Why is rainfall declining in the Amazon? New research says deforestation is the leading driver
Sep 2, 2025, 7:17 pm By
For decades the world’s largest rainforest has been getting drier. A new study published in Nature…Glowing plants could become living energy-free light sources
Sep 2, 2025, 5:58 pm By
In nature, many organisms glow in the dark, including lightning bugs, some squid and jellyfish,…Vatican puts Pope Francis’ ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm center
Sep 2, 2025, 3:58 pm By
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — The Vatican is inaugurating an ambitious educational center inspired…Leopards and wild dogs are thriving in Zambia’s Kafue National Park
Sep 2, 2025, 11:18 am By
Camera-trap images from a section of Kafue National Park in Zambia show conservation efforts are…Sparrow Top Gun (cartoon)
Sep 2, 2025, 9:22 am By
Considered one of the most endangered birds in all of North America, the Florida grasshopper sparrow…New model reveals hidden dynamics of Indonesia’s booming songbird trade
Sep 2, 2025, 9:09 am By
Researchers have developed the first model to map how supply and demand interact in Indonesia’s…Scientists reconfirm rare shark sightings after 50 years in PNG
Sep 2, 2025, 4:37 am By
In 1973, researchers scientifically described a species of shark based on a single specimen: a…Restoring the Páramo: How Ecuador healed its degraded high-Andean ecosystem
Sep 2, 2025, 4:19 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Dying for Arariboia
Sep 2, 2025, 1:56 am By
In Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory, the Guajajara people and uncontacted Awá have been…A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia
Sep 1, 2025, 12:49 pm By
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of…Censured Sumatra coal plant blamed for sickening children in Indonesia’s Bengkulu
Sep 1, 2025, 11:20 am By
BENGKULU, Indonesia — Yesi held her daughter Helda tightly, but the little one still shivered for…‘Let’s understand the value of the forest’ says Liberia’s Silas Siakor
Sep 1, 2025, 7:25 am By
Rainforests have long played a central role in Liberia. Home to hundreds of thousands of people,…New bat species described from Western Himalayas
Sep 1, 2025, 7:22 am By
Researchers reviewing the diversity of bats in the Western Himalayas in India recently confirmed a…Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Sep 1, 2025, 7:20 am By
Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia.…How scientists unmask climate change’s role in extreme weather
Sep 1, 2025, 7:12 am By
How do scientists determine whether climate change is driving extreme weather events like the…Nepal looks to Cambodia’s breeding model as Bengal florican numbers plunge
Sep 1, 2025, 6:26 am By
KATHMANDU — Debate is growing in Nepal over moves to start breeding the Bengal florican, a…An Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expands across the Amazon
Sep 1, 2025, 3:00 am By
A solar-powered canoe initiative originally launched in Ecuador’s Amazon in 2017 has now expanded…Marc Stalmans, ecologist who helped restore Gorongosa’s wildlife, dies at 66
Aug 31, 2025, 5:02 pm By
Marc Stalmans, who died of natural causes on August 30th at 66, spent much of his life restoring…On Java’s Mount Slamet, two former trappers find new calling as bird protectors
Aug 31, 2025, 11:13 am By
BANYUMAS, Indonesia — As youngsters, Ari and Junianto would clamber over the upland above…Cruise industry expansion collides with Cozumel’s coral reef
Aug 30, 2025, 4:22 pm By
Villa Blanca Reef off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula is home to emblematic and endangered species,…
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