In the rolling hills of Iñapari, a remote town in the Peruvian Amazon on the tri-border with Bolivia and Brazil, cattle ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For most of ...

A decade after tour guide Basil P. Das stumbled upon a small black-and-beige snake while working on his coffee farm in ...

Conservation often presents itself as a technical enterprise: how much land to protect, which species to prioritize, what ...

It was 27 December 2004. I was sitting at my computer in my office in Jakarta, Indonesia, my mind busy with plans for the New ...

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

Oman minerals treaty met resistance at UNEA-7, highlighting divisions over binding global standards for mining impacts.

Western leopard toads have been listed as endangered since 2016. Andrew Turner, scientific manager for CapeNature, the ...

Rare twin mountain gorillas born in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park are raising hopes for the survival of the endangered ...

As a baby, Elisa Fernández Sánchez’ mother would place her into the bow of the canoe and glide across the murky waters of the ...

Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, according to a newly ...