California is getting 3 new state parks—and they’re not where you’d think

The new parks in underserved areas of the Golden State are part of a larger initiative to preserve 30 percent of the state’s ...

Is Trump allowing hunting in national parks? We tracked down the facts

The administration is easing restrictions for some NPS-managed lands, but the changes don't apply to many major national ...
Discover Wildlife

“As if I’m in the real Yellowstone.” These epic, secret mountains are teeming with predators

Deep within Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains, a vast, untouched forest of ancient woodland teems with wildlife. Could this be the ...
Mongabay News

New Jaguar Rivers Initiative aims to reconnect South America’s fragmented ecosystems

Forced to quarantine at a ranger station during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of researchers in northern Argentina passed ...

Yosemite’s moonbows are rare, nocturnal phenomena. Here’s how to see one.

Yosemite National Park is filled with natural wonders, and for a few months each year, it’s one of the few places on Earth ...
Mongabay

Ecuador failing to end Yasuní oil drilling: Interview with Waorani leader Juan Bay

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay recently interviewed Juan Bay, the president of the Waorani Nation (NAWE) in Ecuador, on the stalled efforts to shut down oil drilling in ...

'Brain-eating amoeba' surfaces in iconic US national parks. See where

A team of researchers is sounding the alarm after a "brain-eating amoeba" was found in some of the nation's most iconic parks ...
Eater

Wicker Park’s Best Restaurants

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...