The Race to Save the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.
Environment & Sustainability
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Feral Dogs on the Roof of the World
As many as 25,000 free-ranging dogs roam the cold, high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India. That’s a problem for wildlife and people alike.
A Copper Smelter in Miami, Arizona, Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.
The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show.
Living on the edge: what young people in England told us about life on the coast
As part of the Guardian’s Against the tide series, readers aged 18 to 30 share what they love about living in their coastal town, the challenges and why they often choose to leave Megan, a 24-year-old from the Isle of…
How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates
After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power. By Dennis Pillion Wired for Profit: Second in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and…
Scenes From an Unfolding Climate Drama
ICN international climate policy reporter Bob Berwyn reviews the past decade of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Story and photos by Bob Berwyn The last 10 global climate summits have played out on vastly different stages: from the hopeful…
‘The bargain of the century’: An economist’s vision for expanding clean energy access in Africa
Many observers see industrialization as the key to boosting clean electricity access for people living in Africa and across the Global South. They argue that building up economies with industry will bring about the investments needed to upgrade the power…
Stuart Brooks, peat protector, has died
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For much of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, peatlands sat awkwardly at the edge of public consciousness. Neither conventionally scenic nor…
Year in wildlife – in pictures
We look back over the year’s wildlife photographs, and hand out some much-deserved gongs to brilliant and beautiful creatures around the world Continue reading…
Conservation wins in 2025 that pushed us closer to the 30×30 goal
The “30 by 30” biodiversity target to protect 30% of the Earth’s land and ocean by 2030 is fast approaching — and the world is far off the pace needed for success: Less than 10% of oceans and just 17.6%…