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Solar panels in Bali, Indonesia.

Solar brings power to women entrepreneurs in Borneo, but rural energy inequality remains

Yuda Almerio 14 May 2026

In Nepal’s capital, invasive flora crowd out native species

Mongabay.com 14 May 2026

At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board

Philip Jacobson 14 May 2026

In eastern Indonesia, communities revive customary systems to protect the seas

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 May 2026

Sawfish in Sri Lanka may be ‘functionally extinct,’ but refuges remain

Mongabay.com 13 May 2026

Wetland destruction blamed for rise in croc attacks on Indonesia’s Bangka Island

Mongabay.com 13 May 2026

New study explores how reforestation could help Java’s leopards survive

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2026

Agriculture drives most tropical peatland loss in Indonesia, Peru and DRC: Study

Bobby Bascomb 12 May 2026
Harvesters carry baskets full of grapes at Trinity Canyon Vineyards.

How grape farmers are restoring Armenia’s wine heritage while safeguarding ecosystems

Kushane Chobanyan 12 May 2026

Can Bangladesh’s new law save its natural wetlands?

Sadiqur Rahman 12 May 2026
Hard-ground swamp deer in their new habitat in Satpura Tiger Reserve. Image courtesy of L. Krishnamoorthy.

Rare swamp deer subspecies thriving in new home in India

Mongabay.com 12 May 2026
Photograph of a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) submitted by a KehatiKu citizen observer.

Paying people to see wildlife: Inside a $1-per-hectare conservation experiment in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 May 2026

Sharks and rays do not know boundaries and a new high seas treaty seeks to protect them

Malaka Rodrigo 12 May 2026

Ancient tree’s modern voyage from Sri Lanka to Texas

Malaka Rodrigo 11 May 2026
Awareness of leopard cats is generally low across their range, as they are small, difficult to spot, and are sometimes mistaken for domesticated cats or leopard cubs.

Asia’s mainland leopard cat is abundant but still cloaked in mystery

Annelise Giseburt 11 May 2026

Hundreds of Khulan return to Eastern Mongolia after 65-year absence

Naina Rao 11 May 2026
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
Sumatran elephants play in water.

Indonesia should avoid controversial programs to fund conservation (commentary)

Mohammad Yunus 8 May 2026

Conservationists fear fires could erase years of orangutan habitat recovery

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2026
Fishers in the Mekong River near Chiang Khong, Thailand. Elevated arsenic levels at testing sites in the Mekong indicate that contamination may be spreading into this vital waterway. Image by Stefan Lovgren.

Dangerous arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong mainstream for first time

Gerald Flynn 8 May 2026
The Lear’s macaw had been at the center of two recent wildlife trafficking cases.

Brazil police seize devices from bird expert in trafficking probe linked to Vantara zoo

Fernanda Wenzel 7 May 2026

Asia’s last great free-flowing river faces toxic contamination crisis

Mongabay.com 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
During prolonged floods, many residents of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are unable to grow and harvest crops. NGOs have stepped in to help with basic food supplies and cash during times of crisis. Image courtesy of Anh Duong Community Development and Support Center.

The world’s great deltas are sinking — and with them, a global food system

Petro Kotzé 6 May 2026

Climate change, socioeconomic shifts threaten Nepal’s yak herding traditions

Mongabay.com 6 May 2026

In Bangladesh, traditional farming methods are being replaced by a modern system

Mongabay.com 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 worker separates the plastic covers from recovered wires from dismantled ships in Chattogram.

The digital graveyard: Is Bangladesh becoming China’s e-waste back door?

Sajibur Rahman 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
A woman prepares food in her kitchen in a village in Dang.

In Nepal’s plains, traditional bins help keep food safe from heat, floods

Tanka Dhakal 4 May 2026
Khudi Bari hause

This tiny house survives extreme floods

Lucia Torres 4 May 2026

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