Campaigners celebrate as firm making first-ever GMO fish ceases operations
In 2015, AquaBounty Technologies became the first company in North America, and likely the world, to get regulatory approval to sell a genetically engineered animal for human consumption. Its Atlantic...
View ArticleBangladesh adopts new technology to fight wildlife crimes
The Bangladeshi government’s forest department recently added surveillance drones to their arsenal of conservation tools. Wildlife inspectors started using this technology to prepare a dragnet around...
View ArticleRoad to recovery: Wild animals staging a comeback in 2024
Conservation news is often heartbreaking, with reports of dramatic biodiversity loss globally year after year. But in 2024, there were several reasons for cheer as well, with conservationists finding...
View ArticleCamera traps reveal first jaguar in northwestern Ecuador forests in years
Two separate camera-trap surveys have captured videos and images of jaguars in two different forests in Ecuador’s northwest, where the animal hadn’t been spotted for several years. Subsequent analysis...
View Article10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2024
The weight of the crises our planet faces can feel overwhelming and disempowering. And the books that made Mongabay’s annual list take a hard look at the challenges — deforestation and species loss,...
View ArticleCompanies banking on tech and collaboration to comply with EUDR
The EU Deforestation Regulation, or EUDR, will require companies importing certain products into the European Union to trace the origins of these products all the way back up the supply chain to prove...
View ArticleMongabay’s most impactful investigations of 2024
This year, Mongabay published in-depth investigations on critical environmental issues. Our reporting revealed evidence of ecosystem destruction and its consequences for people worldwide, showcasing...
View ArticleSunken ships in Sri Lanka’s Colombo attract more fish than coral reefs
COLOMBO – The MV Thermopylae Sierra, a 155-meter (508-foot) bulk carrier flying the Cypress flag, was anchored off Sri Lanka’s west coast by court order following a legal dispute. Neglected for three...
View ArticleAn underground gold war in Colombia is ‘a ticking ecological time bomb’
Nearly 100 underground tunnels, running a combined length of more than 84 kilometers, or 52 miles, crisscross and plunge into the depths of the mountain that hosts the Zijin gold mine in Buriticá,...
View ArticleFour new tarantula species found in India’s Western Ghats mountains
A researcher described four new species of tarantulas, including one new genus, from India’s Western Ghats, a chain of mountains running along the country’s west coast. “Most people in India are not...
View ArticleCould bike lanes reshape car-crazy Los Angeles?
Getty Images From busy freeways to classic-car street racing, Los Angeles has long been considered the capital of American car culture. Can it change in time for the Olympics? With nearly year-round...
View ArticleNew bone test could rewrite British history, say scientists
London Museum from 2015 From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions – a new way of testing DNA in ancient bones could force a rethink of key moments in Britain’s...
View ArticleSweden’s green industry hopes hit by Northvolt woes
Getty Images Heavy snow blends into white thick clouds in Skellefteå, a riverside city in northern Sweden that is home to 78,000 residents. It’s also the location of what was supposed to become...
View ArticleTo conserve or cull? Life in Australia’s crocodile capital
Getty Images It’s dawn on Darwin Harbour and government ranger Kelly Ewin – whose job is to catch and remove crocodiles – is balancing precariously on a floating trap. Heavy rain clouds from the storm...
View ArticleBereaved whale spotted pushing another dead calf
A killer whale, which captured the world’s attention in 2018 when it was spotted pushing the dead body of its newborn calf for 17 days, appears to be grieving again. The whale, known as Tahlequah, has...
View ArticleThe world record for “largest snowflake” is 15 inches. Is that possible?
Snowflakes. These intricate, whimsical crystals are a staple of magical wintry scenes, but how big can they really get? Well, according to the Guinness World Record keepers, the “largest snowflake”...
View ArticleSweden’s wolf hunt starts, aims to halve population
Sweden has started its 2025 wolf hunt, with an aim to kill 30 wolves between Jan. 2 and Feb. 15. By the end of Jan. 2, hunters had shot 10 wolves (Canis lupus), according to Sweden Herald. Most recent...
View ArticleAmazon communities reap the smallest share of bioeconomy profits
The concept of bioeconomy is increasingly present in international forums like the United Nations climate summits (COP) and G20 meetings. However, despite its recent incorporation by...
View ArticleConservation and the rise of corporations in the Pan Amazon
The constituency for the conservation of the Pan Amazon is broad-based and diverse. Academics and civil society organizations have been successful in framing conservation of the Amazon as an issue of...
View ArticleIndonesian president says palm oil expansion won’t deforest because ‘oil...
JAKARTA — In a controversial speech, Indonesia’s new president argued oil palm plantations are like forests, calling for their expansion by stating, ‘oil palms are trees … they’ve got leaves.’”...
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