Stunning new wrasse species underlines need to protect deeper-lying reefs
Aug 5, 2019, 1:05 am By MongabayA striking new species of wrasse discovered off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, underlines how…New DNA toolkit identifies multiple species from environmental DNA
Aug 3, 2019, 10:40 am By MongabayResearchers from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and CALeDNA have developed a…As Amazon deforestation in Brazil rises, Bolsonaro administration attacks the messenger (commentary)
Aug 3, 2019, 3:40 am By MongabayOn July 31, Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles tried to explain the data showing a huge…When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says
Aug 3, 2019, 2:32 am By MongabayThe world is currently on course to be 3 to 5 degrees Celsius (5.4 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter…Life on the Amazon oil frontier: From exploration to ecotourism
Aug 2, 2019, 5:24 pm By MongabayLLANCHAMA, Ecuador — A long passenger boat floats abandoned outside Andres Machoa’s house, along…July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth
Aug 2, 2019, 2:40 pm By MongabayIn a press conference yesterday, UN secretary general António Guterres announced that July 2019 was…Red flags as Indonesia eyes relocating its capital city to Borneo
Aug 2, 2019, 12:00 pm By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s proposed new capital city on the island of Borneo will be built in just…Africa’s largest reserve may lose half its area to oil development
Aug 2, 2019, 11:36 am By MongabayCreated in 2012, Niger’s Termit and Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve is the last region of the…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 2, 2019
Aug 2, 2019, 11:09 am By MongabayTropical forests Climate change is contributing to a drought and famine crisis in Guatemala (The…Some turtle embryos can influence their own sex, study finds
Aug 2, 2019, 10:27 am By MongabayThe sex of some turtle species is influenced not by genes but by the temperatures they experience in…The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam
Aug 1, 2019, 12:09 pm By MongabayHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — In late January, WildAid and the Ho Chi Minh City-based Center of…New film reveals at-risk ‘uncontacted’ Awá tribe in Brazilian Amazon
Aug 1, 2019, 11:06 am By MongabayIn August 2018, deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in Northeast Maranhão state, an expedition of…Logging, mining companies lock eyes on a biodiverse island like no other
Jul 31, 2019, 9:39 pm By MongabayA unique island ecosystem and culture lying 270 kilometers (170 miles) off Papua New Guinea is once…Fuel trafficking sustains illegal mining in Peru’s Madre de Dios
Jul 31, 2019, 5:18 pm By MongabayUpon traveling through Lechemayo, a town in the Puno region of Peru, many visitors come to the…Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state
Jul 31, 2019, 3:19 pm By MongabayThe Botanical Garden of Caracas, past and present: Seen in the glowing-green banner image at the top…Forest loss threatens territorial gibbons in southern Borneo
Jul 31, 2019, 2:44 pm By MongabayGibbons living in southern Borneo have the largest territories of any of their close relatives,…Study shows how to protect more species for less money in western Amazon
Jul 31, 2019, 12:05 pm By MongabayJaguars, sloths, owls, vipers, spider monkeys — all of these live within the vast western Amazon,…Deforestation drops in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, but risks remain: experts
Jul 31, 2019, 10:55 am By MongabayDeforested areas in Brazil’s most imperiled biome, the Mata Atlântica, were reduced by 9.3…‘Extremely rare’ fossil tooth of hamster-sized monkey found in Peru
Jul 31, 2019, 9:48 am By MongabayIn 2016, researchers digging along the Río Alto Madre de Dios in the Peruvian Amazon uncovered…Indonesia investigates oil spill in Java Sea by state energy company
Jul 31, 2019, 8:32 am By MongabayJAKARTA — A newly drilled oil well operated by Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina has…
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