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A coffee cup with beans. Photo by Lotus Head/Wikimedia Commons

U.S. and U.K. lawmakers must wake up to the coffee problem (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 21 Dec 2023
Puzzle of a natural history museum diorama. Image by Erik Hoffner for Mongabay.

What does the decline of natural history museums mean for biodiversity conservation? (commentary)

Rajith Dissanayake 28 Jun 2023

Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2021
Victoria amazonica. © Sir Ghillean Prance

Amazon botanist Sir Ghillean Prance: ‘The environmental crisis is a moral one’

Rhett A. Butler 27 Oct 2020

Scientists warn U.S. Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

Overworked, underpaid and lonely: Conservationists find a new community online

Jeremy Hance 23 Mar 2020

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

Are Europe’s Ash trees headed towards extinction?

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Apr 2016

Progress being made in curbing illegal timber imports

Mongabay.com 25 Nov 2014

Walking the walk: zoo kicks off campaign for orangutans and sustainable palm oil

Jeremy Hance 20 Oct 2014

Despite frigid cold in U.S., January was the fourth warmest on record worldwide

Jeremy Hance 27 Feb 2014

Govts pledge $280M to slow deforestation for agriculture

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2013

Richest countries spent $74 billion on fossil fuel subsidies in 2011, eclipsing climate finance by seven times

Jeremy Hance 13 Nov 2013

David Attenborough: someone who believes in infinite growth is ‘either a madman or an economist’

Mark Riley Cardwell 16 Oct 2013

Featured video: could we rewild Britain with wolves and lions?

Jeremy Hance 7 Jul 2013

Southern U.S. logging soars to meet foreign biofuel demand

Tanya Dimitrova 6 Jun 2013

Prince Charles: take the war to the poachers

Fiona Harvey 22 May 2013

Is it the end for Britain’s hedgehogs?

Jordanna Dulaney 28 Mar 2013

Despite deforestation worries, U.K. approves palm oil for power production

Mongabay.com 7 Mar 2013

UK authorizes guns for Madagascar despite threat of lemur extinctions

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2013

New study adds to evidence that common pesticides decimating bee colonies

Jeremy Hance 24 Oct 2012

British government comes out against drilling in Virunga National Park by UK company

Jeremy Hance 1 Oct 2012

United States ranks near bottom on first ever energy efficiency scorecard

Michael Rudolph 15 Aug 2012

Climate change increased the probability of Texas drought, African famine, and other extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 11 Jul 2012

Wealthy consumption threatens species in developing countries

Jacob Munger 11 Jul 2012

As U.S. sees record heat, extreme weather pummels 4 continents

Jeremy Hance 10 Jul 2012

UK to require carbon emissions reporting by London Stock Exchange companies

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2012

Animal photos of the day: elephants in the English countryside

Jeremy Hance 14 Mar 2012

Fact follows fiction: Watership Down land to make way for housing developments

Jeremy Hance 21 Feb 2012

Brazilian mining company connected to Belo Monte dam voted worst corporation

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2012

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Jeremy Hance 22 Dec 2011

Global carbon emissions rise 49 percent since 1990

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2011

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