Gorilla Radio: innovation in conservation of super rare great apes
The Cross River gorilla is one of the world's rarest great ape subspecies, with only 300 individuals estimated to be living in Nigeria's Cross River State, but creative efforts to conserve their popul...
14 Okt 202034min
Can the oceans support a renewable energy transition?
Slowing climate change will require a massive increase of renewable energy assets while reducing use of fossil fuels. And who wouldn't like to have a quiet, clean, electric car? But renewable energy t...
30 Sep 20201h 1min
Great ape forest gardeners of Africa benefit from big conservation victory
Conservation of great apes in Africa relies on forest protection, and vice versa: on this episode we discuss a campaign in Cameroon to protect the second-largest rainforest in the world and its incred...
16 Sep 202044min
In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation
Women everywhere are key voices for conservation, and an increasing body of research now recognizes the direct link between gender equality and environmental protection. Mongabay has published a numbe...
2 Sep 202051min
Singing cetaceans: New whale & dolphin recordings intrigue researchers
Bioacoustics studies help scientists discover things never before known about all kinds of animals, but especially marine life -- on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we go under the waves to shar...
19 Aug 202041min
From parks to payments, which conservation methods work best?
For the 100th episode of the Newscast, we revisit Mongabay's groundbreaking Conservation Effectiveness series which asked a simple question: How can we know if conservation methods are working if we d...
4 Aug 202049min
Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 6: Hellbenders and super spreaders
Hellbenders are North America's largest salamanders, living in rivers and growing to an incredible length of over two feet. Eastern newts are tiny and terrestrial, but both are susceptible to a fungal...
29 Juli 202051min
Finding nature in the city
More than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas. And thanks to the COVID pandemic, many of us who are city-dwellers have spent at least part of the past several months on lockdown in...
22 Juli 202036min
