New eDNA sampling system aims for cleaner, more efficient field research
Jul 2, 2019, 6:51 pm By MongabayWhen collecting a DNA sample from a species in the wild just isn’t possible — it’s elusive, it…For Ecuador’s Sápara, saving the forest means saving their language
Jul 2, 2019, 2:36 pm By MongabayNAPO, Ecuador — Gloria Ushigua, president of the Sápara women’s association, stops by a large,…Japan resumes commercial whale hunting
Jul 2, 2019, 2:30 pm By MongabayFor years, Japan exploited a loophole in international rules to continue hunting whales despite…Madagascar mine ignites protests, community division
Jul 2, 2019, 1:31 pm By MongabayFIANARANTSOA, Madagascar — Earlier this month, a Madagascar court ended a six-week saga for people…Search for a new home for Javan rhinos put on hold
Jul 2, 2019, 12:52 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia has put on hold a plan to establish a second habitat for the Javan rhinoceros…Amazon rural development and conservation: a path to sustainability?
Jul 2, 2019, 12:35 pm By MongabayRaimundo Moreira Vulcão poses with his oil palm harvesting equipment. He has benefited economically…As opposition wanes, a Malaysian land reclamation project pushes ahead
Jul 2, 2019, 6:33 am By MongabayIn April 2018, a month before Malaysian voters elected Mahathir Mohamad to the prime minister’s…Casualty of peace? Study shows rise in deforestation after conflicts
Jul 2, 2019, 3:40 am By MongabayThe advent of peace in four countries with long experiences of deadly armed conflict hasn’t been…In India’s Sundarbans, communities shrink as their island sinks
Jul 1, 2019, 7:05 pm By MongabayMOUSUNI ISLAND, West Bengal – Ashida watched the rising tide fearfully. Lifting her baby son onto…As climate chaos escalates in Indian Country, feds abandon tribes
Jul 1, 2019, 2:44 pm By MongabayViolent storms known as bomb cyclones usually appear over oceans or coastal areas, not over the U.S.…An Indonesian forest community grapples with the arrival of the outside world
Jul 1, 2019, 1:18 pm By MongabayDOROGOT, Indonesia — Toikot rises as the golden light of dawn begins to shine on the heavy mist…Rivers are the world’s heritage. Time to treat them as such (commentary)
Jul 1, 2019, 12:02 pm By MongabayThis July represents a critical opportunity to protect rivers and the World Heritage sites that…Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
Jul 1, 2019, 11:44 am By MongabayOld-growth rainforest along the Utik river in Sungai Utik customary forest in Kapuas Hulu Regency,…Six endangered North Atlantic right whales died last month alone
Jul 1, 2019, 7:33 am By MongabayThere’s more grim news for the North Atlantic right whale, one of the most endangered whale…La Mosquitia: Dangerous territory for scarlet macaws in Honduras
Jul 1, 2019, 6:28 am By MongabayMABITA, Honduras — When the clock strikes four in the afternoon, Anaida Panting bangs the pots…Colombia gasoline fueling cocaine production
Jun 28, 2019, 4:34 pm By MongabayColombian authorities have announced they will investigate 33 gas stations for allegedly selling an…What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?
Jun 28, 2019, 2:08 pm By MongabayDONSOL, Philippines — Omar Nepomuceno is looking for the whale sharks, as he has for over 20…Researchers discover right whales singing for the first time ever
Jun 28, 2019, 1:56 pm By MongabayWhales like humpbacks are famous for their mellifluous calls, typically referred to as whale songs.…An ill-deserved reputation threatens Sri Lanka’s ‘secretive snake’
Jun 28, 2019, 12:37 pm By MongabayA general fear of snakes, lack of understanding of reptile behavior, and human encroachment into…Altered fish communities persist long after reefs bleach, study finds
Jun 28, 2019, 12:18 pm By MongabayThe bleaching of coral reefs could permanently change the composition of the fish communities that…
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