Mongabay Reports: Why chimp GIFs aren't funny
GIFs (animated images) can be a simple and fun way to communicate via text and are increasingly popular. Yet, while a GIF of an ape wearing overalls may seem cute, the animal pictured is often subject...
30 Nov 20216min
Bill McKibben on climate action, grief and 'radical joy' after COP26 climate summit
Most observers declared the recent climate summit a failure, as world leaders largely delayed action on climate change. Still there was some progress so we discuss those here plus proactive ways we ca...
23 Nov 202137min
Mongabay Reports: Earth Defenders Toolkit strengthens Indigenous voices
The Earth Defenders Toolkit is a collection of apps that support local autonomy of Indigenous lands, giving communities ownership of critical data and reducing the need for outside support. The toolk...
17 Nov 20216min
Let it grow: Natural forest regeneration's amazing reforestation power
Initiatives to plant billions and even trillions of trees have been popping up like seedlings after a rainstorm. These are important in tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, but what about us...
10 Nov 20211h 5min
Mongabay Reports: Lost chameleon reappears
The rare Champman's pygmy chameleon has been missing in the wild for over two decades. First described in 1992, it was finally seen in a dwindling patch of rainforest in the Malawi Hills in 2016. Rese...
3 Nov 20215min
Indigenous bioacoustics: listening to the land for conservation and tradition
Indigenous-led conservation initiatives are being aided by the growing field of bioacoustics, with many communities around the world creating listening networks that monitor their lands and help them ...
27 Okt 202142min
Mongabay Reports: New species of North America's rare spotted skunks discovered
Researchers analyzed spotted skunk DNA and found that rather than the four skunk species previously recognized by science, there are actually seven. Referred to as the "acrobats of the skunk world" th...
19 Okt 20215min
Extracted, exported and forgotten: the global race for resources and the DRC
The world economy demands clean energy and cheap commodities and these are being extracted at a furious rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. So the DRC is benefiting from all this activity, r...
14 Okt 202141min
