Oil drilling in the Monte Desert has wiped many areas of their plants. But researchers have found that digging furrows can help plants grow back.
Trees help students learn by cooling school yards.
The government of Panama is using AI to help stop illegal fishing of tuna.
Forest elephants eat the fruits of the ebony tree and help spread their seeds through forests. If elephants vanish, ebony trees — used to make instruments — can vanish too.
Giant otters went extinct in Argentina, but now they are back.
A baby of the largest known squid species was seen for the first time.
In 2019, three botanists exploring a mountain range in Tanzania made an exciting find.
What would happen if you could grow your own lamp out of a plant? Scientists are experimenting with doing just that.
The saola is so rare that it hasn’t been captured on camera since 2013. A team in Laos is hoping to find one.
Scientists were using drones to count South American river turtles in the Brazilian Amazon when they discovered the nesting site with around 41,000 adult females.
Learn about the incredible life of Jane Goodall, from her friend, and Mongabay’s founder, Rhett Ayers Butler.
A 113-million-year-old ant fossil found in Brazil is the oldest known ant species. This newly described ancient ant had unique scythe-like jaws for hunting.