I am often asked what Mongabay’s legacy is, or what it might turn out to be. The question usually comes with an assumption that a quarter-century of publishing should yield a tidy answer. It does not.

An analysis led by the University of Leicester shows that the African continent lost around 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass each year between 2010 and 2017. New research suggests that Africa’s ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other ...

Choosing a honeymoon is one of the most enjoyable aspects of wedding planning. Will it be a far-flung bucket list adventure? A fly-and-flop tropical island escape? Or a five-star city break? The ...

Borneo's ancient rainforests, older than the Amazon, harbor extraordinary carnivorous plants. These unique species, like the ...

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In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The leaves can be plucked. A ...

Why it's incredible: The baobabs are the remnants of a dense forest that once covered Madagascar. As its name suggests, the Avenue of the Baobabs is a road in Madagascar that’s lined with towering ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.), the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, ...