In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a ...

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

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

Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, thinning records, and the ...

In 2019, Bangladesh set a target to end the use of traditional bricks and switch to concrete blocks in all government construction works by June 2025. Aimed at preventing the loss of farmland and the ...

Every year, researchers and people out in nature capture some aspect of animal behavior that’s unusual or unexpected in some ...

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

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

Encompassing some 7,400 square kilometers, or 2,860 square miles, along the Honduran border, Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere ...

Universities like to present themselves as durable institutions. They outlast governments, ride out recessions, and take ...

As Indigenous peoples and local communities globally struggle to safeguard their rights over their land and forests, Nepal ...

In the early 2000s, José Juan Flores Martínez was studying for a bachelor’s degree in biology and working as a volunteer in a ...