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Mongabay Reports: Spectacular fish is the first named by a Maldivian scientist
Episode 155
Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa is a spectacular new-to-science fish species and the first that has been named by a Maldivian scientist. Ahmed Najeeb, a biol…
3 years, 6 months ago
Science that saves the biodiversity of free-flowing rivers
Episode 155
"It might be the highest density of trout species on Earth," our guest Ulrich Eichelmann says of a suite of European rivers slated for damming to gen…
3 years, 6 months ago
Mongabay Reports: A "game changing" ecological restoration playbook
Episode 154
Nine leading forest and climate experts defined 10 principles for equitable and transformative landscapes in a "playbook" for ecosystem restoration.
…3 years, 6 months ago
Bottom trawling strips the sea of life, but activism is slowing the damage
Episode 154
In a historic move, The European Commission recently announced the protection of an area half the size of Belgium in the North Atlantic from bottom t…
3 years, 6 months ago
Mongabay Reports: Agroforestry is climate-positive and profitable, investors say
Episode 153
What's a climate-friendly and profitable way to farm? Some investors (and many farmers) say it's agroforestry, which combines trees & shrubs with ann…
3 years, 7 months ago
Could Brazil's election decide the fate of the Amazon?
Episode 153
Tropical forest news is coming fast lately, and we've got a top expert to discuss it with, beginning with the deforestation rate of the Brazilian Ama…
3 years, 7 months ago
Mongabay Reports: Spies in the sky, albatrosses alert authorities to illegal fishing
Episode 152
Can an albatross detect illegal fishing vessels? Findings from published research say yes: over the course of six-months, 169 albatrosses fitted with…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sumatran elephants' future may hinge on their 'personhood'
Episode 152
There's less than 10 years remaining to save Sumatran elephants, says guest Leif Cocks, founder of the International Elephant Project, so we followed…
3 years, 7 months ago
Mongabay Reports: Chocolate frog, anyone?
Episode 151
Just kidding, you really shouldn't eat this.
Last February, researchers described a new-to-science species of frog literally unearthed in the Peruvia…
3 years, 8 months ago
Top wildlife photography requires patience, ethics, and kindness
Episode 151
Since 2020, the "Prints for WIldlife" campaign has raised over 1.75 million for conservaiton funding for NGO, African Parks through a collaborative …
3 years, 8 months ago