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Two Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan in August 2026. Image courtesy of Albert Salemgareyev.

Two wild Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan after 200 years

Shanna Hanbury 9 Sep 2026
A female Adenomera varcena. Image courtesy of Borburema et al., (2026).

New-to-science Amazon frog stands out for its slow ‘lazy’ song

Shanna Hanbury 8 Sep 2026

Ebola outbreak underscores food insecurity crisis in DRC

Dan Yessa 3 Sep 2026

Trading food for medicine and crossing the river by zip line are part of life in Nepal flood zone

Associated Press 3 Sep 2026
Destroyed crops along the Chambishi Stream after the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia tailings spill, taken around 6 March 2025. Image courtesy of Southern Africa Litigation Center.

Development banks are backing problematic mineral projects, report finds

Elodie Toto 3 Sep 2026

Indigenous ‘turtle women’ help vulnerable reptiles recover in Ecuadorian Amazon

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2026

Togo cosponsors proposal to review commercial whaling ban

Victoria Schneider 1 Sep 2026

Biomass cooking fuels raise toxic metal exposure risks in Bangladesh, study finds

Usraat Fahmidah 1 Sep 2026

7 Indigenous Guarani killed after loose grain trailer hits car in central Brazil

Shanna Hanbury 29 Aug 2026

‘Devastating’ rush for critical minerals has little to do with green energy: Report

Victoria Schneider 27 Aug 2026

US environmental groups plan to sue to relist gray whales under Endangered Species Act

David Brown 27 Aug 2026

Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks

Ouma Elvine Tina 26 Aug 2026

At least 75 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

Associated Press 26 Aug 2026

Art and science must come together for coral reef conservation, biologists argue

David Brown 21 Aug 2026
The first sign demarcating the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of FUNAI.

Brazil marks borders for isolated Indigenous group in the Amazon after decades

Shanna Hanbury 19 Aug 2026
Fisherpeople in Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape. Image courtesy of Aletta Harrison CC BY 4.0.

South Africa’s top court blocks Shell oil exploration off country’s Wild Coast

Victoria Schneider 17 Aug 2026
A golden-crowned sifaka in Madagascar. Image courtesy of Association Fanamby.

100 species on the brink get a $200m conservation lifeline

Shanna Hanbury 14 Aug 2026
Industrial complex surrounded by urban forest in Duisburg, Germany. Image courtesy of Jakub Żerdzicki via Pexels.

Carbon accounting differences can halve a company’s reported footprint, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 13 Aug 2026
Graphic by Andrés Alegría using images courtesy of Hokkaido University.

Scientists discover that giant octopuses were top predators of ancient oceans

Shanna Hanbury 4 Aug 2026

World Ranger Day: Justice for the protectors of the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2026

US declines to protect endangered monkeys used in medical research

Bobby Bascomb 31 Jul 2026

Kenya investigates mysterious deaths of 15 elephants in Amboseli

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026
Kajkwakratxi-Tapayuna leader Yaiku Suya at an April 2026 public hearing. Image courtesy of Larissa Silva/Rede Juruena Vivo.

Brazil court orders recognition of Indigenous land and apology for historic atrocities

Shanna Hanbury 29 Jul 2026
A truck carrying soybeans surrounded by smoke from fires in a deforested area on the BR-163 highway in Pará state. Image courtesy of Alberto César Araújo/Amazônia Real.

End of Brazil’s Soy Moratorium risks millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest: Study

Shanna Hanbury 28 Jul 2026

More than 100 queen ants destined for Laos seized in Mexico

Spoorthy Raman 27 Jul 2026

Heat stress is rising globally, raising health concerns for billions: Study

Patricia Sia Ngevao 27 Jul 2026

Conservationists got delayed access to court-ordered inspection of Nairobi National Park

Lynet Otieno 24 Jul 2026

Sea salt in Lombok Island, Indonesia is contaminated with microplastics: study

David Brown 23 Jul 2026
Fire in the Chiquitania forest in the south of Bolivia, September 2024. Image © Juan Karita/AP photo.

Third year of wildfires threaten isolated Indigenous group in Bolivia

Shanna Hanbury 22 Jul 2026
White-bellied pangolins captured in southeastern Nigeria and destined for trade. Image courtesy of Alex Moore.

Pangolin DNA study links local wild meat markets to global trafficking networks

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2026
Medical staff carry an Ebola patient to a treatment center. Image by Moses Sawasawa via Associated Press.

WHO evacuated health workers from Ebola treatment center due to armed clashes

Elodie Toto 20 Jul 2026

White-rumped vulture returns to a Cambodian sanctuary after a decade’s absence

Naina Rao 20 Jul 2026

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The Amazon Fund finances a project by the Mamirauá Institute to support the sustainable management of pirarucu, one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish, in communities in the states of Pará and Amazonas. Image courtesy of Ricardo Oliveira/Mamirauá Institute.
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San Mateo village, one of 29 Matsés communities in Peru, on the banks of the Gálvez River. Image by Aimee Gabay/Mongabay.
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