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Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto rose from a frontline ranger with Zimbabwe’s Akashinga to a leadership role as a sergeant before becoming a biodiversity officer. Photo courtesy of Akashinga.

The uplifting story of one of Zimbabwe’s pioneering women rangers

David Akana 16 Oct 2026
Endemic to Colombia, Lehmann’s poison frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is a critically endangered species threatened by the pet trade.

Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction

Spoorthy Raman 16 Oct 2026
A wolf howls with the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. Image © Jim and Jamie Dutcher.

As US states reduce recently restored wolf populations, here’s what we risk losing (commentary)

Jim and Jamie Dutcher 16 Oct 2026
P-22, a cougar photographed in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. He crossed two of the busiest freeways in the U.S., the 101 and 405, to find his own territory. Image © Steve Winter/Big Cat Voices.

Saving big cats: Storytelling duo Steve Winter & Sharon Guynup publish new book

Gloria Dickie 16 Oct 2026
People gather to watch a trapped shark called Bukangi at the North Port Waterfront Park in Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2026. Image by AP Photos/Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap.

Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas

Kelly Kasulis-Cho 16 Oct 2026
An Egyptian vulture in Chad. Image courtesy of Sahara Conservation.

Vulture conservation project to target illegal killing and poisoning in Chad

Sean Mowbray 16 Oct 2026
Parrotfish in a seagrass meadow in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.

Seagrass meadows may offer coastal communities a more nutritious catch than reefs

Rajeev Tyagi 16 Oct 2026
Firefighters battling a blaze in Central Kalimantan in 2026.

‘Perpetuating stupidity’: Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2026
Wandering albatrosses on South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean that’s a key breeding spot for this and other albatross species. The species’ population on the island has declined significantly in recent decades.

Nations at southern bluefin tuna meeting stop short of adopting new seabird protections

Edward Carver 15 Oct 2026
Long-tailed macaques living in the mountains of Cambodia's Battambang province

Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t

Gerald Flynn 15 Oct 2026
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

Chinese social media used to promote illegal wildlife trade in Laos

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026

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

Associated Press 14 Oct 2026
Some species of Amazon turtles, such as the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), are part of the diet of many Amazon people.

Researchers uncover hidden routes and patterns of Amazon wildlife trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Oct 2026
Lionfish captured off the coast of Porto Seguro in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil. Image courtesy of Lecomar/UFSB.

Invasive lionfish reach Brazil’s largest coral reefs. Local fishers fight back

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026
Jaguarundis are sometimes known as the “otter cat” due to their distinctive, uncat-like appearance. They’re unique for their wide range of vocalizations, including “chirping” like a bird.

The jaguarundi is relatively easy to see. That may have hidden its decline

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2026
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, face increasing threats in Malaysia, from coastal development, boat traffic, and fishing net entanglement. Image courtesy of MareCet.

Eavesdropping on Malaysia’s dolphins: Interview with marine bioacoustician Saliza Bono

Ashley Yeong 14 Oct 2026
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Painted turbines can save millions of birds

Romi Castagnino 14 Oct 2026
Fishers pose with squid on a Chinese squid-fishing vessel.

Chinese squid tied to labor abuses finds an easy route into Western markets

Francesco De Augustinis 14 Oct 2026

Two rare pregnancies spark hope for Sumatran rhinos — but also concerns about inbreeding

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2026
Vivid orange sea star became an internet sensation for its uncanny resemblance to the cartoon character Patrick Star

‘Patrick’ sea star went viral, but Argentine deep-sea canyon held 57 new species

Liz Kimbrough 13 Oct 2026
The Jalisco mud turtle, endemic to the Jalisco and Colima states in Mexico, is a freshwater turtle found in rivers and wetlands.

Solutions to the risks posed by the global pet trade could be enacted quickly

Mike DiGirolamo 13 Oct 2026

Inside the ‘unique’ tail of Iran’s spider-tailed horned viper

Shanna Hanbury 13 Oct 2026

Indonesia returns 20 green sea turtles to the ocean after Bali smuggling raid

Associated Press 13 Oct 2026

A study unravels the genetic mystery of a cobra divided by sea

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Oct 2026
Sirachai Arunrugstichai takes a photo of a school of bigeye snappers at Hat Noppharat Thara – Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park, a marine park in Krabi province, Thailand, in 2018. Image courtesy of Tanakit Suwanyangyuan.

Shedding light on the sea: Interview with Thai photographer Sirachai Arunrugstichai

Pratch Rujivanarom 13 Oct 2026
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs captured October 2024 shows gold mining-related deforestation along the Ituri River in the DRC that runs through the southern portion of Okapi Wildlife Reserve.

Protected areas are not for mining: Interview with WWF’s Nadège Nzoyem

David Akana 13 Oct 2026
A female member of the Smitswinkel Troop with False Bay in the background,. Image by Barry Christianson for Mongabay.

‘A hard reset’: Cape Town to capture and relocate baboon troops

Barry Christianson 13 Oct 2026
Grauer's gorilla troop in Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Photo credit: Strong Roots Congo.

In a first for the DRC, a homegrown NGO will co-manage a wildlife reserve

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Oct 2026

Chinook salmon return to historical habitat following removal of four US dams

David Brown 12 Oct 2026

Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s orangutans as rescuers find injured animals

Associated Press 12 Oct 2026
Project team members prepare juvenile bull kelp for transplanting in Clayoquot Sound. Image courtesy of Graeme Owsianski/Redd Fish Restoration Society.

First Nation-led effort replants kelp forests in Clayoquot Sound

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2026

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