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Mongabay Newscast

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.

'Godfather of biodiversity' says it's time to manage Earth as a whole system

20 mins; September 05, 2018

The amazing song skills of the superb lyrebird

33 mins; August 21, 2018

Beavers, our brilliant ecosystem builders

33 mins; August 07, 2018

How dark money and shadow companies deforest Indonesia and derail its democracy

26 mins; July 24, 2018

How to use drones without stressing wildlife

30 mins; July 10, 2018

Indigenous knowledge and climate science

40 mins; June 26, 2018

What can soundscapes tell us about animals and their home landscapes?

41 mins; June 12, 2018

Mexico's community forests find sustainability by including women and youths

20 mins; May 30, 2018

Renowned marine biologist Sylvia Earle on acting for the oceans

46 mins; May 15, 2018

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

19 mins; April 30, 2018

Exploring Brazil's biodiverse Cerrado region and the impacts of agriculture

27 mins; April 17, 2018

Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine on stopping illegal rainforest wood from becoming guitars

27 mins; April 03, 2018

Exploring our deep connection to water, plus the sounds of Sandhill crane migration

54 mins; March 20, 2018

How effective is environmental restoration?

35 mins; March 06, 2018

Exploring the minds and inner lives of wild animals

45 mins; February 19, 2018

New eyes in the sky monitor Earth systems like never before

53 mins; February 06, 2018

David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for humanity's survival

58 mins; January 23, 2018

Climate lessons from indigenous peoples, plus the mysterious night parrot

42 mins; January 09, 2018

Massive Amazonian medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and Madagascar conservation efforts examined

73 hours 46 mins; December 12, 2017

Margaret Atwood talks about birds, ecology, and her graphic novel series

37 mins; November 28, 2017

Jane Goodall on being proven right that animals have personalities

41 mins; November 15, 2017

Gas drilling vs wildlife in Peruvian Amazon and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination

57 mins; October 31, 2017

Bat calls from the Amazon plus how Indonesia's rainforests became palm plantations

45 mins; October 18, 2017

Javan rhino calls and an analysis of 'green' forest certification

49 mins; October 03, 2017

Legendary musician Bruce Cockburn on music, activism, and hope

53 mins; September 19, 2017

From AI to remote sensing, tech and conservation a powerful combo

58 mins; September 06, 2017

New Madagascar mine worries locals and lemurs; plus, banjo frogs and whistling ducks in Australia

38 mins; August 22, 2017

Speaking from the heart on climate change with Katherine Hayhoe

50 mins; August 08, 2017

Taiwan, hydropower, environment, conservation, ecology, acoustics, activism,

45 mins; July 25, 2017

A wildlife DJ inspiring the next generation of conservationists

54 mins; July 12, 2017

Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem under threat, plus tracking bird movement in Puerto Rico

38 mins; June 27, 2017

Amazon Reef discovery discussed plus environmental journalism hits milestone in Latin America

53 mins; June 13, 2017

Why forests, why now? How tropical forests can survive and thrive

48 mins; May 31, 2017

Singing seals and a discussion of the "infrastructure tsunami" sweeping the planet

55 mins; May 17, 2017

Deep dive into marine wildlife study with bioacoustics

55 mins; May 03, 2017

Eyes in the skies for forests, plus mangrove finches on the rebound

35 mins; April 18, 2017

Tech solutions for conservation and a chat with Harvard researchers

52 mins; April 04, 2017

Musician Paul Simon discusses his environmental concert tour

54 mins; March 21, 2017

Almost Famous Animals - plus the songs of galagos

44 mins; March 07, 2017

Author and climate historian Naomi Oreskes on why scientists should speak out

58 mins; February 21, 2017

Reporter Sue Branford on journalism from the Amazon that makes a difference

40 mins; February 07, 2017

E.O. Wilson talks about global biodiversity, Trump, Half-Earth, and hope

40 mins; January 24, 2017

Yaks, curassows, and other cool species overlooked by conservation efforts

41 mins; January 10, 2017

Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests

24 mins; December 27, 2016

Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wilds of Malaysia? Maybe, or maybe not.

51 mins; December 13, 2016

Carl Safina discusses marine conservation under a Trump administration, and Rhett Butler shares the origins of Mongabay

36 mins; November 29, 2016

Report from the Climate Talks in Marrakesh and Salamander Conservation in Michoacan, Mexico

26 mins; November 15, 2016

Andrea Crosta of Elephant Action League on "The Ivory Game" and orangutans under threat in Indonesia

36 mins; November 01, 2016

Crucial conservation votes at CITES and the future of socio-ecological research

32 mins; October 18, 2016

The Mekong, Earth's most climate-sensitive river delta, plus conservation in conflict zones

27 mins; October 04, 2016

Mongabay Newscast #1: Panama's Barro Blanco Dam

20 mins; September 16, 2016

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