3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1110+ words) The Amazon turtle is one of the most social species of turtles in the world," Camila Rudge Ferrara, the researcher who first proved the turtle's communication skills, told Mongabay. They migrate in groups, lay eggs in groups, and hatch in…...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1005+ words) As the afternoon fades at the Three Sisters Caves in Kenya's Kwale county, David Wechuli's team begins setting up nearly invisible nets along the hillsides in the coastal forest. "When dusk arrives, bats begin pouring out of the caves," Wechuli…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago  (528+ words) The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to discover new locations in Antarctica where the birds go to shed and replace their feathers every year,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (165+ words) Meet our story hero: the admirable red-belly toad. A tiny amphibian found nowhere else on Earth but a small forest patch in southern Brazil. Listed as a critically endangered species, it is capable of amazing things. In 2014, it stopped the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (130+ words) Arvoreznha, Brazil " Meet the admirable red-belly toad " a tiny amphibian found nowhere else on Earth but a small forest patch in southern Brazil. Don't let its size fool you. In 2014, it made history by halting the construction of a hydroelectric…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (365+ words) Villagers in central Indonesia rescued 34 short-finned pilot whales following a mass stranding on March 9, but despite their overnight efforts were unable to save 21 others. Mongabay Indonesia's Ebed De Rosary reports that residents first discovered the pod in the shallow waters…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (408+ words) In northern Mozambique, local honey-hunters use vocal signals to communicate with wild honeyguide birds to locate and harvest honey. New research finds that human calls used across the region vary, but the birds learn these subtle differences and continue to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (428+ words) Many Indigenous peoples and local communities live in close contact with nature and learn to identify the wildlife around them from an early age. New research published in the International Journal of Conservation draws on that knowledge to better understand…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (895+ words) The most anticipated decisions at this year's meeting concerned tightening regulation of the jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) fishery, following increased fishing activity and signals of declining stock. Decision-makers also took steps to address documented labor abuses in the squid…...

5+ day, 54+ min ago  (430+ words) Conservationists are burning out " and some are breaking'news - Mongabay Conservationists are burning out " and some are breaking If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation has long been framed as a moral calling. For many who enter…...