Female gorillas recognize and respond to contagious disease
Nov 25, 2019, 12:20 pm By MongabaySalt clearings deep in the Congo basin host numerous breeding groups of Western lowland gorillas…Rapid genetic test traces spread of fungus that kills frogs, reveals new strain in Southeast Asia
Nov 25, 2019, 11:28 am By MongabayProtecting frogs against the invisible killer called chytrid was never going to be easy. The fungus…Brazil sugarcane growth can meet biofuel need and not drive deforestation: study
Nov 25, 2019, 11:08 am By MongabayA sugarcane plantation in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Photo credit: CIFOR on Visual Hunt / CC…Experts blame Bolsonaro for surge in deforestation, warn of worse to come
Nov 25, 2019, 10:42 am By MongabayThe highest rate of destruction of the Brazilian Amazon in over a decade is likely to worsen through…Malaysia’s last Sumatran rhino dies, leaving Indonesia as the final refuge
Nov 25, 2019, 7:54 am By MongabayThe Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is now extinct in Malaysia following the death of…Indonesia fires emitted double the carbon of Amazon fires, research shows
Nov 25, 2019, 5:58 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Fires from land and forest fires across Indonesia this year have pumped at least 708…Amazonian tree with human-sized leaves finally gets ID’d as new species
Nov 22, 2019, 2:28 pm By MongabayAt the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) in Manaus, Brazil, a framed exhibit of a…Voyager I tanker identified as possible Brazil oil spill perpetrator
Nov 22, 2019, 12:13 pm By MongabayThe Voyager I tanker, which Federal University of Alagoas researchers have implicated in the oil…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, November 22, 2019
Nov 22, 2019, 11:02 am By MongabayTropical forests Youth activists came together in the Amazon to strategize on how to combat climate…Coal spill bedevils Indonesian beach more than a year later
Nov 22, 2019, 8:03 am By MongabayBANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Nearly a year and a half ago, a barge hit by high waves spilled an…Tree-planting programs turn to tech solutions to track effectiveness
Nov 22, 2019, 6:58 am By MongabayROCHESTER, New York and RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar — Tom Snyder wants to change the way…Madagascar’s bold reforestation goal lacks a coherent plan, experts say
Nov 22, 2019, 6:46 am By MongabayRANOMAFANA and ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — While many U.S. travelers dream of the fabled forests of…Meet the new parasitic wasp species named ‘Idris elba’
Nov 21, 2019, 4:40 pm By MongabayBritish actor Idris Elba has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy…Amazon trees may absorb far less carbon than previously thought: study
Nov 21, 2019, 1:02 pm By MongabayThe Amazon’s 30-million-year-old soils were never subjected to ice age glaciers, making most…Pangolins are a victim of political instability in South Sudan
Nov 21, 2019, 12:52 pm By MongabayIllegal poaching and trade of the world’s most trafficked mammal — the pangolin — has been…Rare fish-eating crocodile confirmed nesting in southwest Nepal after 37 years
Nov 21, 2019, 12:08 pm By MongabayThere may be a glimmer of hope for the critically endangered gharial, a unique crocodile known for…Agroforestry program in Appalachia receives $590,000 in federal funding
Nov 21, 2019, 8:03 am By MongabayAppalachia is home to some of the most biodiverse temperate forests in the world, and it has a deep…Researchers urge sustainability as palm oil tightens its grip on Latin America
Nov 20, 2019, 6:10 pm By Mongabay“Palm oil is here to stay,” reads the 2018 report “Oil Palm and Biodiversity,” which was…New assessment method finds close to one-third of tropical Africa’s plants are potentially facing extinction
Nov 20, 2019, 4:16 pm By MongabayNew research finds that nearly one-third — 31.7 percent — of tropical Africa’s vascular plant…Brazil works behind scene to greenlight Manaus-Boa Vista transmission line
Nov 20, 2019, 3:18 pm By MongabaySince January 2019, the threat of infrastructure development has cast a long shadow across the…
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