In a controversial speech, Indonesia’s new president argued oil palm plantations are like forests, calling for their ...

Throughout a year in which Latin America saw elections in six countries and prepared for the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia, ...

Traditional people need more financing, better access to energy and improved roads to get their products into the market.

Evolution has perfected the world’s sharks and rays for more than 420 million years. Unlike the ammonites or pterosaurs that ...

The jaguar moves between patches of forest in the Mesoamerican Corridor across Central America. Meanwhile, the majestic ...

Nearly 100 underground tunnels, running a combined length of more than 84 kilometers, or 52 miles, crisscross and plunge into ...

Wikipedia defines a ‘nothing-burger’ as “a situation that receives a lot of attention but which, upon closer examination, reveals to be of little to no real significance.” That unfortunately applies ...

In Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland, Paul Raad crouched in the undergrowth, scanning the ground for ...

The MV Thermopylae Sierra, a 155-meter (508-foot) bulk carrier flying the Cypress flag, was anchored off Sri Lanka’s west ...

The weight of the crises our planet faces can feel overwhelming and disempowering. And the books that made Mongabay’s annual ...

A researcher described four new species of tarantulas, including one new genus, from India’s Western Ghats, a chain of ...

The Bangladeshi government’s forest department recently added surveillance drones to their arsenal of conservation tools.