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The global trafficking ring preying on a rare golden monkey from Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel, Marco Mantovani 1 Jun 2026

Sri Lanka flamingo deaths raise concerns over power infrastructure in wetlands

Malaka Rodrigo 29 May 2026
The common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is one of 63 species that can be recognized by TropiCam-AI.

Most wildlife AI focuses on the ground. This model looks up in the trees

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 May 2026
The remnants of Upper Guinean Tropical Rainforest within Sierra Leone are home to a multitude of species, many of them threatened, such as the white-necked rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus). Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A ‘symphony’ of wildlife suggests carbon financing is working in Sierra Leone

Claudia Geib 27 May 2026
The composition of Queensland’s rainforests would change without cassowaries dispersing seeds, and some plants may become greatly restricted or even threatened with extinction. Image by the Gondwana Rainforest Trust.

Amid efforts to save Australia’s southern cassowaries, their numbers remain unknown

Cooper Williams 26 May 2026

Texas man convicted of buying eagle parts from a wildlife trafficking ring

David Brown 19 May 2026

Timor green pigeon could go extinct without immediate action, study finds

Naina Rao 19 May 2026

More than a million live birds imported to Asia in 15 years, report finds

Mongabay.com 18 May 2026
Carrion crows engage in cooperative breeding which requires intricate communication between entire families that are involved in raising chicks.

From caws to code: AI helps decrypt animal communication

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 May 2026
Kea parrot Bruce at New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Images courtesy of Alexander Grabham.

No beak = weak? Not for this New Zealand parrot that’s the alpha male of his flock

Shanna Hanbury 12 May 2026

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 May 2026
Pair of flamingos in Marawah Marine Biosphere Reserve, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Image courtesy of Maitha Bughanoom.

Arabian Gulf’s fragile marine ecosystem threatened by current crisis (commentary)

Razan Al Mubarak 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
A black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), which is found within the African-Eurasian flyway.

Up to half the bird species using the African-Eurasian flyway are declining

Wilson Odhiambo 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
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

Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel

Sean Mowbray 30 Apr 2026
Baudin’s black cockatoo flying

Black cockatoo species caught in the crosshairs of global race for minerals

Aimee Gabay 29 Apr 2026
A brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus), La Ilusion Nature Reserve, Colombia.

As global 30×30 goal lags, Colombia shows how progress can be made

Ruth Kamnitzer 27 Apr 2026
Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis) offshore from Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Photo by Oscar Thomas (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How marine flyways could help save the world’s declining seabird population

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Apr 2026

Five ‘lost’ bird species rediscovered in 2025

Mongabay.com 21 Apr 2026
American bison and calf in Yellowstone National Park, U.S. Image by Arturo de Frias Marques via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bringing the world’s rewilders together: Interview with Alister Scott

Spoorthy Raman 20 Apr 2026
Kakapo Strigops habroptila "Sirocco" amongst renga renga lillies. Maud Island, New Zealand.

World’s fattest parrots have mating frenzy

Sam Lee 18 Apr 2026
The cerulean warbler, a near-threatened species, breeds in North America and migrates thousands of miles to winter in the Andes Mountains of South America. It also makes stopovers all along the way. Image courtesy of Luke Seitz via Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Americas flyways atlas maps the routes of 89 at-risk migratory bird species

Adam Litchkofski 16 Apr 2026
A yellow-fronted canary from South Africa. The songbird tops the list of wild birds exported from Africa to Asia.

Nearly a million birds shipped from Africa to Asia in 15 years; canaries top the list

Spoorthy Raman 15 Apr 2026
a ferret by Alfredo Gutiérrez via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Invasive ferrets removed from an island in a world-first

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Apr 2026
Phil Lyver (second from left) and Tuawhenua kaumatua (elders). Image by Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research.

Māori knowledge shows climate change domino effects on forest food chains

Monica Evans 14 Apr 2026

A new bird species has been discovered in Japan after 45 years

Naina Rao 13 Apr 2026
Siblings Tīwhiri-A3 and Tīwhiri-A4 on Pukenui Anchor Island, New Zealand. Image courtesy of Sarah Manktelow/New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC).

Record kākāpō breeding season with 95 rare parrot hatchlings: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 10 Apr 2026
Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata). Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Half of seabirds are declining. Protecting marine flyways could help save them

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Apr 2026
Emperor penguin chicks on Antarctica’s Rothschild Island. Image courtesy of Philip Trathan.

Emperor penguins are now endangered amid climate change and melting ice

Shanna Hanbury 9 Apr 2026
Fishers in Dunga on the shores of Lake Victoria. Image by Achieng’ Otieno for Mongabay.

On the shores of Lake Victoria, a youth-led campaign to revive a wetland

Achieng’ Otieno 9 Apr 2026

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