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News and inspiration from nature's frontline, featuring inspiring guests and deeper analysis of the global environmental issues explored every day by the Mongabay.com team, from climate change to biodiversity, tropical ecology, wildlife, and more. The show airs every other week.

The key role of Indigenous rights in the future of biodiversity conservation

63 hours 25 mins; September 29, 2021

Mongabay Reports: As Gabon gets paid to conserve its forests, will others follow?

7 mins; September 21, 2021

Are tuna recovering well, like reports say? It's complicated.

39 mins; September 15, 2021

Mongabay Reports: Can climate-friendly agroforestry transform farming in the U.S. Midwest?

16 mins; September 08, 2021

The evidence for successful nature conservation

57 mins; September 01, 2021

Mongabay Reports: 'Extinction denial' is the latest anti-science conspiracy theory

8 mins; August 19, 2021

What can seashells tell us about the oceans' health?

59 mins; August 10, 2021

Optimism for elephants fuels effective Indigenous conservation effort

57 mins; July 28, 2021

Mongabay Reports: Two new Javan rhino calves spotted in the species' last holdout

4 mins; July 22, 2021

Reforestation done right, from Haiti to Honduras and Ho Chi Minh City

58 mins; July 14, 2021

Reconnecting kids and ourselves to the planet with author Richard Louv

62 hours 57 mins; June 30, 2021

Mongabay Reports: Camera traps in trees reveal a richness of species in Rwandan park

4 mins; June 24, 2021

With billion dollar boost, bioacoustics is set to soar

71 hours 48 mins; June 16, 2021

Can Biden's 30x30 plan put the U.S. back on a positive conservation track?

53 mins; June 03, 2021

Mongabay Reports: How many trees are on the Earth?

4 mins; May 26, 2021

Reforestation vs deforestation: Forest losses and gains this past year

57 mins; May 20, 2021

Two tunas and a tale of managed extinction

58 mins; April 23, 2021

As humanity exceeds key 'planetary boundaries' many solutions are on the horizon, too

40 mins; April 08, 2021

New investigation in the Amazon documents impact of palm oil plantations on Indigenous communities

61 hours 21 mins; March 24, 2021

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Solutions and optimism that drive conservation

71 hours 46 mins; March 17, 2021

Can agroecology feed the world?

39 mins; March 10, 2021

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Restoration for peat's sake

48 mins; March 03, 2021

Rewilding, restoration, and real hope for the future

64 hours 27 mins; February 24, 2021

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: where are the rhinos?

25 mins; February 17, 2021

Biomass and hydropower: climate solutions or delusions?

48 mins; February 10, 2021

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Omens and optimism for orangutans

48 mins; February 02, 2021

Agroforestry: the most climate-friendly and biodiversity-positive agriculture technique is growing

66 hours 1 min; January 27, 2021

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Elephants and eternity

42 mins; January 21, 2021

What's in store for the world's forests in 2021?

55 mins; January 13, 2021

New conservation tech to clean up mining sector

39 mins; December 23, 2020

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Tiger on the highway

43 mins; December 16, 2020

Cerrado solutions: Creative conservation for Brazil's massive savanna

57 mins; December 09, 2020

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Will the world's newest great ape species face a dammed future?

44 mins; December 03, 2020

Land rights, and wrongs: How Indigenous and local communities are fighting to gain title to their territories

47 mins; November 25, 2020

Mongabay Explores Sumatra: Deforestation demystified

47 mins; November 18, 2020

In Madagascar, award-winning plant passion & lemur love

43 mins; November 11, 2020

Saving the singing rhino

54 mins; November 05, 2020

Amazon defenders, especially women, are set to get new protections

37 mins; October 28, 2020

Mongabay Explores Sumatra, Episode 1: A landscape like no other

48 mins; October 22, 2020

Gorilla Radio: innovation in conservation of super rare great apes

34 mins; October 14, 2020

Can the oceans support a renewable energy transition?

61 hours 16 mins; September 30, 2020

Great ape forest gardeners of Africa benefit from big conservation victory

44 mins; September 16, 2020

In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation

51 mins; September 02, 2020

Singing cetaceans: New whale & dolphin recordings intrigue researchers

41 mins; August 19, 2020

From parks to payments, which conservation methods work best?

49 mins; August 04, 2020

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 6: Hellbenders and super spreaders

51 mins; July 29, 2020

Finding nature in the city

36 mins; July 22, 2020

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 5: Policy possibilities?

33 mins; July 15, 2020

Does trophy hunting support or hurt conservation?

68 hours 43 mins; July 08, 2020

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 4: The 'Bsal battalion'

30 mins; June 30, 2020

Animals have culture, too, and for some it's crucial to their survival and conservation

59 mins; June 23, 2020

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 3: On the Hunt

27 mins; June 11, 2020

Conservation leaders create community & opportunity amid current crises of violence and viruses

32 mins; June 10, 2020

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 2: Great diversity and danger

20 mins; June 03, 2020

How listening to elephants can help conserve rainforests

30 mins; May 27, 2020

Mongabay Explores the Great Salamander Pandemic, Part 1: Are we ready?

39 mins; May 20, 2020

Forest fire season 2020: what will it look like and what can we do?

46 mins; May 13, 2020

How to photograph wildlife ethically and why that's so necessary

39 mins; April 28, 2020

Inspiration for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day amid a global pandemic

24 mins; April 14, 2020

The link between pandemics and the destruction of nature with John Vidal

21 mins; March 31, 2020

Songs and sounds of Bering Sea whales and seals reveal a story of change

28 mins; March 17, 2020

Using technology for cutting edge conservation with Shah Selbe

30 mins; March 05, 2020

Nature conservation is a growth industry for Africa, Fred Swaniker says

33 mins; February 19, 2020

Mongabay Newscast

26 secs; February 10, 2020

Galina Angarova on the indigenous relationship to land, conservation, and the sacred feminine

25 mins; February 05, 2020

How the sweet sounds of tropical katydids can benefit rainforest conservation

28 mins; January 22, 2020

Top conservation photographer Ami Vitale discusses rhinos, pandas, hope, and more

40 mins; January 07, 2020

Best animal calls and songs of 2019

27 mins; December 23, 2019

Cleared for coca: Chris Fagan on his new investigation from Peru's rainforest

39 mins; December 12, 2019

How haunting gibbon songs can aid their conservation

44 mins; November 26, 2019

All zoos should put themselves out of business, Damian Aspinall argues

34 mins; November 13, 2019

Buzzfeed's Katie Baker details the explosive investigation of WWF

25 mins; October 29, 2019

Deep sea diva: A dive to the ocean floor with biologist Diva Amon

25 mins; October 16, 2019

Hitting the highway in Borneo to assess diversity and development

31 mins; October 01, 2019

Are humpback whale groups sharing their songs?

28 mins; September 12, 2019

"I'm excited!" Climate action star Rev Yearwood on the UN, youth and women's leadership & more

38 mins; September 04, 2019

Return of the superb lyrebird

33 mins; August 13, 2019

Baltimore, urban rats, and environmental justice

28 mins; August 06, 2019

Celebrated author David Quammen on inspiring ecological restoration, evolutionary science, and more

42 mins; July 23, 2019

Hear the right whales discovered singing for the first time

18 mins; July 09, 2019

New CITES boss on the next COP, reining in online wildlife trafficking, and more

51 mins; June 25, 2019

Zoos are more key to conservation than ever, Bronx Zoo director says

29 mins; June 12, 2019

What can talkative river dolphins can teach us about their marine relatives?

24 mins; May 28, 2019

How to discover an untouched rainforest

31 mins; May 14, 2019

Paying for healthcare with a healthy rainforest

32 mins; April 30, 2019

Unusual tool-using chimp culture discovered in the Congo

26 mins; April 16, 2019

Sloths' amazing survival skills create a challenge for their survival

20 mins; April 02, 2019

Studying secretive humpback dolphins through sound

15 mins; March 19, 2019

Amazon explorer Scott Wallace: Uncontacted indigenous peoples are a treasure

27 mins; March 05, 2019

How sound can save a rare bird, with an AI assist

16 mins; February 20, 2019

Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming threats

21 mins; February 05, 2019

We need nature more than nature needs us: IUCN's Inger Andersen

35 mins; January 23, 2019

Mongabay founder discusses major trends for rainforests and bioacoustics

25 mins; January 08, 2019

How 96 rare sea turtle hatchlings survived a NY City summer

27 mins; December 11, 2018

Bill McKibben is down on COPs but bullish on climate action

15 mins; November 27, 2018

E.O. Wilson discusses Half-Earth and conservation solutions

30 mins; November 13, 2018

Emperor penguin research dispatch from Antarctica

26 mins; October 30, 2018

Racing to save the world's amazing frogs

36 mins; October 18, 2018

Bats and Ebola: studying fruit bats to prevent future outbreaks

24 mins; October 02, 2018

Getting social for science and conservation

25 mins; September 18, 2018

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