Environment

Decades of deforestation to make way for oil palm monoculture have transformed the Kinabatangan River floodplain in east Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, dividing wildlife populations...

In the past, jaguars were revered as deities, but currently, their population is being drastically reduced throughout their habitat. Explore the deep, dense jungles where...

A team of researchers from India and Japan have found water droplets trapped in mineral deposits in the Kumaon mountains in the Indian state...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...

In recent years, examples of forced labor on industrial fishing vessels have commanded headlines in prominent media outlets. Yet ship owners are rarely held...

It’s been an eventful couple of months for the Amazon Rainforest and for the Mongabay newsroom.Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) recently shared...

In recent decades, mangroves in Jamaica have declined rapidly, from about 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) in the 1970s to about 9,945 hectares (24,574 acres)...

Coastal erosion on the west coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island is so advanced that seawater has penetrated the groundwater supply that tens of thousands...

A public-private partnership aims to establish a new ocelot population in Texas to ensure survival and recovery of the species in the U.S. Current...

Sustainability technology company Vizzuality has published an open-source data set that can help companies evaluate how much their products are contributing to ecological degradation...

People’s love of wild caviar has pushed sturgeon to the brink of extinction in Europe and as a result internationally tradeable caviar can only...

As December 4th approaches, conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts worldwide are gearing up to celebrate International Cheetah Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about...