Holding social media companies accountable for facilitating illegal wildlife trade (commentary)
Oct 25, 2019, 2:20 pm By MongabayOn a hot, muggy day in October, an exotic pet trapper in an Indonesian forest snatched a young Javan…New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp
Oct 25, 2019, 11:10 am By MongabayIn 2013, a team of researchers surveying insects in a research station on the banks of the Amazon…In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, October 25, 2019
Oct 25, 2019, 10:22 am By MongabayTropical forests The aye-aye, one of Madagascar’s lemurs, has a “secret spare thumb” (The New…Satellite collars to help boost protection for Nigeria’s largest remaining elephant herd
Oct 25, 2019, 9:41 am By MongabayLAGOS — In early October, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) fitted six elephants in northern…What makes community ecotourism succeed? In Madagascar, location, location, location
Oct 25, 2019, 8:00 am By MongabayANJA COMMUNITY RESERVE, Madagascar — When the Anja Community Reserve opened in 2001 the organizers…As birds winter in Sri Lanka, one enthusiast makes sure their memory stays
Oct 25, 2019, 2:17 am By MongabayCOLOMBO — His eye was trained from a young age to observe details, be it about a plant, an animal,…Bonobo conservation stymied by deforestation, human rights abuses
Oct 24, 2019, 7:46 pm By MongabayBonobos, unlike closely related chimpanzees, choose love over war. But with each passing year, there…A scramble for solutions as fall armyworm infestation sweeps Africa
Oct 24, 2019, 6:25 pm By MongabayEarly one morning in April 2017, Anne Anyole found strange caterpillars feeding on her maize crop.…This toad from central Africa impersonates a deadly viper to avoid predators
Oct 24, 2019, 6:22 pm By MongabayScientists say they’ve discovered the first-known instance of an amphibian mimicking a venomous…Indonesia’s ex-fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti leaves big shoes to fill
Oct 24, 2019, 10:51 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Maritime experts have slammed the decision by Indonesia’s president to replace his…Research outlines ‘roadmap’ for land use to slow climate change
Oct 24, 2019, 10:43 am By MongabayOverhauling how humans manage Earth’s surface could account for the equivalent of 15 million…$85 million initiative to scale up agroforestry in Africa announced
Oct 24, 2019, 8:59 am By MongabayAmid a deluge of news during the U.N. Climate Summit last month, one major announcement went largely…New grouper species discovered in Australian fish market
Oct 23, 2019, 2:43 pm By MongabayA newly discovered species of grouper almost became someone’s dinner before it could be described…As 2019 Amazon fires die down, Brazilian deforestation roars ahead
Oct 23, 2019, 12:34 pm By MongabayDeforestation caused by an Illegal gold mine and encampment within Yanomami Park, July 2018. An…For one Indonesian fisher, saving caught turtles is a moral challenge
Oct 23, 2019, 12:15 pm By MongabayTAPULAGA, Indonesia — Over the past several years, Bakring, 56, has bought more than 20 live sea…Malaria surges in deforested parts of the Amazon, study finds
Oct 23, 2019, 11:30 am By MongabayTropical deforestation may spur the transmission of malaria at levels much higher than once thought,…Amazon’s male white bellbird has the loudest recorded call
Oct 23, 2019, 11:24 am By MongabayWhen the male white bellbird sings, it’s not just loud: it’s ear-splittingly loud. In fact, the…Indonesia’s new cabinet a ‘marriage of oligarchs,’ environmentalists say
Oct 23, 2019, 9:18 am By MongabayJAKARTA — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has announced his new cabinet for his second and…Companies ‘disregard responsibility’ over conflict minerals: Report
Oct 23, 2019, 8:50 am By MongabayAn analysis of 215 companies’ mineral supply chains has found many have fallen short of their…Uganda’s eco-feminists are taking on mining and plantation industries
Oct 23, 2019, 7:51 am By MongabayKAMPALA, Uganda – “How come these people are coming to Bugoma to destroy our nature? Nature is…
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