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Long-tailed macaques being held at Sookvannaseng Integrated's breeding farm in Bolikhamsai province, Laos. Image supplied by source.

Wildlife trade regulator CITES lifts sanctions against Laos, prompting conservation concerns

Gerald Flynn 12 Nov 2026

Funding shortages threaten search for critically endangered ‘Asian unicorn’

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2026

US brand StarKist suspends tuna sourcing from vessels accused of exploiting Indonesian fishers

Basten Gokkon 11 Nov 2026
Beat at Annamites

Weird and wonderful wildlife revealed in underexplored mountains

Sandy Watt 11 Nov 2026

In north India, women protect native bees in traditional home walls

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2026
Pangolin scales totaling 57 kilograms (123 pounds) seized from a perpetrator in South Kalimantan.

Investigation continues in Indonesia after first conviction in 3-ton pangolin trafficking case

Anggita Raissa 11 Nov 2026
A fishing cat is photographed by a camera trap in Koh Kapik Ramsar site in Cambodia.

Cambodia’s mangrove forests offer vital refuge for threatened wildlife, 7-year study finds

Eung Sea 11 Nov 2026
Proboscis monkey

Rising seas could reshape habitats for more than 40% of world’s land vertebrates

Carolyn Cowan 11 Nov 2026
Kazi Zenifar Azmiri participates in a duck satellite-tagging camp at Tanguar Haor, Bangladesh.

‘You need strong willpower’: IUCN’s Kazi Zenifar Azmiri on being a woman wildlife biologist

Usraat Fahmidah 10 Nov 2026
Japan Tsunami

How did these shrines survive a tsunami?

Sandy Watt 10 Nov 2026
Conservationist Wayan Wardika in the farm.

A plan to save Bali’s vanishing fireflies takes root in organic farming

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2026
Aerides crispa, an orchid species endemic to the Western Ghats, was among those rescued. Image © tspkumar via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Tens of thousands of orchids saved from road development in southern India

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Nov 2026
Seaweed farmer Jonalyn Rentuaya holds a line of dried seaweed. While many community members have left since the spill, Rentuaya remains, saying she is hopeful the sea can be rehabilitated. Image by Pippo Carmona for Mongabay.

A year after a wastewater spill in the Philippines, communities fight to save a dying sea

Pippo Carmona 10 Nov 2026

Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution

Associated Press 9 Nov 2026

Sri Lankan wildlife photographer Ravindralal Anthonis urges respect for elephants over good shots

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Nov 2026
A house crow in Pokhara, Nepal.

Human-crow relations show strain as Kathmandu observes annual day of the crow

Gobinda Pokharel 9 Nov 2026
Squid drying in the sun in South Korea.

South Korea’s beloved squid may vanish from its waters due to climate change, heat waves

Kelly Kasulis-Cho 9 Nov 2026

India repatriates seized orangutan, raising hopes for five more

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2026
A mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda). Image by Bernard DUPONT via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Scientists confirm horseshoe crabs in a second Philippine province, urge conservation

Maverick Avila 6 Nov 2026

Extreme heat is creating a workplace health crisis in Bangladesh’s garment industry

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2026

Singapore sand imports threaten an already sinking Cambodian fishing community, again

Andy Ball 6 Nov 2026
Asian golden cats are cute but don't make for good pets, according to experts. Image courtesy of Allwetter Zoo.

Indonesian company seeks CITES approval to breed and sell rare Asian golden cats

Fernanda Wenzel, Spoorthy Raman 5 Nov 2026

AI tiger-warning system rooted in local knowledge stalls for lack of support

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2026

Artificial mangrove roots offer temporary shield for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2026
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) marine biologist Ong Chai Kee, left, and her colleague Mohd. Sahimi Abdul Rashid collect coral samples at Pulau Redang Marine Park, Malaysia, in September 2025. Image courtesy of Ong Chai Kee.

Microplastics pollute nearly two-thirds of corals in Malaysia’s marine protected area, study finds

Ashley Yeong 4 Nov 2026

Afghanistan’s Taliban officials will attend a UN climate summit for the second time as observers

Associated Press 3 Nov 2026

The RSPO closed the case on First Resources. Indonesian forests kept falling for palm oil (commentary)

Tom Johnson 3 Nov 2026

US couple sentenced for helping finance trade in rhino horn, puma bones, other wildlife parts

Naina Rao 3 Nov 2026
Graphic by Emilie Languedoc/Mongabay with images courtesy of Josh van der Meulen via iNaturalist, David Chamberlin; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library, Jonathan Casanova; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library. These show falcons and the United Kingdom's Westminister halls of government.

Do not ‘engage formally’: UK officials advised against billionaire-run zoo ahead of CITES meeting

Elisângela Mendonça, Spoorthy Raman 3 Nov 2026
Asian black bears

Ecotourism may deter hunters, but also keeps wildlife away, Laos study suggests

Carolyn Cowan 2 Nov 2026
Commuters on the road try to shield their noses from the thick haze as they drive.

Experts warn of long-term health risks as Indonesia’s wildfire haze takes a growing toll

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Nov 2026

Venomous Indonesian primate feared extinct still clings on – but threats persist

Naina Rao 2 Nov 2026

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