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Expanding agriculture could worsen flooding in South American plains, study says

Expanding agriculture could worsen flooding in South American plains, study says

The South American plains, including Las Pampas and the Gran Chaco, have seen agricultural activity expand drastically to meet international demand.A new study published...
Should species be named after people? It’s up for debate.

Should species be named after people? It’s up for debate.

The practice of using eponyms, or scientific names based on real or fictional people, has been in place since the 1700s, but is...
International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists

International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists

Calls from the international community are growing for the release of five environmental activists fighting water pollution and mining in El Salvador who were...

Q&A with biologist Gabriela Ochoa

In 2011, Honduras...
Elaine Jack, District Improvement Manager of SCMD

Sandton Central’s traffic signal backup power initiative surges ahead with support...

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and Sandton Central Management District (SCMD) have made significant strides in their pioneering initiative of connecting traffic signals to...
Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Tucuruí and the Tocantins Cascade

Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: Tucuruí and the Tocantins Cascade

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
For Caatinga’s last jaguars and pumas, wind farms are the newest threat

For Caatinga’s last jaguars and pumas, wind farms are the newest...

In 2013, it was estimated there were 250 jaguars and 2,500 pumas in the entire Caatinga biome in northeastern Brazil, but the numbers today...

Phasephardhis and the lesser florican (commentary)

Across India, grasslands...