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A basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), an endangered species that uses Dogger Bank as a critical seasonal feeding ground and nursery. Image courtesy of Joost van Uffelen.

Wind farms join bottom trawlers and oil rigs in a protected North Sea sandbank

Christina Egerstrom 30 Jul 2026

Costa Rica banana plantation destroyed protected wetland, complaint alleges

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jul 2026
Two golden lion tamarins in Brazil.

Researchers find ‘priority zones’ for yellow fever vaccination of golden lion tamarins

Alex Megerle 30 Jul 2026
Field rangers in Namibia. Image courtesy of GRAA.

It’s time we recognize the roles of rangers — and prioritize their safety (commentary)

Louise de Bruin 30 Jul 2026

New fire satellites offer hope for Amazon and other biomes, but local barriers remain

Benjamin Swift 30 Jul 2026

The global gold rush consuming the Amazon (commentary)

Robert Muggah 30 Jul 2026
Dave Johnson. Photo from the Global Owl Project

David Johnson, the owl man of Umatilla

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2026
High altitude grasslands on Castle Mountain.

Proposed mine expansion raising pollution concerns in Canada and US

Ruth Kamnitzer 29 Jul 2026
Benthic jellyfish in the deep sea

UN regulator delays deep-sea mining rules, but extends criticized exploration contract

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Jul 2026
Sable antelope photographed at Shimba Hills National Reserve in Kenya. Image courtesy of Kenneth Coe.

Conservation shouldn’t gamble with nonnative species introductions (commentary)

Charles Foley, Kenneth Coe 29 Jul 2026
For years, the Parakanã Indigenous people had their territory exploited by around 3,000 invaders. Image by Bruno Peres/Agência Brasil.

Indigenous Parakanã fear election U-turn may spark new invasions in Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel 29 Jul 2026
Shuswap Band drummers at a ceremonial fry release in Invermere, May 2026. The ceremonial fry releases and Fish-in-School educational releases on the Upper Columbia River connect salmon and salmon people, bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members working for salmon reintroduction. Image by Ruth Kamnitzer.

First Nations lead the return of salmon to Canada’s Upper Columbia River

Ruth Kamnitzer 29 Jul 2026

Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms

Hans Nicholas Jong, Irfan Maulana 29 Jul 2026
Explosives and other remnants of World War II at the Japanese Cave in Biak.

Fatal WWII bomb blast in Indonesia was a result of illegal fishing activity, police say

Asrida Elisabeth 29 Jul 2026
Baraka Moruri plays with an avocado tree at their home in Nairobi. Photo by Lawrine Moruri.

Kenyan teen leads charge on tree planting and climate awareness

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026

Indonesian zoo corruption case renews scrutiny of animal welfare

Basten Gokkon 29 Jul 2026
Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), Amazon, Brazil. Image by w_endo via iNaturalist.

Fishers fight for solutions as Brazil lists tambaqui as threatened

Karla Mendes 28 Jul 2026
Croslet horseshoe bat

Study investigates how to prevent viral spread from bat guano in Southeast Asia

Carolyn Cowan 28 Jul 2026
Tigers are territorial and must strike out to find their own territory when they leave their mothers at 18 months-two years of age and adult cats require large home ranges, making safe pathways between protected areas critical for their survival. Image © Steve Winter/Big Cat Voices.

India’s tiger numbers are rising. Protecting their pathways is next

Nirmal Ghosh 28 Jul 2026
The village of Phozi, Eastern Cape. Image by Anna Weekes for Mongabay.

‘The shape of the land will change:’ South African villages resist heavy sands mine

Anna Weekes 28 Jul 2026
Pat Lowe.

Pat Lowe spent decades describing and defending the Kimberley

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jul 2026
Oak trees in a temperate forest in the higher altitudes of the Sierra Gorda, where more than 30 species of oak trees can be found. Photo by Roberto Pedraza Ruiz.

How carbon markets can succeed & also serve Global South communities (commentary)

Pati Ruiz Corzo 27 Jul 2026

Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jul 2026
View over a wind farm operated by Vattenfall, an energy company based in Sweden. Circular economy designs have focused largely on creating recyclable turbine blades. Experts say extending these principles across the supply chain could cut costs by increasing wind farms’ longevity and reducing material usage. Image courtesy of Vattenfall.

Scaling up offshore wind requires overcoming global and local challenges

Sean Mowbray 27 Jul 2026
Father Robert Athickal

Father Robert Athickal asked children to protect the living world

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Jul 2026
Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta).

Extreme weather dampens breeding success for marine predators in Tasmania: study

Madeline Shaw 27 Jul 2026
A shipbreaker with a sledgehammer amidst ship parts, Chittagong.

Bangladesh shipbreakers push back against stricter environmental standards

Ashraful Haque 27 Jul 2026
A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Jul 2026
A data center under construction in Chonburi province, Thailand, that local residents said is being built to host Google and TikTok servers, in December 2025. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Thai MP calls for new committee to scrutinize AI data centers’ environmental impact

Gerald Flynn 27 Jul 2026
Khuiusi Khisetje. Photo by Christian Braga / ISA

Khuiusi Khisêtjê helped his people recover their land and future in the Xingu

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Jul 2026
A desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in Joshua Tree National Park. Image courtesy of Mojave Land Trust.

California solar project threatens Mojave wildlife corridor, scientists say

Hyeyoon Cho 24 Jul 2026

New treaty promises safer conditions for Indonesia’s fishing crews

M Ambari 24 Jul 2026

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