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Mongabay Globalby Dilrukshi Handunnetti21d ago
- Sri Lanka will keep the two most visited sections of Yala National Park closed from Sept. 14 to Oct. 15 as drought conditions and extreme heat intensify pressure on wildlife.
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse21d ago
- The African dwarf crocodile is found in dense swamps and flooded forests across large parts of West and Central Africa.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu21d ago
- The return of a giant anteater to the protected area in the humid Gran Chaco in Argentina has given researchers hope that ecosystem restoration could help restore biodiversity in an area...
Mongabay Globalby Hans Nicholas Jong21d ago
- Conservationists are racing to rescue six orangutans believed to remain in a fire-affected High Conservation Value area inside an oil palm concession in Indonesia.
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao21d ago
In India, the exotic pet trade is increasing the risk of zoonotic disease spillovers, as close contact with imported wild animals creates repeated opportunities for dangerous pathogens to jump to...
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao21d ago
Wild grass now grows around the abandoned wooden houses of Tengjhih, a high-mountain hamlet in southern Taiwan, once a key settlement of the Bunun Indigenous people.
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok21d ago
- Air quality in cities and districts across Southeast Asia has reached hazardous levels in recent weeks owing to transboundary haze from wildfires in Indonesia.
Mongabay Globalby Glenn Scherer22d ago
- Wolf howls have mystified listeners for ages, prompting a range of questions. For more than three decades, wildlife biologists, using traditional research methods, have sought answers from the...
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb22d ago
Bolivia recently began overhauling one of its principal mining laws, with the goal of modernizing the industry and improving oversight.
Mongabay Globalby Mongabay Editor22d ago
BRUSSELS (AP) — A scorching summer that dried up rivers and killed tens of thousands across the European Union from Portugal to Hungary has shown that the bloc needs to develop new tools to meet a...
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse22d ago
- A pack of wild dogs has recorded the longest journey by an African mammal by clocking up more than 4,100 kilometers (2,500 miles).
Mongabay Globalby Liz Kimbrough22d ago
Once upon a time, flocks of passenger pigeons were so dense they blocked the sun like great gray thunderclouds flying overhead. Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd imagines this with music.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman22d ago
- A new study in Vietnam found coastal plastic pollution costs small-scale fishers thousands of dollars a year in lost earning potential.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu22d ago
- The U.S. announced a historic oil deal in August that gives it access to more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves in Venezuela, which is structured through a private company, North...
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta22d ago
For the first time in the modern history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Congolese nongovernmental organization will co-manage a protected area in the country.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb23d ago
Roughly a decade ago, a marine heatwave in the northeastern Pacific Ocean caused a dramatic decline in populations of forage fish and krill, the base of the marine food chain.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi23d ago
- After a cycle of left-wing administrations, four out of nine Amazonian nations are currently under right-wing leadership that favors exploitation of natural resources over conservation.
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo23d ago
Jeff Sikich, the biologist for the National Park Service in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, thought that Steve Winter “was crazy” for wanting to capture a photograph of a mountain lion in front of the...
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb23d ago
Populations of sardinella, an important protein-rich fish, are in rapid decline in the waters off Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu23d ago
- In January, U.S. armed forces removed Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro from office and began opening the mining sector to foreign investment.
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