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

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy ...

MÉRIDA, Venezuela- José Betancourt, 75, climbed to the glacier of Pico Bolívar, Venezuela’s highest peak, 158 times before it ...

For centuries, barefoot pilgrims have walked through the arid jungles and lush forests of Sri Lanka’s east and south, ...

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

Argentina has the second-largest reserves of lithium in the world, at around 22 million tons. As battery technology advances and global demand for the mineral grows, the country is trying to position ...

The story of Astrid Puentes Riaño is rooted in the soil of Colombia. Born in Bogotá to a family with campesino roots, her ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite ...

On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places half a sardine into each cage as his brother, Julio, steers their ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

I lost my sons, nephews, and grandson in this tragedy. I lost my older brother’s son. I can say that I lost almost ten ...

KATHMANDU — Nepal has launched a species action plan focused exclusively on conserving the endangered dhole (Cuon alpinus), ...