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Thumbnail Conservation Entangled

This flower smells like rotting flesh

Izzy Sasada 28 Oct 2026
Darwin’s rheas.

These giant birds nearly disappeared

Julia Lima, Romi Castagnino 27 Oct 2026
Ballista Spider

This spider catapults ants

Romi Castagnino 23 Oct 2026
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Wildlife photography’s dirty little secret

Izzy Sasada 21 Oct 2026
Orca

This orca destroyed a sunfish and no one is sure why

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2026
Wind turbine

Painted turbines can save millions of birds

Romi Castagnino 14 Oct 2026
South African cheetah

This is a South African cheetah, and it’s in trouble

Juan Maza, Victoria Schneider 11 Oct 2026
Darwin’s rheas

Rheas are back to Chilean Patagonia

Julia Lima, Romi Castagnino 10 Oct 2026
Thumbnail Conservation Entangled

Fishing in polluted waters

Izzy Sasada 8 Oct 2026
Salamander

Helping 100,000 amphibians safely cross the road

Jonathan Vit 6 Oct 2026
Myanmar mines

Myanmar’s mines pollute Thai rivers

Juan Maza 4 Oct 2026
Big Oil vs. national parks

Big Oil vs. national parks: Who wins?

Izzy Sasada 30 Sep 2026
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New deep-sea creatures unlocked!

Naina Rao 28 Sep 2026
Bakun Thumbnail_Featured

A mega-dam made this community move

Izzy Sasada 23 Sep 2026
Pilot whale - thumbnail

These dolphins are shouting

Shanna Hanbury 21 Sep 2026
Vietnam’s monkeys

Why do these monkeys look so weird

Izzy Sasada 16 Sep 2026
Cocoa thumbnail

Did you know cocoa pulp tastes like lychee?!

The Rainforester 14 Sep 2026
Thumbnail Ogbono

Protect this tree. Save Africa’s rainforests.

The Rainforester 8 Sep 2026
Lionfish Thumbnail

Why are they killing this beautiful fish?

Sandy Watt 5 Sep 2026
Mongabay_Thumbnail_ThaiCow

This rare wild cow is making a comeback

Sandy Watt 31 Aug 2026
Lionfish hunted

Turning the tables on invasive lionfish: How Honduran divers are fighting back

Fritz Pinnow, Sandy Watt 29 Aug 2026

Can big tech stop wildlife crime?

Sam Lee 26 Aug 2026
NTFPs Thumbnail

Did you know forests can save themselves?

Jonathan Mbu 24 Aug 2026
Xray fin shark (wildlife trade)

Spotted by AI: seahorses and shark fins

Abhishyant Kidangoor 19 Aug 2026
Dendroseris neriifolia

Is this the world’s loneliest tree?

Sam Lee 16 Aug 2026
Following FDA rangers during arrest of a migrant cacao worker in Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Something strange is happening in Liberia

Ashoka Mukpo, Juan Maza 19 Jul 2026
A collage featuring Ashoka Mukpo, a Mongabay reporter, and a cocoa bean

Why are forests vanishing in southeastern Liberia?

Juan Maza, Ashoka Mukpo 18 Jul 2026
Vans line up waiting for a kill in Maasai Mara, Kenya.

Kenya’s overcrowded safaris: Wildlife for who?

Izzy Sasada 28 Jun 2026
Collage, Fritz Pinnow, contributor, and a soldier

Honduras taps armed forces to eliminate deforestation by 2029. Is it working?

Fritz Pinnow 27 Jun 2026
Humpback whale family swimming

How courtrooms are deciding the fate of whales

Izzy Sasada 15 Jun 2026
Yo Yaj at Songkhla Lake, Thailand

What is happening to Thailand’s famous giant nets

Lucia Torres 30 May 2026
Northern white rhinos, Uganda

White rhinos are back in Uganda

Juan Maza 26 May 2026

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