Obama creates two new national monuments, protecting 1.65 million acres
Dec 29, 2016, 4:40 am By Mongabay
On Wednesday, United States President Barrack Obama created two new national monuments: The Bears…China seizes over 3,000 kg of pangolin scales in biggest-ever smuggling case
Dec 29, 2016, 2:00 am By Mongabay
Pangolin — the world’s most trafficked mammal — continues to be killed in huge numbers. On…Whistleblowing for wildlife
Dec 28, 2016, 5:00 pm By MongabayFrom the Lacey Act to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), many laws aim to protect wildlife, but…Protest against oil pollution ends with accords on pipeline inspection, remediation, compensation
Dec 28, 2016, 3:00 pm By Mongabay
Saramurillo, Peru - Indigenous leaders protesting oil pollution in Peru's northern Amazon region…2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans
Dec 28, 2016, 2:00 pm By Mongabay
In 2016, massive new ocean protected areas and transformative policies to fight illegal fishing…Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016
Dec 28, 2016, 3:00 am By Mongabay
As always, Mongabay covered a mix of environmental stories this year. While some species…Newscast #8: Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests
Dec 27, 2016, 10:20 am By Mongabay
This being the last Mongabay Newscast of the year, we’re doing it a little different. Instead of…Consumer pressure to ditch deforestation begins to reach Indonesia’s oil palm plantation giants
Dec 27, 2016, 3:20 am By Mongabay
Major oil palm growers in Indonesia have increasingly found that what’s bad for the environment is…‘Casper’ the octopod threatened by deep-sea mining
Dec 27, 2016, 12:20 am By Mongabay
“Casper”, the ghost-like octopod discovered early this year, could be at risk from deep sea…Cheetah populations crash as fastest-animal disappears from 91% of its range
Dec 26, 2016, 5:00 pm By Mongabay
The world's fastest land animal is speeding toward extinction across much of its range, reports a…Indonesia’s rich list stacked with palm oil billionaires
Dec 26, 2016, 7:20 am By MongabayFourteen of the 32 Indonesian billionaires identified by Forbes magazine are palm oil tycoons,…Photos: Top 20 new species of 2016
Dec 26, 2016, 12:20 am By MongabayDiscovering a new species is always exciting -- it shows that much of our world remains to be…Study looks at positive and negative impacts of biodiversity offsets on local communities
Dec 23, 2016, 10:00 am By Mongabay
Large industrial development projects such as hydroelectric dams, oil palm plantations, and mines…What do experts have to say about Latin American wildlife trafficking?
Dec 23, 2016, 9:40 am By Mongabay
The Mongabay-Latam team spent weeks investigating the illicit world of wildlife trafficking.…Hairy crabs and deep-sea worms: 6 new species discovered in undersea hot springs
Dec 23, 2016, 3:40 am By Mongabay
Thousands of hydrothermal vents — chimney-like structures spewing hot water clouds of minerals and…Explore the “Wonders of the Annamites” in this new children’s book
Dec 22, 2016, 5:00 pm By Mongabay
The Annamite Mountains of Laos and Vietnam are home to an abundance of rare wildlife, and now you…Papua New Guinea’s oil and gas boom – blessing or curse?
Dec 22, 2016, 10:40 am By Mongabay
Papua New Guinea announced last week that it is deploying its military to quell violence in Hela…Bastion of biodiversity protected in eastern DRC
Dec 22, 2016, 7:00 am By Mongabay
The governor of a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo approved the boundaries of a…Hong Kong to ban ivory trade by 2021
Dec 22, 2016, 4:40 am By Mongabay
On Wednesday, Hong Kong government announced that its three-step plan to phase out domestic ivory…As accusations fly, paper giant appears to stand by its replanting of burned peat in Sumatra
Dec 22, 2016, 12:20 am By Mongabay
In the wake of last year’s devastating forest fires, Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s…
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