How coastal communities are adapting to rising seas naturally with Living Shorelines
Homeowners and towns along the U.S. East Coast are increasingly building "living shorelines" to adapt to sea level rise and boost wildlife habitat in a more economical and less carbon-intensive way th...
27 Aug 202441min
Experts warn bird flu poses 'an existential threat' to biodiversity, and a possible threat to humans
The current clade of H5N1 or bird flu is an "existential threat" to the world's biodiversity, experts say. While it has infected more than 500 bird and mammal species on every continent except Austral...
20 Aug 202427min
Indigenous communities' traditional ecological knowledge is key to conservation: National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan
Top National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan joined the show to discuss traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and why Indigenous communities are the world's most effective conservationists. Yüya...
13 Aug 202441min
The 'Wild Frequencies' of Indian wildlife revealed by bioacoustics
Mongabay newswire editor Shreya Dasgupta joins the Mongabay Newscast to detail her new three-part miniseries, Wild Frequencies, produced in collaboration with the Mongabay India bureau. Dasgupta detai...
6 Aug 202431min
How a multi-nation effort has protected North American amphibians from a deadly disease outbreak
Scientists described Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) over 10 years ago, a pathogen that causes the deadly disease chytridiomycosis which is currently devastating salamanders and frogs around ...
30 Jul 202452min
Sacrificing U.S. forests for solar energy "misses the plot" on climate action
U.S. states such as Vermont and Massachusetts are cutting thousands of acres of forest for solar power projects, despite the fact that this harms biodiversity and degrades ecosystems' carbon sequestra...
23 Jul 202436min
Natural forest regeneration is 'a restoration of hope' for farmers & forests worldwide
Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo's reforestation project in Niger was failing – with 80% of his planted saplings dying – until he stumbled upon a simple solution in plain sight: stumps of previously...
16 Jul 202449min
Indigenous communities left in the dark on Borneo hydropower plan advocate for their river
The premier of the Malaysian state of Sarawak recently announced new dam projects on three rivers in Borneo without the informed consent of local people. The managing director of the Sarawak-based NGO...
9 Jul 202445min
