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In Brazil, regenerative farming advances, but deforestation still pressures ecosystems

Mie Hoejris Dahl 17 Mar 2026
Emperor penguins rely heavily on sea ice and are estimated to lose 98% of their colonies by 2100 if sea ice continues to decline.

Accidental discovery reveals new climate threat to emperor penguins

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Mar 2026
The city of Porto Alegre is flooded after heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil is both the world’s environmental treasure and its most exposed victim (commentary)

Robert Muggah, Igor Oliveira 16 Mar 2026

Climate-resilient housing models slow to gain ground in disaster-prone Bangladesh

Sadiqur Rahman 16 Mar 2026

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2026

Disastrous floods in Colombia reignite debate over hydroelectric dam

Euan Wallace 13 Mar 2026
Wood pellets for biomass energy. Image courtesy of Dogwood Alliance.

Forest advocates accuse EU energy firm of Dutch biomass certification fraud

Justin Catanoso 13 Mar 2026
Seagrass meadows are also important foraging grounds for many marine species, including green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Image courtesy of Michele Roux/Ocean Image Bank.

Why saving seagrass meadows could help save the world’s coastlines

Sean Mowbray 12 Mar 2026
Sea turtles, another migratory species, need safe ocean passageways to move between feeding grounds and nesting beaches.

Outlook for migratory species worsens amid habitat loss & avian flu, report finds

Gloria Dickie 12 Mar 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station.

Rush to put AI data centers in space poses poorly understood dangers

Sean Mowbray 11 Mar 2026

Sumatra officials stress environment checks continue in wake of deadly cyclone

Jaka Hendra Baittri 10 Mar 2026
A maize field cultivated using agroecology concepts.

In Malawi, farmers rebuild soil and livelihoods through agroecology

Kelvin Tembo 9 Mar 2026
The Pesalat Reforestation Project in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, restores forest within a national park degraded by fire and logging.

Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity

Ruth Kamnitzer 9 Mar 2026

The rate of global warming is accelerating, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 6 Mar 2026
Gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada) in Ethiopia’s Semien Mountains. Image by Alastair Rae via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Climate or biodiversity? Global study maps out forestation’s dilemma

John Cannon 6 Mar 2026
Scientists in Antarctica have just inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores. As the climate crisis melts glaciers all around the world, this frozen vault aims to preserve the history of the Earth's atmosphere for future generations to study.

A sanctuary… for glacier ice?

Sam Lee 5 Mar 2026

Beetle known for ravaging mango trees now killing baobabs, study finds

Charles Mpaka 5 Mar 2026
Residents transport drinking water along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, during the dry season, in 2024. Image by AP Photo/Edmar Barros.

Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant

Rafael Spuldar 4 Mar 2026
The yellow Banyumas Kromo durian has a rich, creamy taste

Indonesia farmers count the costs as rains wash out Java durian harvest

L. Darmawan 4 Mar 2026
Yosemite Valley. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

America’s national parks face an uncertain future as climate risks mount

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Mar 2026
Turnbull NWR - Waterfowl Surveys.

‘An epidemic of suffering’: Why are conservationists breaking down?

Jeremy Hance 2 Mar 2026

Lawsuit targets TotalEnergies over fossil fuel expansion and Paris Agreement goals

Elodie Toto 2 Mar 2026

Climate change is slowing southern right whale birth rate, 33-year study finds

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 2026
Emergent tree in the Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Climate change drives uneven shifts in tree diversity across Amazon and Andes

Constance Malleret 27 Feb 2026

Warming and farming hasten bird losses across North America, study shows

Bobby Bascomb 26 Feb 2026
A sacred forest protected by Indigenous Magar community in Siluwa Village of Palpa District in Nepal. Image by Sonam Lama Hyolmo/Mongabay.

Nepal signs major carbon deal but community access remains challenging

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Feb 2026
A worker screen-prints flags of the Nepali Congress Party for sale ahead of general election in Kathmandu, Jan. 27, 2026.

In Nepal polls, political parties root for mega infrastructure

Rajendra Pokherel 26 Feb 2026
A pair of hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

Big biodiversity goals run up against small funding realities

John Cannon 25 Feb 2026

Floods ravage southeastern Brazil and kill 40 as rescuers race to find dozens missing

Associated Press 25 Feb 2026
Study co-author Tom Hart changes the batteries on a remote camera. Penguin Watch’s camera network includes more than 77 cameras that monitor penguin colonies year-round, providing a wealth of data.

Penguins are breeding much earlier in a warming Antarctic, study finds

Ruth Kamnitzer 25 Feb 2026
Ikoots fishers haul a net into shore off the coast of Cuauhtémoc, San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. Overhead, frigatebirds attempt to steal fish from the net.

Indigenous Ikoots community prepares to relocate as the Pacific floods their town

Euan Wallace 25 Feb 2026
A Sherpa man carries bags up a mountain.

As Nepal votes, climate change is an elephant in the room for Sherpa community

Shashwat Pant 24 Feb 2026

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