Podcast

The Mongabay Newscast is our free, biweekly podcast delivering news and inspiration from nature’s frontline. It features 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. Listen to episodes below or subscribe to it wherever you get podcasts. We also offer a free app in the Apple App Store and in the Google Store for this show, download it for instant access to our latest episodes at your fingertips.

• Podcast: Botanists are disappearing at a critical time
  24 January 2023, 5:44 pm
• Podcast: At COP 15, biodiversity finance, Indigenous rights, and corporate influence
  11 January 2023, 5:16 pm
• Podcast: A bittersweet bioacoustics bonanza
  27 December 2022, 9:26 pm
• Podcast: Into the Wasteland, part 3: Buried in Europe’s recycling
  20 December 2022, 6:30 pm
• Podcast: Is waste crime ‘the new narcotics’ in the U.K.? Into the Wasteland, part 2
  13 December 2022, 1:34 pm
• Podcast: True eco-crime in the U.K., ‘Into the Wasteland’ part 1
  6 December 2022, 3:34 pm
• Podcast: How reporters uncovered a massive illegal shark finning operation
  1 December 2022, 9:58 pm
• Podcast: Escape into nature’s soundscapes
  16 November 2022, 8:59 pm
• Podcast: How the Indigenous Shuar regained their ancestral forest
  2 November 2022, 6:06 pm
• Podcast: Science that saves free-flowing rivers & rich biodiversity
  19 October 2022, 6:41 pm
• Podcast: ‘Destructive & flawed’: Claire Nouvian on bottom trawling’s many impacts
  5 October 2022, 10:23 pm
• Podcast: Could Brazil’s election decide the fate of the Amazon?
  20 September 2022, 7:04 pm
• Podcast: With less than 10 years to save Sumatran elephants, what’s being done?
  6 September 2022, 4:15 pm
• Podcast: Top wildlife photography requires ethics, patience, and kindness
  23 August 2022, 2:26 pm
• Podcast: Blockchain for conservation? Maybe, but leave the crypto out
  8 August 2022, 5:42 pm
• Podcast: Mexico’s Maya Train chugs forward, but at what cost to habitats and communities?
  26 July 2022, 9:24 pm
• Podcast: ‘Water always wins,’ so why are we fighting it?
  12 July 2022, 3:01 pm
• Podcast: How marine conservation benefits from combining Indigenous knowledge and Western science
  28 June 2022, 5:46 pm
• Podcast: New whale calls and dolphin behaviors discovered with bioacoustics
  15 June 2022, 8:55 pm
• Podcast: Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today
  2 June 2022, 12:07 am
• Podcast: Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for the climate, biodiversity crisis and hunger
  18 May 2022, 11:59 pm
• Podcast: She’s here! Rare Sumatran rhino calf born at rhino sanctuary
  11 May 2022, 1:56 pm
• Podcast: Wonder on wings: The fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds
  4 May 2022, 6:29 pm
• Podcast: Community empowerment and forest conservation grow from the galip nut in Papua New Guinea
  27 April 2022, 1:16 pm
• Podcast: Convention on Biological Diversity: progress, hope and hard work ahead
  20 April 2022, 10:25 pm
• Podcast: Who owns the companies destroying rainforests in the heart of New Guinea?
  13 April 2022, 3:26 pm
• Podcast: Afield at last, researchers head out for a new season
  7 April 2022, 12:00 am
• Podcast: Crucial to conservation, Indigenous communities’ environmental leadership endures
  24 March 2022, 12:51 am
• Podcast: Tree kangaroos may be key to New Guinea forest conservation
  16 March 2022, 5:11 pm
• Podcast: Are ‘nature based solutions’ the best fix for climate change?
  9 March 2022, 11:22 pm
• Podcast: The Trans-Papua Highway could lose billions and deforest millions of hectares
  2 March 2022, 4:13 pm
• Podcast: Hippos, manatees, and how the sounds of African wildlife aid their conservation
  23 February 2022, 5:53 pm
• Podcast: Protecting New Guinea’s forests with birds-of-paradise and ecotourism
  16 February 2022, 6:11 pm
• Podcast: Kelp, condors and Indigenous conservation
  9 February 2022, 7:22 pm
• Podcast: ‘Carbon cowboys’ and illegal logging
  1 February 2022, 11:07 am
• Podcast: The 411 on forests and reforestation for 2022
  26 January 2022, 7:10 pm
• Podcast: With the passing of two icons, who will lead the conservation movement?
  12 January 2022, 6:08 pm
• Podcast: Exploring New Guinea’s extraordinary natural and cultural richness
  5 January 2022, 9:04 pm
• Podcast: In search of wild spectacles and river journeys
  21 December 2021, 5:33 pm
• Podcast: What do two giant land deals mean for the future of Southeast Asia’s forests?
  9 December 2021, 1:28 am
• Podcast: Bill McKibben and Trebbe Johnson on action and ‘radical joy’ after COP26 climate summit failure
  23 November 2021, 10:27 pm
• Podcast: Natural forest regeneration’s critical role in reforestation goals
  10 November 2021, 5:17 pm
• Podcast: Indigenous bioacoustics listens to the land for conservation and tradition
  27 October 2021, 8:02 pm
• Podcast: Who benefits from resource extraction in the DRC?
  14 October 2021, 7:31 pm
• Podcast: Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation
  29 September 2021, 10:30 pm
• Podcast: Are tuna doing as well as latest extinction risk assessments suggest? It’s complicated
  15 September 2021, 8:22 pm
• Podcast: Examining ‘What Works In Conservation’
  1 September 2021, 5:35 pm
• Podcast: What can seashells tell us about the health of the oceans?
  10 August 2021, 9:03 pm
• Podcast: ‘Stubborn optimism’ for elephants fuels Indigenous conservation effort
  28 July 2021, 8:09 pm
• Podcast: Reforestation done right, from Haiti to Honduras and Ho Chi Minh City
  14 July 2021, 3:34 pm
• Podcast: Connecting kids and ourselves to nature
  30 June 2021, 10:33 pm
• Podcast: It’s an ‘incredibly exciting’ time for the field of bioacoustics
  16 June 2021, 7:43 pm
• Podcast: Can Biden’s 30×30 plan put U.S. on a positive conservation track?
  3 June 2021, 2:07 pm
• Podcast: Reforestation is booming, but deforestation rose last year
  20 May 2021, 2:36 pm
• Podcast: Two tunas and a tale of managed extinction
  23 April 2021, 8:45 pm
• Podcast: Though humanity exceeds key ‘planetary boundaries’ there are many solutions
  8 April 2021, 3:34 pm
• Podcast: Palm oil plantations and their impacts have arrived in the Amazon
  24 March 2021, 10:43 pm
• Podcast: Sumatran conservation solutions that empower kids, women and communities
  17 March 2021, 10:00 pm
• Podcast: Can agroecology feed the world?
  10 March 2021, 10:49 pm
• Podcast: Restoration for peat’s sake
  4 March 2021, 2:24 pm
• Podcast: Is ecosystem restoration our last/best hope for a sustainable future?
  24 February 2021, 7:18 pm
• Podcast: Where oh where are the Sumatran rhinos?
  18 February 2021, 12:36 am
• Podcast: Are biomass and hydropower ‘false’ climate solutions?
  10 February 2021, 7:30 pm
• Podcast: Omens and optimism for Sumatran orangutans
  2 February 2021, 10:56 pm
• Podcast: Agroforestry, an ancient climate solution that boosts food production and biodiversity
  27 January 2021, 11:41 pm
• Podcast: With just 10 years left to save Sumatran elephants, what can be done now?
  22 January 2021, 1:27 am
• Podcast: What are the tropical forest storylines to watch in 2021?
  13 January 2021, 10:45 pm
• Podcast: New innovations to clean up the impacts of mining
  23 December 2020, 6:56 pm
• Podcast: Tiger on the highway
  16 December 2020, 5:45 pm
• Podcast: Is Brazil’s biodiverse savanna getting the attention it deserves, finally?
  9 December 2020, 1:58 pm
• Podcast: Will a newly discovered ape species face a dammed future?
  3 December 2020, 12:24 pm
• Podcast: Indigenous land rights and the global push for land privatization
  25 November 2020, 2:30 pm
• Podcast: Sumatra’s deforestation demystified
  18 November 2020, 3:55 pm
• Podcast: Lemur love and award-winning plant passion in Madagascar
  11 November 2020, 5:35 pm
• Podcast: Saving the singing rhino
  5 November 2020, 6:01 pm
• Podcast: New Latin American treaty could help protect women conservation leaders — and all environment defenders
  28 October 2020, 5:37 pm
• Podcast: Mongabay explores Sumatra, a land like no other
  22 October 2020, 5:13 pm
• Podcast: A radio program is helping save critically endangered gorillas in Nigeria
  14 October 2020, 1:16 pm
• Podcast: Can the planet support a clean energy transition?
  30 September 2020, 6:52 pm
• Podcast: Great ape ‘forest gardeners of Africa’ benefit from conservation victory
  16 September 2020, 12:08 pm
• Podcast: In the Amazon, women are key to forest conservation
  2 September 2020, 2:44 pm
• Podcast: Singing and whistling cetaceans of southern Africa revealed by bioacoustics
  19 August 2020, 1:42 pm
• Podcast: From parks to payments, which conservation strategies work best?
  4 August 2020, 5:22 pm
• Podcast: Hellbenders, super-spreaders, and other salamanders face uncertain futures
  29 July 2020, 8:45 pm
• Podcast: Finding nature in cities
  22 July 2020, 5:48 pm
• Podcast: Can policy prevent a North American salamander pandemic?
  15 July 2020, 5:17 pm
• Podcast: Five years after the death of Cecil the Lion, trophy hunting debate rages on
  8 July 2020, 10:29 am
• Podcast: International task force unites North America to protect salamander diversity
  1 July 2020, 7:01 pm
• Podcast: Animals have culture, too, and for some it’s crucial to their survival and conservation
  24 June 2020, 11:14 am
• Audio: Will U.S. scientists find a silent salamander killer in time?
  17 June 2020, 9:50 am
• Audio: Conservationists find opportunity and community amidst current crises
  10 June 2020, 1:51 pm
• Audio: Why are salamanders so diverse in North America?
  3 June 2020, 9:22 pm
• Podcast: Listening to elephants to protect Central Africa’s tropical forests
  27 May 2020, 1:59 pm
• Audio: North America’s looming salamander pandemic: Is the U.S. ready?
  20 May 2020, 12:51 pm
• Audio: What can we expect from tropical fire season 2020?
  13 May 2020, 2:05 pm
• Audio: How to be an ethical wildlife photographer, and why it’s necessary
  28 April 2020, 1:55 pm
• Audio: Celebrating the 50th Earth Day amidst a global pandemic
  14 April 2020, 3:01 pm
• Audio: The links between COVID-19, wildlife trade, and destruction of nature with John Vidal
  31 March 2020, 2:00 pm
• Audio: Songs and sounds of Bering Sea whales and seals reveal a story of change
  17 March 2020, 4:55 pm
• Audio: Shah Selbe on how open source technology is creating new opportunities for conservation
  5 March 2020, 1:49 pm
• Audio: Fred Swaniker on conservation as an economic growth opportunity for Africa
  19 February 2020, 11:27 am
• Audio: Galina Angarova on the indigenous relationship to land, conservation, and the sacred feminine
  5 February 2020, 4:06 pm
• Audio: The sounds of tropical katydids and how they can benefit conservation
  22 January 2020, 4:38 pm
• Audio: Ami Vitale on how meeting Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, changed her life
  7 January 2020, 2:52 pm
• Audio: The best animal calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2019
  23 December 2019, 2:40 pm
• Audio: Mongabay investigation reveals large-scale land invasion in Peruvian Amazon
  12 December 2019, 5:30 pm
• Audio: How listening to individual gibbons can benefit conservation
  26 November 2019, 3:58 pm
• Audio: Damian Aspinall on why he’s calling for zoos to be phased out within the next three decades
  13 November 2019, 2:37 pm
• Audio: Reporter Katie Baker details Buzzfeed’s explosive investigation of WWF
  29 October 2019, 5:57 pm
• Audio: Exploring the deep sea with biologist Diva Amon
  16 October 2019, 1:32 pm
• Audio: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway with Mongabay’s John Cannon
  1 October 2019, 4:48 pm
• Audio: Humpback whales across the Pacific Ocean are singing the same song
  17 September 2019, 12:07 pm
• Audio: Rev. Lennox Yearwood on why he’s ‘excited’ about the urgency and energy behind climate action
  4 September 2019, 3:39 pm
• Audio: The superb lyrebird’s song, dance and incredible vocal mimicry
  20 August 2019, 2:53 pm
• Audio: Environmental justice and urban rat infestations
  6 August 2019, 11:40 am
• Audio: David Quammen on ecological restoration, emerging diseases, evolutionary science, and more
  23 July 2019, 7:33 pm
• Audio: Listen to the first-ever recordings of right whales breaking into song
  9 July 2019, 12:56 pm
• Audio: New CITES head on next COP, reining in online wildlife trafficking, and more
  25 June 2019, 11:35 am
• Audio: Bronx Zoo director says zoos are more relevant to conservation than ever
  12 June 2019, 4:08 pm
• Audio: Chatty river dolphins in Brazil might help us understand evolution of marine mammal communication
  28 May 2019, 2:13 pm
• Audio: Exploring a hidden rainforest on an isolated mountain in Mozambique
  14 May 2019, 2:45 pm
• Audio: Saving forests and biodiversity by providing affordable healthcare
  30 April 2019, 5:15 pm
• Audio: Tool-using, ground-nesting chimp culture discovered in DR Congo
  16 April 2019, 4:53 pm
• Audio: Debunking myths about sloths is crucial to stopping the sloth crisis
  2 April 2019, 5:14 pm
• Audio: What underwater sounds can tell us about Indian Ocean humpback dolphins
  19 March 2019, 6:01 pm
• Audio: Scott Wallace on the importance of protecting uncontacted indigenous groups in the Amazon
  5 March 2019, 3:15 pm
• Audio: The sounds of a rare New Zealand bird reintroduced to its native habitat
  20 February 2019, 12:05 pm
• Audio: Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming deforestation, mine threat
  5 February 2019, 1:10 pm
• Audio: IUCN’s Inger Andersen: “Women represent 3.5 billion solutions”
  23 January 2019, 11:46 am
• Audio: Rhett Butler on how sound can save forests and top rainforest storylines to watch in 2019
  8 January 2019, 10:15 am
• Audio: The best wildlife calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2018
  26 December 2018, 11:14 am
• Audio: The true story of how 96 critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived New York City
  11 December 2018, 3:40 pm
• Audio: Bill McKibben on the climate movements that give him hope
  27 November 2018, 12:53 pm
• Audio: A Half-Earth progress report from E.O. Wilson
  13 November 2018, 3:04 pm
• Audio: Documenting emperor penguin populations, a dispatch from Antarctica
  30 October 2018, 1:10 pm
• Audio: Racing to save the world’s amazing frogs with Jonathan Kolby
  18 October 2018, 12:31 pm
• Audio: How an African bat might help us prevent future Ebola outbreaks
  2 October 2018, 5:30 pm
• Audio: How the social sciences can help conservationists save species
  18 September 2018, 3:15 pm
• Audio: The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system
  5 September 2018, 12:43 pm
• Audio: The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird
  21 August 2018, 3:55 pm
• Audio: Beavers matter more than you think
  7 August 2018, 11:50 am
• Audio: Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis
  24 July 2018, 2:51 pm
• Audio: How to use drones without stressing wildlife
  10 July 2018, 3:10 pm
• Audio: The dialogue between science and indigenous knowledge
  26 June 2018, 6:32 pm
• Audio: How soundscapes are helping us better understand animal behavior and landscape ecology
  12 June 2018, 6:45 pm
• Audio: Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth
  30 May 2018, 5:59 pm
• Audio: Sylvia Earle on why we must act now to save the oceans
  15 May 2018, 10:14 am
• Audio: Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand
  1 May 2018, 8:28 am
• Audio: Impacts of agriculture on Brazil’s Cerrado region
  17 April 2018, 6:22 pm
• Audio: Maroon 5’s James Valentine on why he’s working to stop illegal logging
  3 April 2018, 4:58 pm
• Audio: Exploring humanity’s deep connection to water, plus the sounds of the Sandhill crane migration
  20 March 2018, 12:09 pm
• Audio: How effective is environmental restoration?
  6 March 2018, 1:36 pm
• Audio: Exploring the minds and inner lives of animals
  20 February 2018, 12:57 pm
• Audio: The cutting-edge technologies allowing us to monitor ecosystems like never before
  6 February 2018, 2:43 pm
• Audio: David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival
  23 January 2018, 1:25 pm
• Audio: Lessons from indigenous peoples about coping with climate change, plus the call of the night parrot
  9 January 2018, 4:56 pm
• The top 6 moments from the Mongabay Newscast in 2017
  27 December 2017, 11:31 am
• Audio: Amazon tribe’s traditional medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and conservation effectiveness in Madagascar examined
  12 December 2017, 3:24 pm
• Audio: Margaret Atwood on her conservation-themed graphic novel, dystopian futures, and how not to despair
  28 November 2017, 2:58 pm
• Audio: Dr. Jane Goodall on being proven right about animals having personalities, plus updates direct from COP23
  15 November 2017, 1:09 pm
• Audio: Impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in Peru and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination
  1 November 2017, 12:10 pm
• Audio: Indonesian rainforests for sale and bat calls of the Amazon
  18 October 2017, 2:32 pm
• Audio: Is forest certification an effective strategy? Plus acoustic ecology of the Javan rhino
  3 October 2017, 3:33 pm
• Audio: Legendary musician Bruce Cockburn on music, activism, and hope
  19 September 2017, 4:42 pm
• Audio: Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future
  6 September 2017, 5:01 pm
• Audio: A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs
  22 August 2017, 3:11 pm
• Audio: Katharine Hayhoe on how to talk about climate change: ‘Share from the heart and then the head’
  8 August 2017, 12:39 pm
• Audio: Global megadam activism and the sounds of nature in Taiwan
  25 July 2017, 12:18 pm
• Audio: DJ remixes the sounds of birds, lemurs, and more to inspire conservation
  12 July 2017, 2:26 pm
• Audio: The fight to save Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
  27 June 2017, 1:28 pm
• Audio: Activists determined to protect newly discovered Amazon Reef from oil drilling
  13 June 2017, 1:10 pm
• Audio: Frances Seymour on why rich nations need to start paying up to protect the world’s tropical forests
  31 May 2017, 11:59 am
• Audio: Bill Laurance on the “infrastructure tsunami” sweeping the planet
  17 May 2017, 12:48 pm
• Audio: A deep dive into the study of marine wildlife through bioacoustics
  3 May 2017, 10:46 am
• Audio: Crystal Davis, director of Global Forest Watch, on conservation and Big Data
  18 April 2017, 12:40 pm
• Audio: WildTech covers the high- and low-tech solutions making conservation more effective
  4 April 2017, 5:23 pm
• Audio: Paul Simon on his new tour in support of E.O. Wilson’s Half-Earth initiative
  21 March 2017, 1:02 pm
• Audio: Meet the ‘Almost Famous Animals’ that deserve more conservation recognition
  7 March 2017, 5:28 pm
• Audio: Naomi Oreskes on what stories we can’t let get lost in the noise of 2017 and why scientists should speak up
  21 February 2017, 5:59 pm
• Audio: An in-depth look at Mongabay’s collaboration with The Intercept Brasil
  7 February 2017, 4:00 pm
• Audio: E.O. Wilson talks about Half-Earth, Trump, and more
  24 January 2017, 6:30 pm
• Newscast #9: Joel Berger on overlooked ‘edge species’ that deserve conservation
  10 January 2017, 2:01 pm
• Newscast #8: Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests
  27 December 2016, 3:15 pm
• Newscast #7: Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia? Maybe, maybe not.
  13 December 2016, 3:57 pm
• Newscast #6: Carl Safina on marine conservation and Trump
  29 November 2016, 9:44 pm
• Mongabay Newscast episode 5: UN Climate talks and the impending Trump presidency, conserving salamanders in Mexico, and more
  15 November 2016, 11:13 pm
• Mongabay Newscast episode 4: Inside scoop on new Netflix documentary “The Ivory Game;” orangutan habitat under threat in Indonesia
  1 November 2016, 4:56 pm
• Mongabay Newscast episode 3: Crucial conservation votes at CITES CoP17 and the future of socio-ecological research
  18 October 2016, 2:25 pm
• Mongabay Newscast episode 2: Earth’s most climate-sensitive river delta, conservation in conflict zones
  4 October 2016, 4:44 pm
• Introducing the Mongabay Newscast
  20 September 2016, 2:31 pm