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Hema Sane. Image courtesy of Vision Publications

Hema Sane, botanist who lived without electricity, died on September 19th

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Sep 2025

As Sri Lanka struggles with ghost nets, volunteer youth lead seabed cleanup

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Sep 2025
Heavy machinery operates at the nickel mining site of PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining on Kawe Island, Raja Ampat.

Religion at a crossroads in Indonesia as Islamic groups bid to operate large-scale mines

Ramadani Saputra 25 Sep 2025
A fallen tree sits inside the park in Ho Man Tin area, as super typhoon Ragasa approaches in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and Philippines

Associated Press 24 Sep 2025

Extinct-in-the-wild plant rediscovered in Sri Lanka thanks to social media

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Sep 2025

Southern China closes schools and cancels flights as Super Typhoon Ragasa nears

Associated Press 23 Sep 2025
Solar panels at Madhya Dhalpur school in Assam’s Darrang district. Image by Shailesh Shrivastava/Mongabay India.

From chalkboards to e-learning, solar boosts schooling in an Indian floodplain

Mongabay.com 23 Sep 2025
A dehorned white rhino with her calf. Image courtesy of Tim Kuiper.

Protecting rhinos more urgent than ever this World Rhino Day

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2025
Pollen-based sunscreen applied to skin pictured alongside raw camellia pollen. Image courtesy of NTU Singapore.

Scientists develop sunscreen made from pollen that doesn’t harm corals

Shanna Hanbury 22 Sep 2025
Sumatran rhino at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The rhinoceros, under siege but not lost

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Sep 2025
A traditional fisher in Bali, 2013.

EV trial among Bali east coast fishers shows promise amid headwinds

Luh De Suriyani 22 Sep 2025
A male blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). Image courtesy of Ksuryawanshi via Wikimedia Commons.

Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)

Naresh Kusi, Geraldine Werhahn 17 Sep 2025
The cheerful faces of Wulandoni 4 Public Middle School students after harvesting sorghum in the school garden in Tapobali village.

Grassroots community seeds sorghum in eastern Indonesia to adapt to climate change

Ebed de Rosary 17 Sep 2025
Nickel mining activity in the PT IWIP industrial area in Central Halmahera.

Norway fund drops Eramet over Indonesia mine threatening forests, Indigenous tribe

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2025
Drone shot of a mining site in Myanmar.

Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots

Latoya Abulu, Sonam Lama Hyolmo 16 Sep 2025

Critics say FSC update risks weakening accountability for forest harm

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Sep 2025

Oysters could help fight climate change, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 16 Sep 2025

Women-led patrols and fire prevention restore forests in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 16 Sep 2025
Satellite image of Lake Chad. Image courtesy of Maxar.

Ani Dasgupta watched wetlands tame floods in Kigali. He believes nature is infrastructure we can fund.

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Sep 2025

The Great Insect Crisis

Jeremy Hance 15 Sep 2025

Rare earth rush endangers rural communities and conservation areas in Brazil

Maurício Angelo, Lúcio Lambranho, Fábio Bispo, from The Mining Observatory 15 Sep 2025

Floodwaters begin receding in a major Pakistani city but nearby towns face evacuations

Associated Press 12 Sep 2025
A yellowfin tuna. Image © Jeff Rotman/naturepl.com, courtesy of WWF.

Countries shorten tuna fishing closure at Pacific summit with few conservation ‘wins’

Edward Carver 12 Sep 2025

Indonesia reopens Raja Ampat nickel mine despite reef damage concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2025

Indonesia flooding traced to corporate canals that drain peatlands: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2025
The local community of Dunoy is releasing a juvenile specimen in a small creek adjacent to the Disulap River.

Photos: Indigenous elders push for comeback of the revered Philippine crocodile

Giacomo d’Orlando 11 Sep 2025
Free-roaming hog deer (Axis porcinus) found on Honduwa Island in southern Sri Lanka

An elusive deer species clings to survival in Sri Lanka’s south

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Sep 2025

Indonesia’s giant Java seawall plan sparks criticism & calls for alternatives

Basten Gokkon 11 Sep 2025

Scientists are breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river

Associated Press 11 Sep 2025
Vian Ruma from his Facebook page.

Vian Ruma, Indonesian activist, found dead. Aged 30.

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2025
Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica

Controlling wildlife crime saves more than species (commentary)

Kumar Paudel 10 Sep 2025

Death of activist critical of geothermal project raises alarm in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Sep 2025

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