Mauricio Martínez was convinced he was going to die. The year was 2021 and Martínez, gravely ill with COVID-19, struggled to ...

Joan Carling has made it her life’s mission to fight for the rights of her fellow Indigenous peoples. She has led anti-mining ...

There’s a theory about what happens when a big cat sets up shop in a forest, and it’s at the center of one of the biggest ...

As world leaders and scientific institutions from across the globe gather to discuss the biodiversity crisis at COP16 and climate change at COP29 this fall, it’s critical that they do not neglect the ...

As global leaders, experts, activists and Indigenous voices meet this October in the Colombian city of Cali at the U.N.

Scientists have long surmised that birds migrate during winters to save energy. The reasoning has been pretty obvious: far ...

In the grasslands of Yagul, in the central valleys of southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state, a jaguar makes its way through the ...

This is the second part of a Mongabay series investigating Cambodia’s illicit timber trade. Read Part One. Several Cambodian ...

A new atlas by human rights groups assessed tree cover and biodiversity hotspots on lands belonging to Afro-descendant ...

Ipu Angit’s close relationship with the forest here in the interior of Borneo is evident as he identifies the plants and ...

Forest defenders were stunned and concerned by the European Commission’s recent proposal for a 12-month delay in ...

The narrative of civilization’s rise and fall is often painted with grand achievements and epic downfalls, but one of the ...