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15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?

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.
Meet the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

3 days ago | news.mongabay.com | Erik Hoffner

Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots activists from each of the six inhabited continental regions. The 2025 prize winners are Semia Gharbi from Tunisia, Batmunkh Luvsandash from Mongolia, Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika from Albania, Carlos Mallo Molina from the Canary Islands, Laurene Allen from the United States and Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari from Peru.
Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research

6 days ago | news.mongabay.com | Anton Delgado

By implanting fish with small electronic transmitters, researchers were able to track key migration corridors in the Mekong River. The findings underscore the threat that dozens of planned dams along the Mekong will cut off these vital migratory paths. The study, which the lead author describes as a “pilot effort,” was funded by USAID; the funding gap caused by the U.S. foreign aid freeze leaves the future of such research in question.
Armed groups, cattle ranchers drove 35% rise in Colombia’s deforestation in 2024

6 days ago | news.mongabay.com | Antonio Paz Cardona

Colombia lost 1,070 km² (413 mi²) of forest in 2024, according to data from the country’s environment ministry, representing a 35% increase from 2023. Illegal agriculture is thought to be the main driver behind this increase, with cattle ranching spreading inside national parks. The environment ministry notes that despite the increase in deforestation last year, the 2024 figure is still one of the lowest in the past 23 years.
Nature on the move: How conservation must adapt to survive

6 days ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

Resilience means getting through something — tough, messy, with losses, but surviving. So said Andrew Whitworth, executive director of Osa Conservation in Costa Rica, summing up a growing shift in conservation thinking. As the planet hurtles toward a future 3-5° Celsius (5.4-9° Fahrenheit) warmer by 2075, holding the line is no longer enough. The goal now is to help nature endure what’s coming, reports Jeremy Hance in a feature published on Mongabay News.
Ecuador communities resist Canada-backed gold mine in sacred highlands

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Aimee Gabay

Indigenous and local communities in southern Ecuador are struggling to stop a Canadian gold-and-copper mining project that communities say will largely impact the Quimsacocha páramo ecosystem while violating their rights to self-determination. According to its technical report, the Loma Large mining project approved by the Ecuadorian government will provide jobs for locals and ensure the protection of water sources and the environment.
‘Trophies’ shared on social media reveal scale of mass bird slaughter in Lebanon

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Spoorthy Raman

Millions of migratory birds fly over Lebanon, which is on the African-Eurasian flyway, where hunters indiscriminately shoot them, often illegally, despite some of the species being threatened and/or protected. A first-of-its-kind study uses social media photos and posts to assess the level of illegal hunting in Lebanon, where studies show an estimated 2.5 million birds are killed each year.
Kenya arrests 4 suspected ant traffickers, seize 5,300 harvester ants

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Shreya Dasgupta

In two separate but related incidents, Kenyan authorities have arrested four suspects for illegally possessing and attempting to smuggle some 5,300 ants valued at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,250), destined for the exotic pet trade. The ants, which included the giant harvester ants (Messor cephalotes), were being trafficked to Asia and Europe.
Proforestation: The case for leaving trees alone

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Rhett Butler

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a quiet corner of northern New York state, the white pines of the Adirondack Forest Preserve rise like sentinels, untouched for more than 125 years. Their silence speaks volumes. These towering trees, some 150 feet (about 46 meters) tall and more than a century old, stand as evidence of a counterintuitive climate solution: do nothing. Well, not quite nothing.
Still no trial over Argentina cyanide mine spill, 7 years after officials were charged

1 week ago | news.mongabay.com | Aimee Gabay

In 2018, Argentina charged the former director of the country’s glacier research institute and three former environment secretaries with abuse of authority that allegedly led to a toxic cyanide spill at a gold mine in the country’s San Juan province. Seven years later, the four officials have not yet been tried and officials have not provided an explanation for the delay.