Hacker News
- A rush for 'green' iron is on in Guinea. Will chimpanzees be a casualty? https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/a-rush-for-green-iron-is-on-in-guinea-will-chimpanzees-be-a-casualty/ 3 comments
- Bottom trawling stirs up large amounts of carbon from the seabed. This amount of carbon is nearly double the annual emissions from the combustion of fuel by the entire global fishing fleet of about 4 million vessels https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/carbon-catch-and-release-study-finds-bottom-trawlers-stir-up-seabed-co2/#:~:text=The%20research%20draws%20on%20a,from%20the%20global%20aviation%20industry 25 comments worldnews
- Suriname preparing to clear Amazon for agriculture, documents suggest: a series of land deals would allow the Ministry of Agriculture and a group of private entities to develop 100s of 1,000s of hectares of land, most of it Amazon Rainforest https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/suriname-preparing-to-clear-amazon-for-agriculture-documents-suggest/ 3 comments worldnews
- Record shark fin bust in Brazil of nearly 29 tons taken from 10,000 sharks: The fins, destined for illegal export to Asia, came from blue sharks and shortfin mako sharks, which recently joined the country’s list of endangered species https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/brazil-claims-record-shark-fin-bust-nearly-29-tons-from-10000-sharks-seized/ 84 comments worldnews
- Amid Mexico’s Day of the Dead, a fish declared extinct comes back to life https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/amid-mexicos-day-of-the-dead-a-fish-declared-extinct-comes-back-to-life/ 6 comments nature
- Toxic new frog species from Ecuador named after Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/toxic-new-frog-species-from-ecuador-named-after-family-guys-seth-macfarlane/ 3 comments nature
- In world first, Chile to ban single-use food and beverage products over three years https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/in-world-first-chile-to-ban-single-use-fb-products-over-three-years/ 10 comments environment
- ‘Only a tribe can speak for a tribe’: Q&A with Native conservationists on Biden’s 30 by 30 project https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/only-a-tribe-can-speak-for-a-tribe-qa-with-native-conservationists-on-bidens-30-by-30-project/ 3 comments environment
- In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/in-sri-lankan-waters-endangered-but-unprotected-rays-encounter-a-killing-field/ 10 comments nature
- Indigenous community mounts legal challenge to Thai coal mine development https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/indigenous-community-mounts-legal-challenge-to-thai-coal-mine-development/ 8 comments worldnews
- ‘They died from the spill: The animals that couldn’t escape Peru’s oil slick https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/they-died-from-the-spill-the-animals-that-couldnt-escape-perus-oil-slick/ 4 comments environment
- Record seizures mark Sri Lanka’s rise as a smuggling hub for star tortoises https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/record-seizures-mark-sri-lankas-rise-as-a-smuggling-hub-for-star-tortoises/ 4 comments environment
- A more potent CO2 sink than the Amazon, Brazil’s mangroves remain overlooked https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/a-more-potent-co2-sink-than-the-amazon-brazils-mangroves-remain-overlooked/ 5 comments environment
- Tanzania, siding with UAE firm, plans to evict Maasai from ancestral lands https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/tanzania-siding-with-uae-firm-plans-to-evict-maasai-from-ancestral-lands/ 19 comments worldnews
- ‘There’s not much hope’: Mediterranean corals collapse under relentless heat https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/theres-not-much-hope-mediterranean-corals-collapse-under-relentless-heat/ 299 comments worldnews
- Sixty of one, half a dozen of the other: Rare magnolias get a new start in Ecuador’s Chocó https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/sixty-of-one-half-a-dozen-of-the-other-rare-magnolias-get-a-new-start-in-ecuadors-choco/ 5 comments upliftingnews
- In Sri Lanka, a wild cat thrives in the unlikely urban jungle of Colombo https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/in-sri-lanka-a-wild-cat-thrives-in-the-unlikely-urban-jungle-of-colombo/ 2 comments worldnews
- Governor rails against ‘bioterrorists,’ ‘carbon cowboys’ destroying PNG’s forests https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/governor-rails-against-bioterrorists-carbon-cowboys-destroying-pngs-forests/ 4 comments worldnews
- Brazil court upholds ban on missionaries trying to contact isolated Indigenous https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/brazil-court-emphasizes-ban-on-missionaries-trying-to-contact-isolated-indigenous/ 1104 comments upliftingnews
- Illegal logging reaches Amazon’s untouched core, ‘terrifying’ research shows https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/illegal-logging-reaches-amazons-untouched-core-terrifying-research-shows/ 135 comments environment
- Major supplier for Nestle and Pepsi breaks its 'no deforestation' pledge to provide these companies with palm oil from orangutan habitat, report shows https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/deforestation-of-orangutan-habitat-feeds-global-palm-oil-demand-report-leuser-royal-golden-eagle/ 975 comments worldnews
- U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’ https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/u-n-declares-decade-of-ecosystem-restoration-to-make-peace-with-nature/ 5 comments nature
- Antarctic Ice Sheet is primed to pass irreversible climate thresholds for melting, researchers say https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/antarctic-ice-sheet-is-primed-to-pass-irreversible-climate-thresholds-researchers/ 297 comments worldnews
- Calls for swift action as hundreds of elephants die in Botswana's Okavango Delta https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/calls-for-swift-action-as-hundreds-of-elephants-die-in-botswanas-okavango-delta/ 10 comments nature
- China held water back from drought-stricken Mekong countries, report says https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/china-held-water-back-from-drought-stricken-mekong-countries-report-says/ 9 comments worldnews
- In a bid to save the nearly extinct Sumatran rhino, Indonesia will attempt to harvest and fertilize an egg cell from a lone female at a captive-breeding center in Borneo. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/sumatran-rhino-ivf-indonesia-captive-breeding/ 4 comments worldnews
- Violence against indigenous peoples explodes in Brazil https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/violence-against-indigenous-peoples-explodes-in-brazil/ 6 comments worldnews
- Alarms raised as timber firm said to pierce one of Indonesia's last orangutan strongholds https://news.mongabay.com/2017/03/alarms-raised-as-timber-firm-said-to-pierce-one-of-indonesias-last-orangutan-strongholds/ 3 comments worldnews
- Newly discovered 'pirate ant' from the Philippines uses sickle-shaped mandibles to decimate rivals http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0621-pham-pirate-ant.html?ip=tw 4 comments science
- Ocean acidification pushing oyster larvae into 'death race' http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0611-hance-oyster-deathrace.html 19 comments science
- Eat insects to mitigate climate change, reduce deforestation http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0514-hance-edible-insects.html#3mpcy5t5lyuczvpp.99 69 comments science
- As habitat is destroyed, endangered cats and monkeys may retreat to swamps http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0502-hance-primates-mangroves.html 14 comments science
- Scientists discover two new remarkably-colored lizards in the Peruvian Amazon (photos) http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0321-hance-woodlizards-two.html 15 comments science
- Scientists discover bizarre new crocodile newt in Vietnam http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0318-hance-crocodilenewt-new.html?80b4j0pb3r2usvhx.99 80 comments science
- Near-record jump in carbon concentrations in global atmosphere last year http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0306-hance-atmospheric-carbon-2012.html 4 comments science
- Biotic pump, not temperature, drives winds, argues new meteorological theory that highlights importance of forests http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0130-hance-physics-biotic-pump.html 3 comments science
- Scientists discover tapir bonanza in the Amazon http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0122-hance-tapir-population.html 3 comments science
- Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo forest; only 2nd new African primate discovered in 28 years http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0912-hance-lesula.html 332 comments science
- New bird discovered in Colombia but its only habitat about to be flood by dam http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0819-hance-antioquia-wren.html 11 comments science
- Several new owl species discovered in the Philippines http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0818-philippines-owl.html 109 comments science