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A mega-dam made this community move

Izzy Sasada 23 Sep 2026

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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

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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

Collage, Giant African Harvester Ant

Why are people buying pet ants?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 23 May 2026

Pit viper (trimeresurus lii)

New animals discovered in Cambodian caves

Gray Koala Sitting On A Tree Branch

How AI could save koalas

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 May 2026

52 dead sloths: Inside Sloth World

Izzy Sasada 7 May 2026

Khudi Bari hause

This tiny house survives extreme floods

Lucia Torres 4 May 2026

Cabe at Gunung Mulu National

Borneo’s GIGANTIC bat caves

Izzy Sasada 30 Apr 2026

Khudi Bari hause

These tiny houses are designed to stand in extreme floods

Lucia Torres 25 Apr 2026

A portrait of a cute Gentoo penguin during the snowfall in Antarctica with a blurry background

How much does a penguin weigh?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 22 Apr 2026

Kakapo Strigops habroptila "Sirocco" amongst renga renga lillies. Maud Island, New Zealand.

World’s fattest parrots have mating frenzy

Sam Lee 18 Apr 2026

The mother of orangutans

Izzy Sasada 11 Apr 2026

Proyecto-Guacamayo-de-Tambopata; macaw, green and red

Hidden cameras reveal macaws’ secret lives

Romi Castagnino 5 Apr 2026

Giant Tortoise

Return of the giant tortoises

Sam Lee 2 Apr 2026

Collage of a cloned jaguar

Lab-made jaguar: Is cloning a solution to extinction?

Julia Lima, Gustavo Fonseca, Letícia Klein 30 Mar 2026

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Giraffe inside the Sera Conservancy in northern Kenya. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo / Mongabay.

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