With record support, rhino rays and world’s fastest sharks get new trade protections
Aug 28, 2019, 8:56 am By MongabayIn what conservation groups are calling a major win, governments from around the world have voted to…Jumping the Shark: The Decline of the North Atlantic’s Shortfin Mako
Aug 28, 2019, 7:48 am By MongabayWith a reported top speed of 74 kilometers per hour (46 miles per hour), the shortfin mako (Isurus…Meet the first gene-edited reptile: An albino lizard
Aug 28, 2019, 3:51 am By MongabayThink of a reptile that’s been genetically mutated, and Godzilla springs to mind. Or maybe ninja…A healthy and productive Amazon is the foundation of Brazil’s sovereignty
Aug 27, 2019, 11:07 pm By MongabayBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro likes to assert that foreigners deserve no say over the fate of…What’s in a name? For Sri Lanka’s newest geckos, a political firestorm
Aug 27, 2019, 4:18 pm By MongabayCOLOMBO — In 2017, herpetologist Sameera Suranjan Karunarathna and his team of researchers…Indonesia bans food labeled ‘palm oil-free,’ in move welcomed by industry
Aug 27, 2019, 12:40 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — The Indonesian government has banned food labeled as being “palm oil-free,” in its…Michael Shellenberger’s sloppy Forbes diatribe deceives on Amazon fires (commentary)
Aug 27, 2019, 12:12 pm By MongabayI understand the desire to correct misinformation that proliferates in the aftermath of breaking…Companies sourcing beef, leather from China exposed to Brazil deforestation risk, researchers say
Aug 27, 2019, 12:00 pm By MongabayMajor retailers and manufacturers of cattle products who source materials from Brazil may be using…Giraffe trade to be monitored, strictly regulated
Aug 26, 2019, 11:37 pm By MongabayTrade in Africa’s iconic giraffes and their parts will now be regulated, countries voted last week…DiCaprio joins $5M effort to combat Amazon fires
Aug 26, 2019, 3:51 pm By MongabayIn response to rising deforestation and fires in the Amazon, on Sunday actor Leonardo DiCaprio and…The Pan Borneo Highway could divide threatened wildlife populations
Aug 26, 2019, 2:18 pm By MongabayThis is the fourth article in our six-part series “Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway.” Read Part…Bolsonaro expresses ‘love’ for Amazon as it burns, offers no policy shift
Aug 26, 2019, 11:14 am By MongabayAerial view of burning Amazon rainforest, near the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. Image by…‘Like spaghetti’: Worm-slurping, hopping rats discovered in the Philippines
Aug 26, 2019, 7:12 am By MongabayAs you explore the high altitudes of Luzon Island in the Philippines, you’ll encounter plenty of…Indonesia picks coal and oil heartland as site of new capital city
Aug 26, 2019, 6:39 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s new capital city will sit at the nexus of the country’s coal and oil…Sumatran elephant sanctuary under threat from bridge, port projects
Aug 26, 2019, 4:02 am By MongabayPALEMBANG, Indonesia — The planned construction of a bridge and private port in southern Sumatra…81% of Indonesia’s oil palm plantations flouting regulations, audit finds
Aug 25, 2019, 10:20 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — More than 80 percent of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world’s biggest…Greenpeace releases dramatic photos of Amazon fires
Aug 25, 2019, 10:12 pm By MongabayToday Greenpeace Brazil released dramatic photos of rainforest fires currently burning in the…How many fires are burning in the Amazon?
Aug 25, 2019, 6:13 pm By MongabayWhile fires burning in the Amazon have garnered worldwide attention due to last week’s mid-day…Amazon fires trigger protests worldwide
Aug 24, 2019, 2:54 pm By MongabaySÃO PAULO AND LONDON — Thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across Brazil and…Snow leopard population overestimated in Nepal? DNA study suggests it may be
Aug 23, 2019, 6:39 pm By MongabayIn September 2014, Nepali zoologist Madhu Chetri asked his professor Morten Odden a strange question…
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