi Targets go unmet
Feb 3, 2021, 9:57 am By MongabayAs the planet continues its trajectory into what some have dubbed “the sixth mass extinction,”…Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile
Feb 3, 2021, 8:10 am By MongabayFrank Glaw is no stranger to discovery. The German herpetologist has helped describe scores of new…Study reveals how species once extinct in the wild have bounced back
Feb 3, 2021, 6:52 am By MongabayIn 1992, global leaders gathered at a United Nations summit in Rio de Janeiro to sign the landmark…
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