'Remembering Wildlife' before it goes extinct
British wildlife photographer Margot Raggett says she created the book Remembering Elephants after she heard David Attenborough say, "The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren ma...
18 Aug 46min
Historic fire seasons are the 'new normal' without 'serious action' on climate change
Elizabeth Goldman is a co-director of Global Nature Watch, previously known as Global Forest Watch, a database measuring forest loss that's frequently cited in Mongabay reporting. She joins this week'...
11 Aug 28min
The 'quiet revolution' inspired by Delhi's urban wildlife
In her upcoming book, My Wild City: Finding Nature, Meaning, and Hope in India's Capital, conservation biologist Neha Sinha takes readers to the hidden and not-so-hidden ecosystems of India's largest...
4 Aug 54min
Why are forests in Liberia disappearing?
On this week's episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with features writer Ashoka Mukpo, who traveled to southeastern Liberia to investigate what satellite images indicated was a spike in deforest...
28 Juli 38min
Oil has brought destruction to the Niger Delta; women and human rights may save it
On this week's episode of the Mongabay Newscast, I speak with travel writer Noo Saro-Wiwa. She has documented the violence and natural destruction that the presence of oil companies have brought to th...
21 Juli 42min
The Mediterranean Sea's beauty hides an ecosystem under pressure
The Mediterranean Sea accounts for less than 1% of the world's ocean surface water, but it contains roughly 18% of global marine biodiversity. It is home to 150 million people along its coastline (rou...
14 Juli 33min
Wildlife crossings are having a moment
Nearly three years ago, Newscast guest, author and journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his book Crossings, which is about wildlife crossings and road ecology. Wildlife crossings help reconnect habitats...
7 Juli 37min
The radical plan to rethink work, wealth and planetary well-being
A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, all while seeing incomes rise for 98% of the global ...
30 Juni 52min
