Chilean chinchilla faces new threat from copper mine near national reserve
Las Chinchillas National Reserve is the only place in the world dedicated to the protection of the Chilean chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera), a species that...
Amazon deforestation linked to reduced Tibetan snows, Antarctic ice loss: Study
Earth’s climate is controlled by a complex network of interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, lands, ice and biosphere. Many elements in this system are...
How Bolivia pioneered agrarian reform in South America
Continuing with the experiences by country, this time it is the turn of Bolivia, which had its first approach to the distribution of public...
XPRIZE Rainforest finalists named for top conservation technology award
The California-based XPRIZE Foundation that organizes competitions incentivizing innovations in health, energy and other sectors, has announced the six finalists for its rainforest biodiversity...
In Sierra Leone’s fishing villages, a reality check for climate aid
In April, Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo visited the Sherbro estuary, a sprawling riverine ecosystem of mangroves and coastal fishing villages on the Sierra Leonean coastline.Like...
Restoring flagging oil palm plantations to forest may benefit clouded leopards,...
A team of biologists fitted four clouded leopards in the Kinabatangan region of Malaysian Borneo with satellite collars, and they gathered several months of...
New ‘goblin spiders’ from Sri Lanka named after Enid Blyton characters
Scientists have discovered...
Amid global climate and hunger crises, Africa is building a brighter...
Millions of people across the African continent are facing starvation due to climate change, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine, which are exposing the...
