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The illegal jaguar trade is thriving online. Why aren’t governments stopping it?

Maxwell Radwin 2 Feb 2023
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Western monarch populations reach highest number in decades

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jan 2023
A Cape Mountain Zebra and Young.

Temperature extremes, plus ecological marginalization, raise species risk: Studies

Tim Vernimmen 31 Jan 2023

Canopy bridges connect forests, wildlife, and international researchers

Liz Kimbrough 30 Jan 2023
An elephant.

Elephants promote jumbo trees, boosting the carbon stores in Africa’s forests

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Jan 2023
A leopard cub on a tree branch.

With climate change, Nepal’s leopards get a bigger range — and more problems

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Jan 2023

Sri Lanka seeks lasting solution as human-elephant conflict takes record toll

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jan 2023
An Irrawaddy dolphin.

Banned but abundant, gillnets pose main threat to Bangladesh’s river dolphins

Abu Siddique 26 Jan 2023
A Bengal tiger.

To restore large carnivore populations, make people wealthier, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jan 2023
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf.

U.S. refuses calls for immediate protection of North Atlantic right whales

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Jan 2023
A fishing cat.

Plastic works its way up the food chain to hit fishing cats, study shows

Sean Mowbray 25 Jan 2023
A Bengal tiger.

‘Your tiger killed my cattle’: As big cats thrive in Bhutan, farmers struggle

Heather Richardson 23 Jan 2023
A crab-eating frog.

EU demand for frogs’ legs raises risks of local extinctions, experts warn

Sean Mowbray 23 Jan 2023
A pair of jaguars.

Ecotourism and education: Win-win solution for Pantanal jaguars and ranchers

Sarah Brown 20 Jan 2023
Fishes in a coral reef.

Invasive rats topple ecological domino that affects reef fish behavior

John Cannon 20 Jan 2023
A chameleon on a branch.

Understanding reptile intelligence can aid conservation and safeguard ecosystems (commentary)

Deyatima Ghosh 19 Jan 2023
Tulshi Laxmi Suwal.

‘Sustainable livelihoods go a long way’: Q&A with pangolin expert Tulshi Suwal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 18 Jan 2023
A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

More marine protected areas planned for Indonesia’s Maluku after 2022 spree

Nurdin Tubaka 16 Jan 2023

Across the tropics, mammal activity doesn’t vary much, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 13 Jan 2023
A tiger leaping.

The tiger in the snow: Cameras capture abundance of life in a Himalayan refuge

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Jan 2023

Harpy eagles: The challenge of protecting the Amazon’s largest bird of prey

Sibélia Zanon 12 Jan 2023

El Salvador poised for big year of roadbuilding, despite environmental concerns

Maxwell Radwin 12 Jan 2023

At COP 15, biodiversity finance, Indigenous rights, and corporate influence

Mike DiGirolamo 11 Jan 2023
An Arctic fox.

Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities

Sean Mowbray 10 Jan 2023
A tokay gecko.

Rumors and misconceptions threaten tokay geckos in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 10 Jan 2023

In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jan 2023
Sanjiv is a male Sumatran tiger who has arrived at a captive breeding center in Tacoma, Washington. Photo by Katie Cotterill for Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Sanjiv.

Sumatran tiger arrives at Tacoma captive-breeding program

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2023

Mexico dismantles illegal fishing cartels killing off rare vaquita porpoise

Maxwell Radwin 5 Jan 2023

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022

The least social of the African antelopes: the bushbuck | Candid Animal Cam

Romina Castagnino 29 Dec 2022

Mongabay’s top 10 stories of 2022

Isabel Esterman 29 Dec 2022

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