Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting a species of nocturnal primate: the Spix’s night monkey. The Spix’s night monkey (Aotus vociferans) is one…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightCactuSoup Older farmers will be paid to retire under a UK government scheme to bring new blood into the trade. The average farmer could receive a lump sum payment of £50,000 –…

From NPR More than 130 million metric tons of single-use plastics were thrown out in 2019, according to a new report that puts ExxonMobil atop a list of the companies that produce it. (Image credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Read the…

Almost everyone has heard of a Google search. But what about Ecosia, the search engine that uses its advertising revenue to plants trees? Can a click make a difference? Mongabay spoke with Ecosia’s chief tree-planting officer, Pieter van Midwood, to…

From NPR Scientists have long thought some of the carnage from the 2012 hurricane might be attributable to a warming climate. New research calculates the additional flooding due to rising sea levels. (Image credit: Julio Cortez/AP) Read the full article…

A tropical continental island located close to the Indian subcontinent, endemic fauna and flora form an integral part of Sri Lanka’s rich biodiversity. The island’s biodiversity is globally recognized for both its diversity and endemism of fauna and flora, and…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that no new fossil fuel boilers should be sold from 2025 if the world is to achieve net-zero emissions by the middle of this…

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are dying at twice the officially recorded rate from COVID-19, according to an independent study that also found a higher rate of infections than that reported by the government. The data, from an independent…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images Just 20 companies are the source of more than half of all the single-use plastic items thrown away globally. That’s the conclusion of analysis of the corporate network behind plastic…