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Bouba Ndjida is one of the only sites in Central Africa where we are seeing the early signs of recovery in the population.

Northern Cameroon’s lions are reproducing, but concerns remain

Leocadia Bongben 30 Sep 2025
Alisha’s dorsal photograph during her initial tagging in May 2012 in Gansbaai, South Africa.

Long-lost white shark tag traces remarkable journey from South Africa to SE Asia

Miriam Bahagijo 26 Sep 2025
Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Radio tags help reveal the secret lives of tiger salamanders

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 May 2025
A fish release conducted for a recent study on fish migrations in the Mekong River.

Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research

Anton L. Delgado 18 Apr 2025
Banner image of a roof rat (Rattus rattus) by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Surge in rat numbers linked to climate warming, urbanization: Study

Kristine Sabillo 7 Feb 2025
Data from transmitters helped the team identify corridors that are critical for the movements of the thick-billed parrots, which are endangered birds endemic to Mexico.

Satellite ‘backpacks’ help keep track of parrot migration in Mexico

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Jan 2025
Banner image of a common noctule courtesy of Kamran Safi/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.

Smart tags reveal migratory bats are storm-front surfers

Kristine Sabillo 15 Jan 2025
A rhino.

Tracking footprints to monitor wildlife: Interview with WildTrack’s Zoe Jewell

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Nov 2024
Scientists have produced possibly the largest database of GPS-collared elephants containing 4 million data points.

Jumbo collaring effort reveals key elephant movement corridors

Abhishyant Kidangoor 25 Sep 2024
Prairie dogs, from the same family of animals as squirrels, are considered a keystone species in grasslands.

New trackers bring prairie dogs’ little-known underground life to light

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Mar 2024
Chittal, as spotted deer are known in Nepali

Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Oct 2023

Barely making it: A conversation with ‘Eight Bears’ author Gloria Dickie

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Sep 2023
EarthRanger Director Jes Lefcourt testing EarthRanger Mobile in northern Kenya.

Wildlife management platform EarthRanger goes mobile with new app

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Aug 2023

Expedition catches Amazon river dolphins to help save this iconic pink species

Kevin Damasio 9 Jun 2023

Conservationists unite to tackle Latin America’s dog threat to wild cats

Sean Mowbray 19 Apr 2023
Jaguar in a river in Mexico. Photo credit: Gerardo Ceballos

In Calakmul, water troughs offer possible solution to human-wildlife conflict

Sean Mowbray 22 Mar 2023
A tiger in the Sundarbans.

Forest management tool could help rein in rampant wildlife trade in Bangladesh

Mahadi Al Hasnat 28 Nov 2022

Should more wildlife trade be legal and regulated? It’s complicated, say scientists

James Fair 11 Nov 2022
A red river hog.

In Gabon, camera-trap developers find the ideal proving ground for their craft

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas 18 Aug 2022

Where do the guitarfish go? Scientists and fishers team up to find out

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Jul 2022
A chimpanzee in the Congo rainforests

Data from droppings: Researchers draw up a genetic ID map for chimps

Charles Mpaka 1 Jul 2022
Park rangers walk next to a fenceline

Smart Parks, the Dutch technologists tackling poaching with technology

Jim Tan 20 Jun 2022

With sea ice melting, glacial ice could be a lifeline for polar bears

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2022

A helping hand for red-footed tortoises making a comeback in Argentina

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 May 2022

As tiger numbers in Nepal and India grow, their freedom to roam shrinks

Abhaya Raj Joshi and Sahana Ghosh 13 May 2022
Himalayan musk deer

Himalayan musk deer talk to each other through poop, but poachers are also listening

Abhaya Raj Joshi 10 May 2022

Wildlife death toll from 2020 Pantanal fires tops 17 million, study finds

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2021

Translocation brings white rhinos to Rwanda, a new land for an old species

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Dec 2021

DNA assessment confirms Gabon as last stronghold of forest elephants

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Nov 2021

Hungry like the maned wolf pup: Clips give rare glimpse of elusive canine

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2021

Tracking white-bellied pangolins in Nigeria, the new global trafficking hub

Gianluca Cerullo 7 Oct 2021

The cat is back: Wild Amur tigers rebound in China, thanks to govt policies

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Sep 2021

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