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Budget constraints limit wildlife protection in major Nepali road project

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Aug 2024
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). Image courtesy of Mark Louis Benedict via Flickr.

Biodiversity’s Tower of Babel: The confusion & disorientation of Convention on Biological Diversity Decision 15/9 (commentary)

Joseph Henry Vogel 24 Aug 2024

Nepal’s buffalo-kills-tiger story reveals deeper pains in compensation system

Abhaya Raj Joshi 24 Aug 2024
A white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) flying over a city.

Time to highlight South Asia’s less-studied vultures: Interview with Krishna Bhusal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Aug 2024

How a fun women’s gathering led to small wildcat conservation in Peru’s Andes

James Hall 22 Aug 2024

Argentina weighs new MPA to curb international fishing frenzy in ‘Blue Hole’

Maxwell Radwin 22 Aug 2024

In Mexico, avocado suppliers continue sourcing from illegally deforested land

Maxwell Radwin 21 Aug 2024

3D ‘digital twin’ rainforest maps could help reforestation programs in Costa Rica

Mark Hillsdon 20 Aug 2024
Women in the São João da Ponta Extractive Reserve fish for crabs on the Mocajuba River in the Amazonian mangroves of northern Brazil.

Brazil’s ‘Mothers of the Mangroves’ protect an ecological and cultural heritage

Sarah Brown 19 Aug 2024

Sri Lanka’s blue carbon ecosystems at risk as government seeks way out of economic crisis

Malaka Rodrigo 16 Aug 2024

Petroperú’s financial troubles could mean no oil spill remediation, communities fear

Aimee Gabay 15 Aug 2024
Entrepreneur Namita Mondal is watering mangrove saplings at her nursery.

In the Sundarbans, women are embracing mangrove restoration as an alternative livelihood

Sadiqur Rahman 15 Aug 2024
A Russell's viper.

Bangladesh introduces awareness initiatives to curb panic over Russell’s vipers

Abu Siddique 14 Aug 2024
Coffee bean harvesting in Yangambi DRC. Image courtesy of Axel Fassio/CIFOR_ICRAF

Study highlights environmental and economic benefits of agroforestry for DRC coffee crops

Elizabeth Fitt 9 Aug 2024

From selfies to treetops: Thai NGOs rescue and release captive gibbons

Ana Norman Bermúdez 9 Aug 2024
Cacao production in the Amazon (source FAPESP)

Scaling up the Amazon’s many bioeconomies requires investment in nature, prosperity, and inclusion (commentary)

Katherine Aguirre, Peter Smith, Robert Muggah 8 Aug 2024

In Brazil’s Pantanal, women find empowerment working with nature’s bounty

Marion Frank 8 Aug 2024
Red-throated bee-eaters (Merops bulocki), Pehonko, Benin. Image by Yves Bas via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0).

Birdsong rings out once again in Togo’s sacred forest of Titiyo

Charles Kolou 7 Aug 2024

In a fight to save a rare bird, Indigenous communities in Guyana are winning

Carla Ruas 5 Aug 2024

Ants perform life-saving amputations on injured nestmates, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 2 Aug 2024

Javan rhino poaching saga reveals serious security lapse

Mongabay-indonesia 2 Aug 2024

‘Lost’ snow leopard to remain at Kathmandu zoo, officials say

Abhaya Raj Joshi 31 Jul 2024
A common Jezebel (Delias eucharis).

Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

Hailey Smalley 31 Jul 2024

Cambodia’s largest mangrove forest is ‘teeming with life,’ biodiversity survey finds

Anton L. Delgado 30 Jul 2024
Hymenaea courbaril

Time for a copal comeback? The natural resin could boost Amazon’s economy

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Jul 2024

In Nepal, criticizing government conservation policies is becoming harder

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jul 2024
Common zebra (Equus quagga) in Kriger National Park, South Africa.

The Inventory, a Wiki for wild tech: Interview with Jake Burton & Alex Rood

Abhishyant Kidangoor 30 Jul 2024

Nepal’s railway rerouting plan to avoid Chitwan park sparks fiery backlash

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jul 2024

Shooting of Philippine eagle renews calls to boost enforcement, wildlife protection

Jhesset O. Enano 29 Jul 2024
Cacao pod in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jul 2024
A shark in mangrove shallows. Image by Anita Kainrath/Ocean Image Bank.

Shark fin consumption wanes in Thailand, yet demand persists, report shows

Carolyn Cowan 29 Jul 2024

Chatterbox chimps converse just like humans (but with more gestures)

Spoorthy Raman 29 Jul 2024

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