In-depth feature stories reveal context and insight

Volunteers harvest tea leaves in Shenkeng district, Taiwan. During the harvest season, groups of women from the Shenkeng community will move from plantation to plantation, working in a centuries-old spirit of mutual assistance across farms. Experts contend that teas picked by hand are much less likely to be damaged and produce a finer product. Image by Michael O. Snyder for Mongabay.

Photos: Taiwan’s tea revival blends ancient terraces with new climate adaptations

Michael O. Snyder 13 Oct 2026

Damming the Xingu

Rheas are back to Chilean Patagonia

Julia Lima, Romi Castagnino 10 Oct 2026

Fishers at work in artisanal fishing pirogues with seine nets off the Senegalese coast, Kafountine, Casamance. Image © Clément Tardif for Greenpeace.

Fishmeal factories take Senegal’s fish from the dinner table

Ian Urbina 9 Oct 2026

Explore enterprising journalism about forestsoceanswildlifeclimate all stories

Latest features

All features

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Image by GRID-Arendal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Thailand seizes ivory shipment from Zambia, to launch DNA investigation

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Oct 2026

Bioluminescent mushrooms (Mycena chlorophos) at Hachijo Botanical Park, Japan. Image by self via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacement

David Brown 15 Oct 2026

A Peruvian artisanal fisher poses with a jumbo flying squid. Image courtesy of National Society of Artisanal Fishing of Peru (SONAPESCAL).

From paper parks to lasting protection, here’s what works in marine conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Oct 2026

Artificial mangrove roots

Artificial mangrove roots offer a stopgap for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Carolyn Cowan 15 Oct 2026

Chinese social media used to promote illegal wildlife trade in Laos

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026

“Stunningly short-sighted.” NOAA grant cuts threaten US climate resilience

Bobby Bascomb 14 Oct 2026

Chinese social media used to promote illegal wildlife trade in Laos

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026

“Stunningly short-sighted.” NOAA grant cuts threaten US climate resilience

Bobby Bascomb 14 Oct 2026

Vehicles navigate a flooded road in Mozambique’s Maputo province in January 2026. Forecasters warn that the developing El Niño could bring heavier rainfall and flooding to parts of East and Southern Africa. Image by AP Photo.

Act before El Niño: Expert worries about deepening hunger in East and South Africa

David Akana 14 Oct 2026

Supreme Court declines to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who opposes boat tracking

Associated Press 14 Oct 2026

All features

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

In the Los Ángeles community within the Monte Verde territory in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz department, the Indigenous Chiquitano people confront and evict the invaders. Image by Edy Yobanny Velasco.

The Jalisco mud turtle, endemic to the Jalisco and Colima states in Mexico, is a freshwater turtle found in rivers and wetlands.

you're currently offline