In Benin, mangroves are said to be protected by the Zangbéto. In the Vodun belief, this deity forbids wood cutting, under ...

The European roller breeds in open woodlands across Europe and Central Asia and migrates as far as 10,000 kilometers to Africa each year. Since 2024, a nascent project of BirdLife South has been ...

Each year in May, World Migratory Bird Day draws attention to the billions of birds that migrate long distances with the ...

A judge says Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing bears as part of a plan to help recover a herd of caribou ...

For good reason, mining and conservation are typically understood to be activities that exist in opposition to each other.

A new report argues that oil and gas development has failed to deliver economic growth for most Africans, instead enriching ...

Fires have burned part of a decade-long orangutan habitat restoration site in Indonesian Borneo, raising fears among ...

Five months after the passing of conservation icon Jane Goodall in 2025, Mongabay met her grandson, Merlin Van Lawick, at the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently proposed listing Jamaica’s most imperiled butterfly, the Jamaican kite ...

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could ...

The famous bird specialist Tony Silva had cell phones and a computer seized by Brazil’s Federal Police at Guarulhos Airport, ...

A machete is typically an instrument for clearing dense brush or, in a certain kind of movie, for fending off a terrifying ...