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An Egyptian vulture in Chad. Image courtesy of Sahara Conservation.

Vulture conservation project to target illegal killing and poisoning in Chad

Sean Mowbray 16 Oct 2026
A female member of the Smitswinkel Troop with False Bay in the background,. Image by Barry Christianson for Mongabay.

‘A hard reset’: Cape Town to capture and relocate baboon troops

Barry Christianson 13 Oct 2026

Brazilian ranchers block government officials from demarcating Indigenous land

Aimee Gabay 9 Oct 2026

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

Malaka Rodrigo 9 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

South Korea strengthens migrant fisher protections. Advocates are not impressed

Andrew Jeong 8 Oct 2026
Viernamese fishers in a boat.

Vietnam’s fishers face rising costs, declining catches and a contested sea

Minh L Tran 2 Oct 2026
A pride of lions inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Uganda and NGO to co-manage sector of national park home to tree-climbing lions

Ashoka Mukpo 2 Oct 2026
Giraffes roam Kenya’s open savannas, part of the rich wildlife that draws visitors and makes ecotourism an important source of revenue for conservation and local communities. Image by Angela Scott.

From ‘community-based’ to ‘community-led conservation’ in Kenya: Interview with Dickson Kaelo

David Akana 1 Oct 2026
Lions (Panthera leo). Image by Julie Larsen © Wildlife Conservation Society.

Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe

Cecil Dzwowa 30 Sep 2026
Nubian (formerly Rothschild's) giraffe in Uganda. Image by Julie Larsen ©Wildlife Conservation Society.

In war-torn South Sudan, giraffes retain a surprisingly healthy gene pool

David Brown 29 Sep 2026

Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla gives birth in DRC national park, ‘makes us happy’

Elodie Toto 28 Sep 2026

Indonesia passes agrarian reform law amid concerns over land protections

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Sep 2026
Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) with a joey in its pouch on the beach at Trial Bay in New South Wales, Australia.

As Australia’s kangaroo numbers rise, record cull renews calls for other control methods

Cooper Williams 28 Sep 2026

Philippines is the deadliest country in Asia for environmental defenders, report finds

Naina Rao 28 Sep 2026
Environmental agents use satellite imagery analyses and on-site inspections to identify the flow of illegal wood, such as this seizure from the Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Territory, using timber credits. Image by IBAMA via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

To tackle environmental crime, track profits through the whole supply chain (commentary)

Robert Muggah, Ilona Szabó de Carvalho 25 Sep 2026
A mountain gorilla encountered during a gorilla tourism trek in Uganda.

Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat

Associated Press 24 Sep 2026

Indonesia’s geothermal push runs into local fears at Mount Ungaran

Triyo Handoko 24 Sep 2026
Protesters outside the Grand Hyatt Manila on Sept. 10 called for an end to the Pax Silica pact.

Planned US tech hub in Philippines hit over environmental and Indigenous land concerns

Michael Beltran 23 Sep 2026

World Rhino Day: What does it take to save a species?

Mongabay 22 Sep 2026

Photographing Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict — Interview with Federico Borella

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Sep 2026
Illegal miners at work in the Atewa Forest Reserve, Ghana. Image courtesy of A Rocha Ghana.

Illegal mines threaten biodiversity and drinking water in Ghana’s Atewa Forest

Mabel Adorkor Annang 21 Sep 2026
Swami Gowda stands with his herd of sheep and cattle

India’s tiger success brings a new challenge: Living alongside the big cats

Arathi Menon 17 Sep 2026

‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves

Justin Catanoso 16 Sep 2026
Huge AI data center project blindsides water-stressed town in Brazil. Illustration by Giovana Abreu/Intercept Brasil.

Huge AI data center project blindsides water-stressed town in Brazil

Naira Hofmeister 10 Sep 2026
Two Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan in August 2026. Image courtesy of Albert Salemgareyev.

Two wild Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan after 200 years

Shanna Hanbury 9 Sep 2026
Members of the Arhuaco community observe a fire that threatens their homes, Donachuì, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 2025. The transition between the dry and rainy seasons has become increasingly unstable, resulting in strong winds that can cause small fires, typically set to manage weeds, to spiral out of control. Image by Roberto Maccariello.

Colombia’s Indigenous guardians adapt as pressures mount on the ‘Heart of the World’

Roberto Maccariello 9 Sep 2026
Chimpanzees at Mikeno Lodge in Virunga National Park, DRC. Image by Joseph King via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indigenous peoples near Congo parks propose diverse solutions for the future of conservation

Blaise Kasereka Makuta, Latoya Abulu 8 Sep 2026
Researchers analyzed secondary forests in four municipalities in Pará state.

Key tree species boost Amazon forest restoration, new study shows

Fernanda Wenzel 3 Sep 2026

Women farmers in Sumatra find a gentler way to keep elephants at bay

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2026
Cattle graze on land that has been burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Pará state, Brazil. Image by AP Photo / Andre Penner.

Invaders storm Indigenous Amazon land, threatening isolated people

Aimee Gabay, Elisângela Mendonça 2 Sep 2026
A man working in a mine in Bicol.

Philippines fast-tracks critical minerals, raising Indigenous, environmental concerns

Keith Anthony Fabro 2 Sep 2026

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