As a baby, Elisa Fernández Sánchez’ mother would place her into the bow of the canoe and glide across the murky waters of the ...

In the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon, locals tap rubber and extract Brazil nuts from the rainforest ...

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

At the end of 2024, the Azores stood as a beacon of hope and a global leader in ocean conservation, having created the ...

More than 145,000 African forest elephants roam the rainforests of Africa, according to a recent population assessment.

Countries under the international treaty to protect migratory animals have proposed increasing protections for 42 species.

The Cardamom Mountains sprawl across southwestern Cambodia and are among the best-preserved rainforests in the country.

In the mountains of central Veracruz, scientific work is rarely abstract. It means walking narrow paths through cloud forest, ...

The death of a well-known wild animal is an odd kind of news. It is intimate, because so many people feel they have met the ...

Environmental and territorial defenders in Guatemala face a critical moment as violence targeting them increases across the ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

On a small airplane, José Manuyama, a professor, frowns and shakes his head with anguish while  thousands of feet below, five ...