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Gqeberha, SOUTH AFRICA — On June 17, marine biologist Enrico Gennari and a group of students set out into the water in South Africa’s Mossel Bay. They were planning to use baited remote underwater video cameras to monitor fish populations…
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, the class of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks,…
A legal saga stemming from a water quality project saw Tom Van Lent briefly jailed in a case brought by allies of DeSantis An environmental scientist briefly jailed in what he called a “political prosecution” brought by allies of Florida’s…
Guava farmer Haralal Halder, in his 45 years of farming profession in coastal Bangladesh, had never experienced a drought-like spell with soaring temperatures during April-May period, the flowering season, until the past couple of years. In 2023 and this year,…
The complexities of the climate crisis are a tough sell to audiences but these plays in New York show it can be done Despite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage…
Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature A grassroots movement to wild a fifth of East Anglia is going national with the launch of Wild Kingdom’s “map of…
The last known photo of the slender-billed curlew, a grayish-brown migratory waterbird, was taken in February 1995 at Merja Zerga, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. There will likely never be another one. The species, Numenius tenuirostris, has officially been declared extinct…
Meet the leaders of Mongabay’s global newsroom — people who have built Mongabay into an impactful news organization capable of telling underreported environmental stories relevant to audiences worldwide. This series profiles Mongabay’s journalists through candid conversations that explore how we’ve…
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. “I knew I was disposable.” That realization, from earlier in his career, helps guide Willie Shubert today in building a kind and capable…
A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant. The court cited multiple reasons for its decision, including the failure to adequately consult local residents and consider the full impacts…