In Eswatini, the Southern African country formerly known as Swaziland, people still commonly hunt for honey with the help of ...

KATHMANDU — Nayaram Sunar vividly remembers the day at the end of monsoon season in 2019, when rain was pouring in ...

In their latest study, a group of researchers from Indonesia, the U.K., and the U.S. find that heath forests (locally known ...

In a small town called Metetí, deep in Panama’s Darién province, Luis Gutiérrez manages La Reina, or “The Queen,” a cattle ...

Wetlands are disappearing at three times the rate of forests, alarming conservationists who highlight the ecosystems’ role in ...

In honor of world elephant day on August 12, we highlight recent Mongabay stories that celebrate elephant conservation ...

When journalist Alan Weisman set out to write Hope Dies Last, he did so from a place of despair. Decades of reporting on ...

The U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) works to link funders with community-based conservation groups, ensuring ...

The Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and from environmental destruction such as deforestation and illegal mining. In ...

In the forested highlands of Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, Mingay Dakias knows exactly where to find medicine — not in modern health clinics but in the leaves, roots and vines that grow ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. It wasn’t the first time the Vietnamese authorities had accused someone of tax evasion ...