2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (379+ words) A year after the World Bank approved a plan to redress community grievances over inadequate compensation and sexual harassment at Liberia's Salala Rubber Corporation, a progress report provides little evidence that any of its key commitments have been implemented. In…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (746+ words) These kinds of fungi establish unique partnerships with plants that are fundamental to keeping forests alive. More than 80% of all terrestrial plants are associated with these fungi, which form underground networks, penetrating roots and creating specialized structures called arbuscules that…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (479+ words) A new study of our two closest living relatives finds that, at least in zoos, bonobos may not be more peaceful than chimpanzees. Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are only found south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo,…...

18+ hour, 46+ min ago  (555+ words) Authorities in Malawi have credited stronger monitoring and border controls with effectively ending the smuggling of invasive crayfish into the country, nearly a year after a major seizure from neighboring Zambia. Davie Khumbanyiwa, the fisheries department officer responsible for monitoring,…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (271+ words) Founder's Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. On the docks of Port Orford, a small fishing town on the southern coast of the U. S. state of Oregon, Aaron Longton runs a…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago  (432+ words) The recent discovery of an injured proboscis monkey near a railway track in Thailand points to the likelihood of cross-border trafficking in the endangered species, reports Mongabay contributor Ana Norman Bermudez. Bermudez reported that local residents found the injured animal…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago  (493+ words) Indonesia is moving to rezone Way Kambas National Park, transforming the Sumatran sanctuary from a "cost center" into a "profit center." As Mongabay's Hans Nicholas Jong reports, the government has framed the initiative as a carbon-trading and luxury-tourism initiative to…...

10+ hour, 44+ min ago  (11+ words) Tracking environmental crime in the Amazon: A conversation with Alexa V'lez'Mongabay...

10+ hour, 23+ min ago  (752+ words) Researchers pulled 24 tiny new creatures from a deep abyss in the central Pacific Ocean, some with long, spindly legs and others with more squat, compact bodies. Some appeared to feed on the sediment itself, while others had large claws suggesting…...

10+ hour, 44+ min ago  (561+ words) Rhett Ayers Butler for Mongabay: Please introduce yourself and your position at Mongabay. Alexa V'lez: My name is Alexa V'lez, and I am managing editor of Mongabay Latam. I have been part of the Latin American office for almost ten…...