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Darwin’s rheas

These women are bringing Darwin’s rheas back to Chilean Patagonia

Julia Lima, Romi Castagnino 10 Oct 2026

Painted wind turbines can dramatically reduce bird deaths, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 9 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Oct 2026
The Peruvian government launches the 2025 anchoveta season with a 3-million-ton quota, the second-highest in the last 13 years. Image by Ministerio de la Produccion - Produce via Flickr. Public domain.

A chemical kept fishmeal from catching fire. Then scientists raised cancer concerns

Ian Urbina 9 Oct 2026
Fishers at work in artisanal fishing pirogues with seine nets off the Senegalese coast, Kafountine, Casamance. Image © Clément Tardif for Greenpeace.

Fishmeal factories take Senegal’s fish from the dinner table

Ian Urbina 9 Oct 2026
Paul Spong at the International Whaling Commission

A lifetime studying and advocating for cetaceans: Interview with Paul Spong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2026
Carlos Magdalena holding a Victoria colombiana leaf. Image courtesy of Mauricio Bernal

An Instafamous giant water lily is confirmed as a new species — and critically endangered

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Oct 2026

Ethiopian highlands yield a new species of egg-eating snake

Naina Rao 9 Oct 2026

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2026
Big blue octopus (Octopus cyanea) with diver in background in waters off Hawaii. Photo credit: naturepl.com / David Fleetham / WWF

World Octopus Day: new discoveries about the world’s smartest invertebrates

David Brown 8 Oct 2026
Angelshark, commonly called peixe anjo in Brazil, (“angel fish” in Portuguese), continues to be sold at stalls in the Porto Alegre Public Market. Image courtesy of Alex Rocha/PMPA.

Endangered angelshark is still traded in Brazil despite import ban

Fernanda Wenzel 8 Oct 2026
Aerial view of Arizona border wall construction where tree sit protests have been occurring. Image courtesy of the author.

Activists cite ecological, social connections in blocking US border wall construction (commentary)

Meg Perret 8 Oct 2026

Crackdown reveals ‘industrial-scale’ wildlife and timber trafficking across Latin America

Spoorthy Raman 8 Oct 2026

Australia’s new eco police flexes muscles with major wildlife trafficking bust

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2026
A red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Invasive species have more severe environmental impacts in Global South, study finds

Esther J 8 Oct 2026
Ring-tailed lemurs in a zoo.

Did two of the lemurs stolen in Bangladesh end up in India? Officials are investigating

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2026
Dead fish at Hippo Pool, north of Chingola, where the Kafue River narrows into a shallow valley. Image by Victoria Schneider for Mongabay.

Despite legacy court case, Zambian Vedanta mine pollution continues

Victoria Schneider 8 Oct 2026

Africa’s monitored wildlife populations declined 80% since 1970, new report says

David Akana 7 Oct 2026
The Polish side of the Bialowieża Forest is home to 900 Bison, brought back from the brink of extinction.

Can WarWilding defend Poland’s borders and save Europe’s last ancient forest?

Marta Kasztelan 7 Oct 2026

Arabian Sea humpbacks may be a unique subspecies at risk of extinction

Naina Rao 7 Oct 2026
A leopard cat steps out of its cage and into the forest in Phu Pha Man National Park, northeastern Thailand, after several months in the care of the Khon Kaen wildlife rescue center. Image by Ana Norman Bermúdez for Mongabay.

‘A few are afraid of the chicks’: Preparing Thailand’s rescued leopard cats for life in the wild

Ana Norman Bermúdez 7 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026
Tulipa anadroma, a threatened tulip species, growing in the Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve in western Kyrgyzstan in early 2019. This protected area is the only place on Earth where the species can be found. Image by Brett Wilson.

Wild tulips in Central Asia have become rare, expert says

Mongabay.com 7 Oct 2026

Death of anti-plague lab worker in Russia prompts quarantines and international concern

Naina Rao 7 Oct 2026
Reconstruction of the extinct Herugavialis cairensis with the Great Sphinx and pyramids depicted in the background. Artwork by Karim Zanaty.

New crocodile species found fossilized in stone used to build Egypt’s Great Sphinx

Liz Kimbrough 6 Oct 2026
Savannah elephants in the Biliquo Bulesa conservancy in northern Kenya. Image by Ashoka Mukpo / Mongabay.

100 conservation projects are looking for funding after USAID’s closure

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2026

In Australia’s Wet Tropics, restoration misses the forest for the tree cover

Liz Kimbrough 6 Oct 2026
Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris ssp. kenyoni) in a kelp forest in Strathcona

Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.)

Jennifer Cole 6 Oct 2026
A pair of cockatoos is spotted perching on a nest box at St. Louis School in Hong Kong on May 9, 2026. Image courtesy of Winster Wong/St. Louis School.

Artificial nests give Hong Kong’s cockatoos a home – and a chance to study their behavior

Yenni Kwok 6 Oct 2026

16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers

Naina Rao 6 Oct 2026
Salamander

Helping 100,000 amphibians safely cross the road

Jonathan Vit 6 Oct 2026

Sabine Schoppe who built a refuge for Palawan’s forest turtles has died

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Oct 2026

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