Liz Kimbrough

3 days ago | news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months. Fifteen years later, the gulf ecosystem shows a complicated picture of both resilience and lingering damage, with some species, like brown pelicans, recovering, while others, like humans, dolphins and deep-sea corals, continue to struggle with long-term health impacts.

4 weeks ago | news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough

Indian wildlife biologist Zeeshan Mirza has identified more than 60 new-to-science species, including snakes, tarantulas and geckos across India’s biodiversity hotspots. The Western Ghats and Himalayan regions are particularly rich areas for biological discoveries, though many species remain undocumented and threatened.

1 month ago | news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough

The documentary ‘Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics’ reveals microplastics have been found in human brains, placentas, and virtually every organ, highlighting a global environmental and health crisis. Executive producers Rick Smith and Peter Raymont explore how humans are becoming “plastic people” with microplastic contamination beginning before birth and persisting after death.

1 month ago | news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough

Out of Plain Sight,” directed by journalist Rosanna Xia and filmmaker Daniel Straub, documents the legacy of mass amounts of DDT waste dumped off the California coast decades ago, with environmental consequences continuing today. The documentary features journalism as a main character, following Xia’s real-time investigation and highlighting both the process of science and storytelling through immersive cinematography and sound design.

1 month ago | news.mongabay.com | Liz Kimbrough

Iranian researcher Mahmood Kolnegari has described a new praying mantis species in central Iran, naming it Sinaiella azadi (“freedom” in Persian) to symbolize the importance of scientific freedom and collaboration across borders. The discovery represents the first record of the genus Sinaiella in Iran and Armenia, expanding the known range of this mantis group previously thought to exist only in the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt.