Despite government efforts to halt violence in the Amazon region where British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert ...

It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the ...

Gibbons, commonly called lesser apes, aren’t as well-known as some of their great ape cousins like chimpanzees or gorillas.

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

Fears of underinvestment in mitigation against oil spills, poor waste disposal and water overuse remain a major concern for ...

Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso ...

A nickel mining project in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao is facing renewed calls for closure after a recent ...

Going to Dubai was an act of desperation,” says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. “There were ...

Every dozen years or so, Sri Lanka’s mist-shrouded highlands burst into color. Violet, pink and white carpets of tiny blooms ...

The mesopelagic zone is the chilly, dimly lit layer of ocean found 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) below the surface, which ...

They’re known as the “ghost of the mountains,” so it makes sense that snow leopards can be extremely difficult to spot. Yet, ...

Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha ...