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We know how many okapi live in zoos. In the wild? It’s complicated

Marlowe Starling 18 Sep 2024

From prison psychologist to wildlife whisperer: Interview with Susan Eirich

Liz Kimbrough 18 Sep 2024
A Maasai cattle herder in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ahead of COP16, groups warn of rights abuses linked to ‘30×30’ goal

Aimee Gabay 18 Sep 2024
A group of young people in the forest in Kenema district, Sierra Leone. Image courtesy Sierra Leone Environment Matters.

Sierra Leone group helps farmers adapt to changing climate, protect forest

Emma Black 18 Sep 2024

Climate change could threaten newly described ‘shiny’ North American bees

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Sep 2024
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Experts call for urgent action as invasive species threatens Brazil mangroves

Sarah Brown 17 Sep 2024
A ranger with the Uganda Wildlife Authority on patrol in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in November 2023. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

US govt watchdog: Human rights still at risk in overseas conservation aid

Ashoka Mukpo 17 Sep 2024
A woman dressed in bright blue and a smile crouches in a cabbage field holding up a large head of cabbage. Image courtesy Suhucam.

In Cameroon, forest and water source restoration offers sustainable solutions

Yannick Kenné 16 Sep 2024
Gold mining erodes land cover in Pahuwato.

25-fold surge in malaria at Indonesia gold frontier raises deforestation questions

Zulkifli Mangkau 16 Sep 2024

Wildcat miners: will cyanide displace mercury?

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Sep 2024

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Will it work?

Maxwell Radwin 13 Sep 2024
Before and after of a restoration project in Spain. Image courtesy of AlVelAl.

Why I quit the film industry to work on ecological restoration (commentary)

John D. Liu 12 Sep 2024
An Indigenous group in a boat in the Ucayali River.

Report links killings to environmental crimes in Peru’s Amazon

Aimee Gabay 12 Sep 2024
A coral reef and marine life in the waters off Raja Ampat in Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Econusa.

Marine ecosystems still overlooked in Indonesia’s new conservation law, critics say

Basten Gokkon 12 Sep 2024

To save endangered trees, researchers in South America recruit an army of fungi

Sofia Moutinho 12 Sep 2024

Clearest picture yet of Amazon carbon density could help guide conservation

Maxwell Radwin 12 Sep 2024
A tusker with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka completes first elephant census since 2011 amid uncertainty

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Sep 2024
A Ministry of Environment ranger on patrol in the Cardamom Mountains. Image by Andyb3947 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cambodian carbon credit project hit by rights abuse claims is reinstated

Gerald Flynn 11 Sep 2024

Why is violence against environmental defenders getting worse? Five things to know

Maxwell Radwin 11 Sep 2024
Women's cooperative farm in Dogba. Image by Leocadia Bongben for Mongabay.

How the Zai farming technique is transforming soil fertility in North Cameroon

Leocadia Bongben 11 Sep 2024

In Nepal, conservation battles head to Supreme Court amid civil society silence

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Sep 2024
A traditional Yaqui ceremonial hut in Vícam which is made from alamo

Lack of research as contaminated Yaqui River poses health risks

Aimee Gabay 10 Sep 2024
A yellow oriental paper wasp (Polistes olivaceus)

Bats & bees help ni-Vanuatu predict storms — but will climate change interfere?

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 10 Sep 2024

In Venezuela, natural regeneration helps restore a threatened cloud forest

María Fernanda Rodríguez 10 Sep 2024
Wreathed hornbill at nest

Successful Thai community-based hornbill conservation faces uncertain future

Carolyn Cowan 10 Sep 2024
Photograph of the Itombwe owl captured by Tom Butynski and colleagues in 1996. Image Courtesy of Tom Butynski.

The Itombwe owl: Two birds and an identity crisis

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Sep 2024
A pair of sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) in a tree.

Wildlife busts in Malaysia’s Taman Negara show progress, and gaps, in enforcement

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 9 Sep 2024

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation at 60: A look back and forward

Erik Iverson 9 Sep 2024
Holding their communities' titles are Apu Juan Jarana Pérez from San Alberto de Morona community, Apa Elizethy Cruz Ponciano from San Jose de Yanayacu community, and Pedro Alcidez Pérez Peña from Sargento Lores de Camote Isla community. Image courtesy of Sacha Cine/Rainforest Foundation US.

Record number of Indigenous land titles granted in Peru via innovative process (commentary)

Miguel Guimaraes Vasquez and Wendy Pineda 6 Sep 2024
Egyptian fruit bat

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Sep 2024
Tightly coiled ferns of Matteuccia struthiopteris.

In Nepal, a humble edible fern is at heart of human-tiger conflict

Abhaya Raj Joshi 6 Sep 2024
Bhuddhist prayer flags ib Pachu Community Tourism center.

Ecotourism offers new hopes for Bhutanese youth — and local environments

Choki Wangmo 6 Sep 2024

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