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An endangered Texas ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

Texas ocelot breeding and reintroduction may offer new route to recovery

Erik Iverson 21 Nov 2023

Can land titles save Madagascar’s embattled biodiversity and people?

Malavika Vyawahare 14 Aug 2023

After Sri Lanka, Nepal debates exporting its ‘problematic’ monkeys

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 May 2023
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Monarch butterflies become a powerful symbol for justice at the U.S./Mexico border (commentary)

Meg Perret 31 Mar 2023

Human migration to Nepal’s tiger capital adds to conservation challenges

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Mar 2023
Fishers in a boat in the Malampaya Sound mangroves.

Healthy mangroves build a resilient community in the Philippines’ Palawan

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 29 Aug 2022
A migrant fisherman in Thailand.

Wage-related abuses in fishing industry exacerbated by pandemic response

Annelise Giseburt 12 May 2022
Fishermen on Lake Victoria.

Boom and bust on Lake Victoria: Q&A with author Mark Weston

John Cannon 10 May 2022

Humanity’s ‘ecological Ponzi scheme’ sets up bleak future, scientists warn

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Jan 2021
La Danta, as photographed from a helicopter. Photo by Dennis Jarvis/Flickr.

In Guatemala, refugees find new calling as park rangers

Antonio José Paz Cardona, Ashoka Mukpo 16 Oct 2020

Amazonia’s people domesticated crops on ‘forest islands’ 10,000 years ago: Study

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2020

In Colombia’s La Guajira, the native Wayuu are forgotten in the dust

Nicoló Filippo Rosso 13 May 2020

Young farmers apply ancient agroforestry practices in the heart of Sardinia

Monica Pelliccia 29 Jan 2020

Africa’s largest reserve may lose half its area to oil development

Stephen Leahy 2 Aug 2019

Dam in Ethiopia has wiped out indigenous livelihoods, report finds

John Cannon 11 Jun 2019

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

New species of ancient human found in a Philippine cave

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2019
A life restoration of Hadropithecus stenognathus, an extinct species of lemur, based on fossil evidence. H. stenognathus is thought to have weighed between 27 and 35 kilograms (60 and 77 pounds), more than three times the size of the largest living species of lemur, the indri (Indri indri). Image by Smokeybjb via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Human population boom led to Madagascar’s megafauna extinction: Study

Malavika Vyawahare 4 Apr 2019

Dust and blood: Climate-induced conflict fuels migration, study finds

Nina Finley 29 Mar 2019

Proximity to towns stretches giraffe home ranges

Mongabay.com 6 Mar 2019

Indigenous hunters vital to robust food webs in Australia

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2019

Two Indian tribes help reconstruct a forest’s history, in war and in peace

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Dec 2018
Size comparison between the eggs of an elephant bird, ostrich, and chicken. Courtesy of the museum at Berenty.

Humans reached Madagascar 6,000 years earlier than previously thought

Mongabay.com 12 Sep 2018

Mexico’s ejidos are finding greater sustainability by involving youth and women

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2018

Wildlife decimated by the surge in conflicts in the Sahara and the Sahel

Mongabay.com 9 May 2018
Bison in Chihuahua, Mexico, where protected grasslands in the U.S. and Mexico create a bi-national wildlife corridor. President Trump’s border hardening plans threaten the continuity of this habitat, and existing fencing has already curtailed the bison's movements. Photo by Rurik List.

Judge OKs waiving environmental laws to build U.S.-Mexico border wall

Mongabay 1 Mar 2018
Bison in the Janos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico. A population of about 100 bison lives in Mexico, where they are listed as a species in danger of extinction. The herd’s trips from the U.S. to Mexico have been curtailed by a hardening of the border in the Janos Valley. Photo by Rurik List courtesy of CONABIO.

Rewriting biological history: Trump border wall puts wildlife at risk

Rebecca Kessler 12 Feb 2018
A Rohingya boy carrying a load of firewood through Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo by Khaamil Ahmed/Mongabay.

Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive

Kaamil Ahmed 9 Jan 2018

Protecting a forest in the land of the Indonesian deer-pig

Christopel Paino 15 Aug 2017

Kiribati confronts climate upheaval by preparing for ‘migration with dignity’

Kayla Walsh 11 Jul 2017

Cattle ranching devours Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

Michelle Carrere 10 Mar 2017

Nations come together to save Kenya’s disappearing coastal forests

Sophie Mbugua 3 Nov 2016

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