Gibbons, commonly called lesser apes, aren’t as well-known as some of their great ape cousins like chimpanzees or gorillas.

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. After ...

Every dozen years or so, Sri Lanka’s mist-shrouded highlands burst into color. Violet, pink and white carpets of tiny blooms ...

The mesopelagic zone is the chilly, dimly lit layer of ocean found 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) below the surface, which ...

Researchers are raising concerns about the creation of a large-scale open-pit copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso ...

A nickel mining project in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao is facing renewed calls for closure after a recent ...

Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights ...

When elephant biologist Seema Lokhandwala, with the Elephants Acoustic Project, visited a village near Balipara in India’s ...

Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and ...

Going to Dubai was an act of desperation,” says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. “There were ...

They’re known as the “ghost of the mountains,” so it makes sense that snow leopards can be extremely difficult to spot. Yet, ...

Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha ...