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What we lost and what we found in 2025
Happy 2026! Here's a last look back on 2025.
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not
A year of mixed signals for the world’s tropical forests
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
From Chipko to Nyeri: the enduring logic of the tree hug
Kenyan Truphena Muthoni sets a record by hugging a tree for 72 hours straight
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
Remembering Earth's defenders who died in 2025
Each year, efforts to protect the planet lose far more people than any list can capture.
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
The value of journalism in the era of AI
The arrival of generative artificial intelligence has unsettled journalism in familiar ways.
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
Less crisis, more agency
Conservation is relearning how to talk about itself
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
A new approach to reach decision-makers on nature’s frontlines
Introducing StoryTransformer
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
From the field: Borneo's rainforest
Some aerial photos I took in Brunei last month
 • Rhett Ayers Butler
Nature briefs by Rhett Ayers Butler
Nature briefs by Rhett Ayers Butler
I'm the founder and CEO of Mongabay, a non-profit that covers issues at the intersection of people and nature via a global network of local reporters. I also write and take pictures.

Nature briefs by Rhett Ayers Butler

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