Primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall died on October 1st, 2025 at the age of 91. Over the years, Mongabay staff and contributors have conducted numerous interviews with Goodall. Here is a recap of her ideas and reflections, organized by theme.

Chaotic, thoughtless, unsupportable government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Are you an oceanographer or marine biologist with an interest in marine biodiversity and climate change? Our upcoming scientific meeting will look at #ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss linkages in ocean ecosystems: royalsociety.org/science-even...

Submissions are still open for abstracts and workshop proposals for our 2025 winter meeting in Cardiff! Submit before the 15th of October! www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...

Bird flu is back with a vengeance. Perhaps importing infected pheasants wasn’t a great idea? Gannets & gulls (blackheaded) badly hit last time. 😢

We are advertising for a postdoc with skills in psychophysiological measurement for a project on smell and emotions. Closing date is 30th October. Please spread the word. www.stir.ac.uk/about/work-a...

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

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A new study warns that 15-23% of the Philippines’ 1,294 terrestrial vertebrates face extinction, with amphibians & mammals at highest risk. Habitat loss, overhunting & the wildlife trade remain the leading threats, while research gaps and bureaucratic hurdles hinder effective conservation planning.

I don't know where this revisionism has come from about the suffragettes - people saying "if the suffragettes were around today, they'd be considered terrorists." The suffragettes were arrested and tortured, sexually assaulted and beaten by the state. They *were* considered terrorists!

An AI-powered satellite survey has found that the number of wildebeests migrating across Kenya and Tanzania annually might be less than half of what’s widely touted.

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Absolutely idiotic decision by Kemi Badenoch and UK Tories to walk away from 2008 Climate Change Act I have explained just how comprehensively idiotic here. It is wrong morally, economically, technically and politically www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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How many people think to themselves, "I'd vote Labour, if only they could be more like Trump." I would guess it's a number close to zero. But Labour seems to be chasing a figment of its imagination, and this is perhaps the most grotesque example so far. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

Jane Goodall, who revealed the intimate lives of chimpanzees and gave the modern world a language of hope, has died at the age of 91. “Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference,” she told audiences. Those words remain her truest epitaph.

More than 10 years after unusually high water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean killed off Northern California’s aquatic kelp forests, the region has still not recovered, reports David Helvarg, executive director of ocean conservation group Blue Frontier, for Mongabay.

The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here: www.amnat.org/announcement...

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Perceived & actual ecosystem services by fruit bats, birds & primates in litchi orchards agroecosystems 🦇🧪 Found relatively low incidences of crop raiding by fruit bats, highlighting the economic benefits of biocontrol by insectivorous bats & birds 💰🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

“A long-awaited step toward better management of our shared seas.” The WTO has struck its first ever environmental agreement, targeting subsidies that fuel overfishing and deplete marine life. 📢 Full story on what it means for oceans and trade. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

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🚨Reminder that tomorrow is the deadline for grants to attend #ASABWinter2025, (which includes receiving the e-mailed referee statement!)

We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch

🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.

Looking for a job in research and conservation? Check out the advert 👇 and apply within the next two-and-a-half weeks.

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but deforestation has been shown to disrupt the region’s water cycle.

A new report traces the life cycle of fossil fuels — from exploration and extraction to combustion and decommissioning — and found stark consequences at each stage for the health of people and the planet alike.

Arturo Gómez-Pompa believed tropical forests were “landscapes of memory,” shaped for millennia by Indigenous hands. Long before “biodiversity” became a rallying cry, he documented how local communities enriched and tended the jungle, and argued that conservation should do the same.

Changing views of evaluating species differences in comparative psychology #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1007/s103...

"War-ravaged" Portland today... #WarRavagedPortland

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A bit over 2 weeks until this closes, the application is a PAIN, so give yourself plenty of time

The 2025 California Condor Release livestream starts soon! Tune in now: https://bit.ly/LiveCondorRelease25.

Politicians fear mobility looks like immigration, writes Jenny Rhodes. But polls show the public welcomes international students. Time to be brave, not insular.

A new study found that 75 streams in Alaska’s Brooks Range have turned orange due to thawing permafrost, which releases metals like iron, aluminum and cadmium that exceed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency safety thresholds for aquatic life.

Cases granting nature and ecosystems legal rights are increasing worldwide, but perceptions of the rights of nature movement as a revolutionary ecocentric movement are too simplistic, according to the authors of a recent study published in Environmental Research Communications.

63 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

As a naturalised Brit, I find the whole divisive migrant discourse horrifying. ID cards are very different from digital accumulation of services. These are far more problematic. World Economic Forum did this, UK proposal appear “similar”…

Standing up for science is one way to push back against political attacks on the university sector 👇 Experts in biology and anthropology have put together this statement to counter misinformation about race. Please consider signing and sharing

Your reminder that “funded research” comes with unfounded costs. FEC is never Full costs. And much fabulous research is carried out by NGOs or donor organisations. More stupidity. More big science bias.

#ESHE2025 Rhianna Drummond-Clarke ‘First documentation and quantification of wild chimpanzee rock climbing’ Camera traps, Issa Valley TZ & Moyen Bafing, Guinea chimps Rock vs tree climbing: more dynamic movements, biomech diff locomotor modes, reaching further- role of uneven substrates! Amazing 😍

BREAKING: Keir Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove the ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Forged signatures. Flawed assessments. Night bulldozing. Mongabay’s investigation in Nepal exposed a hydropower project 90x bigger than reported—threatening red pandas, snow leopards & Indigenous yak herders. Independent journalism matters. 🌍 Support our work: www.mongabay.org/donate.

Google: here's an AI summary! Adobe: want an AI assistant? Zoom: get more done with an AI companion! Outlook: don't you want to turn on copilot?? Me: I trained for 10 years to think. I like thinking. Please just let me think.

They’re powerful, intelligent and majestic, yet increasingly imperiled. Yesterday, on World Gorilla Day, we recapped recent Mongabay reporting that highlights both the threats facing gorillas, our great ape cousins, and some signs of hope.

An investigation has found that half of the $2 billion that Brazilian meatpacking giant Marfrig raised went to buying cattle raised on deforested land and fattened in feedlots linked to its board chair.