An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. On a remote ...

Angola has declared its highest mountain, Mount Moco, part of a new conservation area to protect its threatened Afromontane forests. The Serra do Moco Conservation Area, which includes a complex of ...

Tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, dropping 36% from the record highs of the previous year, according to new ...

Flash floods are a common occurrence in Bangladesh’s northeastern haor (shallow wetland ecosystem) region. These large bowl-shaped topographic depressions remain inundated for around seven months ...

Indonesian authorities are pursuing a criminal investigation into two senior public health managers over the most recent ...

Several recent articles at Mongabay regarding mental health in the conservation sector provide a much-needed overview of an ...

The idea that the Earth can be “searched” like a database has circulated for several years in academic and technical circles.

Scientists conducting a DNA analysis of ant specimens collected from across the Fiji islands in the Pacific have been able to ...

India is home to 135 known bat species, but their natural history and ecology remain poorly understood, according to the ...

Winds sweep across the world’s oceans every day, and harnessing that largely unused resource has the potential to provide ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Indonesia’s ...

Intensive farming of the popular açaí berry grew by 70% since 2015, while community cooperatives reported losses of 35% or ...