Animals News

RSS
8205 stories
A European roller (Coracias garrulus) at B'stonliq, Uzbekistan. Image by bereskletic via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

From Africa to Central Asia, the European roller’s migration builds relationships

Terna Gyuse 9 May 2026
A black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), which is found within the African-Eurasian flyway.

Up to half the bird species using the African-Eurasian flyway are declining

Wilson Odhiambo 8 May 2026
The Nimba mountain range as seen from southern Guinea. Image by Maarten van der Bent via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

In the Nimba Mountains, a film examines the paradox of mining-funded conservation

Ashoka Mukpo 8 May 2026

In Mozambique, four isolated mountains yield four new chameleon species

Naina Rao 8 May 2026
Banner image of African elephants by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

African elephant genomes reveal ancient mixing — and modern pressures

David Brown 8 May 2026
Male cock-of-the-rock birds in Peru's Kosñipata valley. Image credit: Rhett A. Butler

Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns

Liz Kimbrough 7 May 2026
Deforestation, climate change, and trade pose threats to the species, which has dwindled to a few hundred from some 750,000 in the 1960s.

US proposes endangered species protections for an imperiled Jamaican butterfly

Spoorthy Raman 7 May 2026
Tufted-tailed rat (Eliurus sp) in Madagascar. Photo by Elise Paietta

In one forest, native rats remain. In another, only invaders.

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 May 2026
The male elephant that recently died in Rangamati.

Rise in elephant killings reveals conservation gaps in Bangladesh

Abu Siddique 7 May 2026
A koala.

Australia’s new national park links habitat to protect koalas

Johan Augustin 6 May 2026
“For mothers and young elephants, Dzanga Bai becomes something of a playground and a very safe place,” says Yvonne Kienast, project manager and head researcher of the Dzanga Forest Elephant Project. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Rethinking conservation through elephants’ sense of time and memory

Mongabay.com 6 May 2026
The dusky hopping-mouse (Notomys fuscus) of Australia burrows extensively in sand. Several Notomys species are extinct. Image by Boyd Essex via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Study finds 40% of soil-dependent species threatened or data deficient

Shreya Dasgupta 6 May 2026

Overtourism threatens Sri Lanka’s leopards

Mongabay.com 6 May 2026
Scientists from Konservasi International satellite tagging a whale shark.

A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia

Claire Turrell 5 May 2026
A Bengal tiger from Rajasthan, India. Poaching is one of the biggest threats to tigers, an endangered cat in Asia.

Facebook is a hub for illegal wildlife trade, and that’s by design, report says

Spoorthy Raman 5 May 2026
A Venezuela snouted treefrog. Image by Taucce et al., 2022, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Study finds microplastics in tadpoles in the Amazon for the first time

David Brown 5 May 2026
The Indian pitta is vulnerable to collisions with glass surfaces in India. Image by Sinijose Jose via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

In India, few are tracking birds colliding with glass in buildings

Mongabay.com 5 May 2026
Sir David Attenborough By BBC - Passion Planet

At 100, David Attenborough’s message is no longer just about wonder

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 May 2026
This red-tailed monkey was photographed at a hotel in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

As wildlife trade expands, so do pathways for disease spillover to humans

Cate Twining-Ward 4 May 2026
Tierney Thys with sunfish. Photo by Mike Johnson / Earth Window

Tierney Thys, marine biologist and interpreter of the sunfish

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2026
An African leopard in South Africa.

International Leopard Day: A spotty outlook for the spotted cat

Mongabay.com 2 May 2026
The Golden dorado (Salminus brasiliensis), a powerful migratory freshwater fish native to the Pantanal and Paraná River Basin, shown here being held by researcher Zeb Hogan. Highly prized by recreational anglers and important to commercial fisheries, the species has declined in parts of its range due to dam construction.

Migratory freshwater fish are in trouble: Will we act in time to save them?

Stefan Lovgren 1 May 2026
Raffles’ banded langur, courtesy of Andie Ang.

Singapore’s population of Raffles’ banded langur has doubled

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2026
An orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Image courtesy of Sara Jobson/Mercier Lab.

Global trade in sea cucumbers ‘alarming’ with many species at risk: Study

Edward Carver 30 Apr 2026
A tiger in the Central Zoo in Kathmandu.

Experts caution Nepal’s plan to open doors to private zoos

Deepak Adhikari 30 Apr 2026
A gemsbok (Oryx gazella), also known as the South African oryx, in a mixed herd of herbivores at Tswalu. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

The value of South Africa’s wildlife shouldn’t be in the hands of wealthy foreign hunters (commentary)

Stephanie Klarmann 30 Apr 2026
Young Atlantic salmon, Image by Jörgen Wiklund via Eurekalert.

Cocaine exposure drives salmon to alter movements

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Apr 2026
Javan gibbon Lima and her mother, Belle. Image courtesy of Port Lympne.

Endangered Javan gibbon baby born in UK rare species sanctuary

Shanna Hanbury 30 Apr 2026
Moreangels Mbizah tracking lions in Chizarira National Park, Zimbabwe. Image courtesy of the Whitley Foundation.

Conservationist wins top award to protect lions and people in Zimbabwe

Ryan Truscott 30 Apr 2026
A young ring-tailed glider (Tous ayamaruensis). Image courtesy of Arman Muharmansyah.

Species thought extinct for thousands of years ‘rediscovered’ thanks to Indigenous knowledge

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Apr 2026
Kanjonde village, basking in the late afternoon light at the foot of Mount Moco, in January 2024. Image by Ryan Truscott.

Angola’s highest mountain and its unique wildlife are now protected

Ryan Truscott 29 Apr 2026
Philidris nagasau, an ant species endemic to Fiji that farms Squamellaria plants. Image by Eli M. Sarnat via AntWeb (CC BY 4.0).

Novel DNA research shows massive native ant decline over hundreds of years in Fiji

Shanna Hanbury 28 Apr 2026

you're currently offline