An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. It’s ...

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A recent report estimated that vultures are worth $1.8 billion a year to certain ecosystems in southern Africa. Here's why.

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The Circus Museum is part of the Ringling complex which is located 5 miles northwest of downtown Sarasota by the airport. To get to the property, visitors can drive, bike or walk about a half-mile ...

The short high-definition footage was gathered by a submersible called Subastian, operated by the nonprofit Schmidt Ocean ...

In Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez’s dizzying docu-fiction, an Edenic landscape becomes a backdrop for duplicity and ...

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The 16 newly designated geoparks are located in China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea –marking its first geopark and ...