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Lesser and greater flamingos amass at Lake Natron

Migratory bird species increasingly at risk, report finds, but there is still hope

Sean Mowbray 11 Sep 2026
A striped dolphin caught in a driftnet off the Azores, North Atlantic.

World Dolphin Day: Reporting unusual behavior, threats and increased protections

Mongabay.com 11 Sep 2026

Lack of data hinders fight against environmental crimes in Angola, says environmentalist

David Tjyakala 11 Sep 2026
A pygmy marmoset.

Indigenous knowledge x tech in the search for a tiny Amazon monkey

Abhishyant Kidangoor 11 Sep 2026
Nigerian conservationist Rachel Ikemeh is a winner of the 2026 Rolex Awards. Image courtesy of Rolex Awards.

Nigeria’s Rachel Ikemeh wins Rolex Award for efforts to save rare red monkey

David Brown 11 Sep 2026

Javan rhinos survive eruption in Indonesia, but single habitat leaves species vulnerable

Basten Gokkon 11 Sep 2026
The Amazon Fund finances a project by the Mamirauá Institute to support the sustainable management of pirarucu, one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish, in communities in the states of Pará and Amazonas. Image courtesy of Ricardo Oliveira/Mamirauá Institute.

Amazon Fund grantees fear a new funding freeze after Brazil’s election

Fernanda Wenzel 10 Sep 2026
A turbine being installed at Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm in the U.K.

Offshore wind may be good for the climate but can it be good for the ocean, too?

Sean Mowbray 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
Pallas’s cat kittens in Mongolia. These small cats are vulnerable to declines in other burrowing species, as they can’t dig out holes for themselves that they use for shelter and to raise their young. Image by Sebastian Kennerknecht/Cat Expeditions

Nepal’s high-altitude wildernesses & wildlife are increasingly under threat (commentary)

Geraldine Werhahn, Sabita Gurung 9 Sep 2026
Mapuche Indigenous women prepare to commemorate the National Day of Indigenous People as part of celebrations of "We Tripantu," the Mapuche new year coinciding with the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, at the Original People's Ceremonial Park in Santiago, Chile, Monday, June 2023. Image by: AP Photo/Esteban Felix.

Indigenous land back in Chile brings mixed bag of environmental outcomes: Study

Aimee Gabay 9 Sep 2026

How to enhance ocean health and resilience with marine rewilding

Bobby Bascomb 9 Sep 2026

In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed

Associated Press 9 Sep 2026
Fishing vessels in Dunedin, New Zealand.

New Zealand put fishing boats under camera surveillance. Will it stay the course?

Edward Carver 9 Sep 2026
Donald Trump Jr. poses for photos following a morning of pheasant hunting at Hole in the Wall Lodge near Akron, Iowa, Saturday, October 27, 2017. Image by Jim Lee ©Sioux City Journal.

Vantara works with lobbyist tied to Trump Jr. and pro-hunting groups

Spoorthy Raman 9 Sep 2026
This orangutan, named Sampurna, was rescued after being exposed to smoke from forest and land fires in Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan.

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

Rendy Tisna 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
A western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

To save Europe’s raptors, conservationists say, look to West Africa

Sean Mowbray 9 Sep 2026
The western tragopan depends on undisturbed mountain forests for survival. Image courtesy of Jainy Maria.

Colorful Himalayan pheasants face a less rosy future under human pressure

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2026
Lila Devi uses a traditional sickle to demonstrate how locals craft a jhapa.

Sickles, sarees and smoke: Women on the frontlines of Uttarakhand forest fires

Swati Thapa 8 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
San Mateo village, one of 29 Matsés communities in Peru, on the banks of the Gálvez River. Image by Aimee Gabay/Mongabay.

A health crisis for Peru’s recently contacted people brings planetary health to the fore

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Sep 2026
Orangutans seen in the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, orangutans, elephants and rhinos still coexsist.

Singkil peat swamp: The embattled orangutan capital of the world

Mongabay 8 Sep 2026

Indigenous territories maintain Amazon forest just as well as protected areas, study finds

Aimee Gabay 8 Sep 2026

New analysis maps mercury threat to 951 Amazon communities in three countries

Alexa Vélez, Vanessa Romo, Daniela Quintero Díaz 8 Sep 2026
Pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) at Omsk, Russia in 2026. Image by Yaroslav Burmatov via INaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

‘Birds know no borders’: Interview with BirdLife Africa’s Alex Ngari

Wilson Odhiambo 8 Sep 2026

In Panama’s Darién, Indigenous communities test a new way to fund conservation

María Paula Rubiano A. 7 Sep 2026
Installation of the technical equipment of the Congoflux tower. Image by Fiston Wasanga/CIFOR.

What conservation rumors reveal about climate projects in the Congo Basin (commentary)

Fergus O’Leary Simpson, Kristof Titeca, Papy Bambu, Eric Abanati, Andre Malekani 7 Sep 2026
DO NOT REUSE A Rüppell's vulture, in Boma National Park, South Sudan. Image © Marcus Westberg.

World Heritage status for South Sudan parks will be a boon for the birds

Ryan Truscott 7 Sep 2026

Bhutan’s pursuit of happiness takes root on its farms

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2026
Phillip “Bibido” McCarthy. Image courtesy of ABC Kimberley/Dunja Karagic.

Indigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangroves

Anthony Ham 6 Sep 2026
Lionfish Thumbnail

Why are they killing this beautiful fish?

Sandy Watt 5 Sep 2026

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