From tarsiers to cloud rats, scientist strives to save Philippine species
Aug 15, 2017, 12:28 pm By Mongabay
In 2012, Dr. Milada Rehakova’s research brought her back to Dinagat Island, Philippines. It was…Measuring fish abundance through acoustics: spawning aggregations are key to improving fishery management plans
Aug 15, 2017, 11:13 am By Mongabay
Just as humans and many terrestrial animals do, marine creatures use sound for communication in…Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig
Aug 15, 2017, 5:47 am By Mongabay
LEMBAH PERMAI, Indonesia — Joula Goni stepped out of her house cradling a skull. “A babirusa,”…9 rare Siamese crocodiles hatch in Cambodian center
Aug 15, 2017, 5:19 am By MongabayOn June 28, 2017, conservationists chanced upon a nest containing 19 eggs of the extremely rare…Colombian shamans want to restore traditional power via national network
3:38pm By Mongabay
SASAIMA, Colombia – On April 1, floods devastated the Colombian town of Mocoa, situated in a…Nearly one-third of bat species in North America are on the decline
1:29pm By Mongabay
Bats have not historically been a focus of much conservation effort, but starting around 1985,…Brazil’s Indians on the march in last ditch effort to stop land theft
12:55pm By MongabayIndians protest in Brasilia last week against the Temer government’s assault on indigenous land…On World Elephant Day, troubling times for African elephants (commentary)
Aug 11, 2017, 6:05 pm By Mongabay
Stillness lingers in Rungwa at the heart of Tanzania. Near the narrow road that runs through the…‘Tango in the Wind:’ New film captures courtship dance of critically endangered Hooded Grebe for first time ever
Aug 11, 2017, 11:35 am By Mongabay
The Hooded Grebe wasn’t discovered by scientists until 1974, due mainly to the fact that it lives…Land-swap rule among Indonesian President Jokowi’s latest peat reforms
Aug 11, 2017, 7:32 am By Mongabay
JAKARTA — Indonesia, a country known for its annual forest and peat fires, is overhauling its…High volumes of ivory continue to be sold online in Japan
Aug 11, 2017, 6:01 am By MongabayThousands of jewelry, seals, scrolls and other items made of elephant ivory continue to be sold…Rethinking conservation funding models in Africa (commentary)
Aug 11, 2017, 12:27 am By MongabayConservation in sub-Saharan Africa faces monumental challenges. Rapidly growing human populations…The American pika: A case study in wildlife acclimating to climate change
Aug 10, 2017, 2:21 pm By Mongabay
Research published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment last month that examines…New study: Climate change shifts timing of floods in Europe
Aug 10, 2017, 2:17 pm By Mongabay
When rivers flood, the results can be devastating, ruining crops, disrupting ecosystems and…Plastic Fantastic? Indonesia plans to turn waste into road tar
Aug 10, 2017, 2:05 pm By MongabayIndonesia has a serious plastic waste problem. According to the country’s environment ministry,…Brazilian firm wants to build new dams in Amazon’s Aripuanã basin
Aug 10, 2017, 11:34 am By Mongabay
There are four dams already on the Aripuanã River. Intertechne Consultores wants to build two more…U.K. is the world’s biggest exporter of legal ivory, data analysis shows
Aug 10, 2017, 1:54 am By MongabayThe United Kingdom ships more legal ivory beyond its borders than any other country, according to an…Father and son butt heads in decades-long battle over bird tourism site
Aug 9, 2017, 9:43 pm By MongabayQUITO, Ecuador – Five years ago, Sergio Basantes and his wife Doris made history when they decided…Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years
Aug 9, 2017, 4:21 pm By MongabayAfter 80 years, scientists have rediscovered a lost species of monkey in a remote watershed in the…Critically endangered staghorn corals are benefiting from coral gardening in the Caribbean
Aug 9, 2017, 1:30 pm By Mongabay
It’s not just the Great Barrier Reef — coral reefs around the globe are in decline due to…
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