Jeremy Hance
@jeremyhance.bsky.social
He/him. Journalist #environment, #climate and #wildlife. Senior Contributing Editor at Mongabay. Also, author of Baggage: Confessions of a Globetrotting Hypochondriac. Toiling on a novel set in Ancient Greece. Loves D&D and good books too.
As climate change pummels coral reefs, scientists are looking at a new way to restore reefs.
Although some think it's a waste of effort and $$$ – believing these coral reefs are already doomed, because, you know, climate change.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/maur...
Although some think it's a waste of effort and $$$ – believing these coral reefs are already doomed, because, you know, climate change.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/maur...
Mauritius rethinks coral restoration as reefs suffer from another mass bleaching
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius — Seeing coral reefs can color one’s monochrome view of the ocean forever. In the pink of health — and red, blue, green and purple — corals resemble underwater fireworks, forming...
news.mongabay.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As climate change pummels coral reefs, scientists are looking at a new way to restore reefs.
Although some think it's a waste of effort and $$$ – believing these coral reefs are already doomed, because, you know, climate change.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/maur...
Although some think it's a waste of effort and $$$ – believing these coral reefs are already doomed, because, you know, climate change.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/maur...
C'mon
Christmas Island shrew officially declared extinct: IUCN
The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out...
news.mongabay.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
C'mon
Here's the question: is the Asian unicorn still out there?
To track a unicorn: Laos team goes all out to find the last saolas
Few people have the opportunity to meet near-mythical beasts in real life — but Rob Timmins has. He’s one of the few biologists ever to spend time with a saola, a wild ox once known as the “Asian unic...
news.mongabay.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Here's the question: is the Asian unicorn still out there?
More proof that humans ate the Pleistocene megafauna to extinction!
Early humans dined on giant sloths and other Ice Age giants, archaeologists find
What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...
phys.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
More proof that humans ate the Pleistocene megafauna to extinction!
One of the highlights of my career was interviewing Jane Goodall in 2010.
Yes, she was one of the greatest scientists of all time, but it was her kindness that always got me.
We need more of that in the world! And I miss her.
Here's the interview:
news.mongabay.com/2010/04/jane...
Yes, she was one of the greatest scientists of all time, but it was her kindness that always got me.
We need more of that in the world! And I miss her.
Here's the interview:
news.mongabay.com/2010/04/jane...
Jane Goodall renews her faith in nature and humanity during the “Gombe 50” anniversary, An interview with Dr. Jane Goodall
Celebrating 50 years of pioneering research and sharing an inspiring vision for our future, world-renowned primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall renews her faith in nature and humanity du...
news.mongabay.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One of the highlights of my career was interviewing Jane Goodall in 2010.
Yes, she was one of the greatest scientists of all time, but it was her kindness that always got me.
We need more of that in the world! And I miss her.
Here's the interview:
news.mongabay.com/2010/04/jane...
Yes, she was one of the greatest scientists of all time, but it was her kindness that always got me.
We need more of that in the world! And I miss her.
Here's the interview:
news.mongabay.com/2010/04/jane...
If you read one article on Jane Goodall, read @mongabay.com's eulogy of her life and her hope!
Jane Goodall (1934–2025): primatologist, conservationist, and messenger of hope
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. Over the course of six decades, she moved from an unlikely young r...
news.mongabay.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If you read one article on Jane Goodall, read @mongabay.com's eulogy of her life and her hope!
I'm in denial. And I'm going to stay there a bit.
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm in denial. And I'm going to stay there a bit.
Reposted by Jeremy Hance
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
So happy to have appeared on Wild Green Streams for Ecological Fiends to talk all things Sumatran rhinos!
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open.spotify.com/episode/1zX8...
A rhino poo clue could bring new zoo breakthrough: if it's true blue
open.spotify.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So happy to have appeared on Wild Green Streams for Ecological Fiends to talk all things Sumatran rhinos!
open.spotify.com/episode/1zX8...
open.spotify.com/episode/1zX8...
In January, scientists are headed to Antarctica to study whether or not we could put a giant curtain to stop the Doomsday glacier from breaking down. #climate #Geoengineering
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
Scientists weigh giant sea curtain to shield ‘Doomsday Glacier’ from melting
Thwaites Glacier rises above the Amundsen Sea in the Antarctic, a towering white cliff abutting cerulean waters. Roughly the size of Great Britain and spanning 120 kilometers (80 miles) across, Thwait...
news.mongabay.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In January, scientists are headed to Antarctica to study whether or not we could put a giant curtain to stop the Doomsday glacier from breaking down. #climate #Geoengineering
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
There is a debate going on about how much storage is actually available for CO2. This matters because we will need A LOT of storage to stave off the worst of the #ClimateCrisis (given that enormity of the problem). From @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/glob...
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Global CO2 storage capacity may be drastically overstated, study finds
A new analysis suggests that the “prudent” storage available for carbon dioxide to head off further global warming is more limited than other recent estimates. Accounting for the risks associated with...
news.mongabay.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There is a debate going on about how much storage is actually available for CO2. This matters because we will need A LOT of storage to stave off the worst of the #ClimateCrisis (given that enormity of the problem). From @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/glob...
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/glob...
Reposted by Jeremy Hance
The Samoa Conservation Society has a fundraising page set up to help their team *find the last of the little dodos*
They believe Samoa's iconic & critically endangered "manumea" are still among its rich rainforests & folks who love #birds or #birding can go here to send $upport:
They believe Samoa's iconic & critically endangered "manumea" are still among its rich rainforests & folks who love #birds or #birding can go here to send $upport:
Save Samoa's National Bird- the Manumea- to save Samoa's Natural Heritage!
Saving the Manumea will save Samoa's threatened biodiversity and increase community resilience to climate change and other threats.
givealittle.co.nz
September 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of my favorite species, the little dodo (or manumea), has gone missing! This weird pigeon looks and acts more like a parrot – an evolutionary marvel.
This is a species that DESPERATELY needs support & funding to try and rediscover it. @mongabay.com #birds
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This is a species that DESPERATELY needs support & funding to try and rediscover it. @mongabay.com #birds
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/fund...
Funding is needed to save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)
It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe” Uili and I have paused our hike, counting the seconds between coo calls from an unseen pigeon hidden in t...
news.mongabay.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One of my favorite species, the little dodo (or manumea), has gone missing! This weird pigeon looks and acts more like a parrot – an evolutionary marvel.
This is a species that DESPERATELY needs support & funding to try and rediscover it. @mongabay.com #birds
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/fund...
This is a species that DESPERATELY needs support & funding to try and rediscover it. @mongabay.com #birds
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/fund...
I got a chance to talk all things Rhinos on Sea Change Radio.
Sumatran rhinos, Javan rhinos, and the poaching trade that's putting these species and other rhinos in deep peril.
Check it out here: www.cchange.net
Sumatran rhinos, Javan rhinos, and the poaching trade that's putting these species and other rhinos in deep peril.
Check it out here: www.cchange.net
Sea Change Radio
A nationally syndicated weekly radio show and podcast covering the shift to social, environmental, and economic sustainability.
www.cchange.net
September 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I got a chance to talk all things Rhinos on Sea Change Radio.
Sumatran rhinos, Javan rhinos, and the poaching trade that's putting these species and other rhinos in deep peril.
Check it out here: www.cchange.net
Sumatran rhinos, Javan rhinos, and the poaching trade that's putting these species and other rhinos in deep peril.
Check it out here: www.cchange.net
If only he could have done something about it...
Trump’s second presidency is ‘most dangerous period’ since second world war, Mitch McConnell says
Former Senate leader likens administration’s fixation with tariffs to isolationist policies of the US in the 1930s
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If only he could have done something about it...
A project that is bringing back megafauna to help fight fires in Spain.
My latest for @mongabay.com !
My latest for @mongabay.com !
Rewilding project aims to restore resilience to fire-prone Spain via wildlife
Some 30,000 years ago, Stone Age people decorated a cave, today known as Cueva de los Casares, in central Spain with pictures of mating humans (most famously), geometric shapes, and animals. The most ...
news.mongabay.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A project that is bringing back megafauna to help fight fires in Spain.
My latest for @mongabay.com !
My latest for @mongabay.com !
Awesome to see @peoplemag.bsky.social paying attention to our work on Sumatran rhinos for @mongabay.com!
More of this please – wildlife stories need more coverage if we're going to avoid biodiversity collapse.
people.com/sniffer-dogs...
More of this please – wildlife stories need more coverage if we're going to avoid biodiversity collapse.
people.com/sniffer-dogs...
Trained Scent-Detection Dogs May Have Found a Lost and ‘Critically Endangered’ Rhino Population
Dogs sniffing for signs of the ‘critically endangered’ Sumatran rhinos may have found the elusive wild animals. According to a report from conservation news outlet Mongabay, the dogs ‘have discovered ...
people.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Awesome to see @peoplemag.bsky.social paying attention to our work on Sumatran rhinos for @mongabay.com!
More of this please – wildlife stories need more coverage if we're going to avoid biodiversity collapse.
people.com/sniffer-dogs...
More of this please – wildlife stories need more coverage if we're going to avoid biodiversity collapse.
people.com/sniffer-dogs...
Can Namibia's wildlife survive a hotter and drier world? Petro Kotze reports for @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/clim...
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/clim...
Climate change tests the resilience of people and desert-adapted wildlife in Namibia
SESFONTEIN, Namibia — “I want my children to see a rhino with their own eyes — not only in Etosha [National Park],” says Sofia /Nuas, a member of the Sesfontein Conservancy Committee, located in Na...
news.mongabay.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Can Namibia's wildlife survive a hotter and drier world? Petro Kotze reports for @mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/clim...
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/clim...
The IUCN puts out rhino population numbers ever 3 years. This time the numbers for the two most endangered rhinos aren't great.
Javan numbers down by a third, Sumatran rhinos stable, but on the edge of total extinction.
My latest for @mongabay.com:
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/java...
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Javan numbers down by a third, Sumatran rhinos stable, but on the edge of total extinction.
My latest for @mongabay.com:
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/java...
:
Javan rhino numbers plunge; Sumatran rhinos remain near extinction: Report
A new report by the IUCN finds that two of the world’s most endangered species are still perilously close to extinction. Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) numbers have dropped by a third, from 76 ani...
news.mongabay.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The IUCN puts out rhino population numbers ever 3 years. This time the numbers for the two most endangered rhinos aren't great.
Javan numbers down by a third, Sumatran rhinos stable, but on the edge of total extinction.
My latest for @mongabay.com:
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/java...
:
Javan numbers down by a third, Sumatran rhinos stable, but on the edge of total extinction.
My latest for @mongabay.com:
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/java...
:
Reposted by Jeremy Hance
#conservationoptimism
Experts thought the critically endangered Sumatran rhino population in southern Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park had gone extinct
But now Working Dogs for Conservation has detected several signs of them in the park, @jeremyhance.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.com
Experts thought the critically endangered Sumatran rhino population in southern Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park had gone extinct
But now Working Dogs for Conservation has detected several signs of them in the park, @jeremyhance.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.com
Sniffer dogs may have rediscovered a lost population of Sumatran rhinos
Sumatran rhinos — hairy and noisy — were thought to have gone extinct from southern Sumatra for years. Then came the dogs. Recently, dogs with Working Dogs for Conservation have discovered what are be...
news.mongabay.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#conservationoptimism
Experts thought the critically endangered Sumatran rhino population in southern Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park had gone extinct
But now Working Dogs for Conservation has detected several signs of them in the park, @jeremyhance.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.com
Experts thought the critically endangered Sumatran rhino population in southern Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park had gone extinct
But now Working Dogs for Conservation has detected several signs of them in the park, @jeremyhance.bsky.social reports for @mongabay.com
Beef is the biggest threat to wildlife worldwide. It's also helping fuel the climate crisis. Is there a better way to raise it? Or how much longer can we keep this up?
Great piece by @john-cannon.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/will...
Great piece by @john-cannon.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/will...
Will we still eat beef in 50 years?
When drought became a perennial visitor to the Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado in the late 1990s, Steve Wooten remembers telling his family, “We got to do something different.” Between 1997 and 2003, ...
news.mongabay.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Beef is the biggest threat to wildlife worldwide. It's also helping fuel the climate crisis. Is there a better way to raise it? Or how much longer can we keep this up?
Great piece by @john-cannon.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/will...
Great piece by @john-cannon.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/will...
