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The Brazilian tapir may get a bad rap in Brazil, where referring to someone as a 'tapir' essentially…Peru’s first environment minister dies at 74
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Born to a poor family of coffee farmers on the western slopes of the Andes in 1940, Antonio Brack…Traditional farming technique preserves soil, forest in Kalimantan
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The road winds five kilometers through a thick canopy of trees before ending abruptly at a stream…Earthworms under threat
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1st November 1837 was a disappointing day at the Geological Society of London. The men (and they…Coffee farmers help protect Flores forest
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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
10:37am 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
12:06am 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
Mon 12:00pm 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'
Mon 10:38am 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
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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…
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