Study concludes that nature benefits when more women make land management decisions
Apr 8, 2019, 4:36 pm By MongabayThe cause of conservation is advanced more assuredly when more women are included among the groups…Fishing for sharks in Honduras’s sanctuary seas: Q&A with biologist Gabriela Ochoa
Apr 8, 2019, 3:57 pm By MongabayIn 2011, the government of Honduras declared the country’s waters a shark sanctuary. The move…Planning without action will see the Javan rhino go extinct (commentary)
Apr 8, 2019, 11:29 am By MongabayOn the evening of Dec. 22, 2018, a group of fishermen who had snagged a saltwater crocodile in their…Illegal online sales driving mercury pollution crisis in Indonesia
Apr 8, 2019, 12:31 am By MongabayDENPASAR/BURU ISLAND, Indonesia — Illegal online mercury sales are booming in Indonesia, and…Climb confirms that the world’s tallest tropical tree tops 100 meters
Apr 7, 2019, 6:02 pm By MongabayThere’s a new record for the tallest tree in the tropics, and the scientists who found it say it…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, April 5, 2018
Apr 5, 2019, 2:02 pm By MongabayTropical forests Authorities have intercepted $52 million worth of pangolin scales en route from…On a wing and a prayer? Evidence for ways to conserve bats (commentary)
Apr 5, 2019, 1:42 pm By MongabayBats are a weird and wonderful branch of the tree of life. The only mammals that can truly fly, and…Unusual lizard lays eggs, then births a live baby — in the same pregnancy
Apr 5, 2019, 8:09 am By Mongabay
The yellow-bellied three-toed skink is not your typical lizard. Vertebrates or animals with…Indonesia arrests 7 for allegedly selling Komodo dragons over Facebook
Apr 5, 2019, 3:03 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesian authorities have arrested seven suspected members of a trafficking ring…Indonesia oil slicks highlight weak enforcement against bilge dumping
Apr 5, 2019, 12:20 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Two ships have been spotted allegedly dumping waste oil in the sea off the eastern coast…Indigenous leaders decry Colombia’s deadly crackdown on land protesters
Apr 4, 2019, 2:22 pm By Mongabay
One person has reportedly died and another was injured after police in Colombia cracked down on a…Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study
Apr 4, 2019, 1:36 pm By Mongabay
Until about 1,000 years ago, Madagascar was home to fantastical creatures like elephant birds,…Those kicks were fast as lightning: Kangaroo rats evade deadly snake strikes
Apr 4, 2019, 12:38 pm By Mongabay
A student-led research team from three California universities has shown that desert kangaroo rats…Farming communities abused at troubled DRC mega-farm, campaigners say
Apr 4, 2019, 8:39 am By Mongabay
When then-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila hoisted himself into a tractor…New species of skink from Angola has waited over 70 years to be described
Apr 3, 2019, 9:19 pm By Mongabay
Researchers have finally described a new species of skink from Angola, specimens of which have…In Bosnia-Herzegovina, grassroots opposition stalls another hydropower project
Apr 3, 2019, 9:06 pm By MongabayKRUŠČICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina – On the banks of a river in central Bosnia, a group of women have…Conceived in a dream, new solar canoe will serve Amazon tribes
Apr 3, 2019, 5:12 pm By Mongabay
A group of 20 men, women, and children, mostly members of the Achuar and Shuar indigenous…Brazil soy trade linked to widespread deforestation, carbon emissions
Apr 3, 2019, 3:32 pm By Mongabay
A clear demarcation between Amazon rainforest and soy plantation. Image by Rhett A. Butler /…‘Plastic Soup:’ Photos and Q&A with author of new book documenting plastic pollution and solutions
Apr 3, 2019, 1:04 pm By MongabayEarth’s oceans are drowning in plastic. Humans created 311 million metric tons of the stuff in…Audio: Debunking myths about sloths is crucial to stopping the sloth crisis
Apr 2, 2019, 5:14 pm By MongabayOn today’s episode, we talk with zoologist Rebecca Cliffe about why the popular perception of…
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