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Located on the slopes of Inerie Mountain on the island of Flores in Indonesia, farmers in Bajawa and…Judge protects Midwest wolves after 1,599 killed in three years
Jan 6, 2015, 10:37 am By Jeremy Hance
Future wolf hunting and trapping seasons in the Upper Midwest are on hold after a judge ruled the…Half of Indonesia's deforestation occurs outside concession areas
Jan 6, 2015, 12:06 am By Rhett Butler
Roughly half of Indonesia's natural forest loss occurs outside officially designated concession…Two vanishing prairie butterflies added to the Endangered Species Act
Jan 5, 2015, 12:00 pm By Jeremy HanceThis fall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added two little-known prairie butterflies to the…Featured video: new documentary highlights 'Sumatra Burning'
Jan 5, 2015, 10:38 am By Jeremy Hance
A new half-hour documentary investigate the impact of the palm oil industry in Indonesia, including…Rainforests: 10 things to watch in 2015
Jan 2, 2015, 12:28 pm By Rhett Butler
2014 was a landmark year for tropical rainforests, with dozens of major companies committing to…Most popular environmental news stories in 2014
Dec 31, 2014, 6:05 pm By Rhett Butler
In 2014 Mongabay published more than 1,100 stories in English and over 450 posts in Spanish, French,…Monkey sleep, monkey do: how primates choose their trees
Dec 31, 2014, 3:01 pm By Brittany Stewart
Primates don't monkey around when deciding where to spend the night, but primatologists have had a…Activists call out 'one of the worst actors in pulp and paper'
Dec 30, 2014, 4:52 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
The owner of the only mill in Indonesia equipped to produce dissolving pulp, Toba Pulp Lestari…Top 10 camera trap photos of animals
Dec 30, 2014, 4:00 pm By Rhett Butler
Camera traps are revolutionizing the world of conservation, helping researchers document elusive…2014: the year in rainforests
Dec 30, 2014, 2:40 pm By Rhett Butler
2014 could be classified as "The Year of the Zero Deforestation Commitment". During 2014, nearly two…Rat eradication needed to save seabird colony
Dec 30, 2014, 2:11 pm By Brittany Stewart
Although only a nuisance in your home, on an isolated island chain (archipelago) off the…Meet Biofaces: the Facebook for wildlife enthusiasts
Dec 30, 2014, 12:23 pm By Jeremy Hance
Love wildlife? Wish you had a place online to share your photos, videos, and stories with other wild…Young journalists win prizes for environmental reporting
Dec 30, 2014, 10:26 am By Tiffany Roufs
This year, Mongabay published over 165 articles written by journalists participating in its…Endangered mussel still harvested for food in Laos
Dec 29, 2014, 12:55 pm By Morgan Erickson-Davis
Only one freshwater pearl mussel species is known to inhabit tropical water systems. However,…Camera traps capture rare footage of wild bonobos (video)
Dec 29, 2014, 11:10 am By Jeremy Hance
Bonobos, our ape cousins, love peace. Unlike chimpanzees, also our close relatives, bonobos are…Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2014
Dec 29, 2014, 9:32 am By Jeremy Hance
In what was widely seen as a possible breakthrough in the battle to coordinate some kind of response…Indonesia's silent wildlife killer: hunting
Dec 26, 2014, 11:21 am By Rhett Butler
By and large, Indonesia is a peaceful country. In fact, on the United Nations Office of Drugs and…Connecting the Dots: from Christmas Cookies to Climate Change
Dec 26, 2014, 9:51 am By Rhett Butler
Harrison Ford checking out everyday products to see which ones contain palm oil. Not exactly the…
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