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Tree cover is not the same as ecological recovery

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Aug 2026

On the frontlines of conservation in Sumatra: Rangers safeguard Batutegi forest

Basten Gokkon 7 Aug 2026
A 2015 paper found that parrotfish were responsible for generating upwards of 85% of the new sand-grade sediment in the outer reefs surrounding the islands of the Maldives. Image by Shaha Hashim.

How social media and parrotfish poop are protecting the Maldives

Isabel Gil 6 Aug 2026
A flock of snow geese.

From radar blobs to bird species, AI helps transform migration tracking

Abhishyant Kidangoor 6 Aug 2026
Unowned, free-roaming cats in New York City. Trap-neuter-return programs can help sterilize and manage feral and stray populations in the city.

Some free-roaming cats in New York City are parasite ‘super-shedders,’ study shows

Alex Megerle 6 Aug 2026
A Himalayan griffon, Central Zoo, Kathmandu.

Nepal zoo bird flu outbreak raises alarm for national parks

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Mukesh Pokhrel 6 Aug 2026

On a Philippine beach, villagers are stepping up to save sea turtle nests

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2026

In Manila’s shadow, a forest refuge still shelters rare plants

Naina Rao 6 Aug 2026
Stranded whale calf in Mumbai. Image courtesy of Shaunak Modi.

What happens after a whale strands on a Mumbai beach?

Stephin Thomas 6 Aug 2026
Vinod Rishi

Vinod Rishi helped give India’s elephants room to roam

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Aug 2026
The Alta Floresta titi monkey is the symbol of Alta Floresta bridges program. Image courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and Projeto Reconecta.

Amazon canopy bridges enable 15,000 wildlife crossings without a single roadkill

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Aug 2026
A Bengal tiger in Nepal's Terai Arc Landscape.

Nepal’s newest national parks drive tiger recovery, but new concerns arise

Abhaya Raj Joshi 5 Aug 2026

Investigation exposes Cambodia’s illegal wildlife trade linked to transnational crime

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2026

‘My Wild City’ reminds us why cities need nature

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Aug 2026

Mining threat persists in Raja Ampat, Indonesia’s ‘Amazon of the Seas’

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Aug 2026
A spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis).

A shy bird found only in Nepal is waiting for the world to notice

Bibek Bhandari 4 Aug 2026
Gold extraction site

Brazil’s mining agency under fire over corruption and omission probes

Fernanda Wenzel 4 Aug 2026
Volunteers carry bags of straw at a tree planting event in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on June 7, 2026.

In coastal Japan, one project is planting forests to stand against tsunamis

Jonathan Vit 4 Aug 2026
A weimang tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) at the Tenkile Conservation Alliance base in Lumi. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

New ‘conservation deed’ aims to protect tree kangaroos, forests, people in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 4 Aug 2026
A whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) stalks the reef at Luf Island, Papua New Guinea.

Four Pacific nations are planning one of the world’s largest ocean corridors

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Aug 2026
Oriental pied hornbill

Carbon markets alone won’t keep Southeast Asia’s forests standing, study says

Carolyn Cowan 4 Aug 2026
Vietnam is now the top producer of robusta beans used in cheap and instant coffee blends, but it carries a huge cost for Vietnamese communities and forests. Image courtesy of Quinn Mattingly/Panos Pictures/Unfold Stories.

Cheap coffee is killing Vietnam’s priceless tropical forests (commentary)

Etelle Higonnet 3 Aug 2026

Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land

Maxwell Radwin 3 Aug 2026
A local community takes part in a tree plantation project in 2018.

Bangladesh plans to plant 250 million trees. Keeping them alive will be harder

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Aug 2026
Lithops werneri © Sonja Loots/National Botanical Research Institute of Namibia.

Rare living stone plant, found in a tiny area in Namibia, is critically endangered

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2026

As Indonesia’s new capital rises, the sounds of Borneo’s rainforest are changing

Mongabay.com 3 Aug 2026

How rescued orangutans are rebuilding a new wild population in Sumatra

Nanang Sujana, Sandy Watt 3 Aug 2026
Krishansar Lake sits at more than 3,700 meters in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir Valley. Image by Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Introduced fish thrive amid Kashmir’s freshwater habitat degradation

Hashim Quraishi 3 Aug 2026

Land records reveal how Mennonites are reshaping Belize’s forests

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jul 2026
A conference attendee. Image courtesy of Smoke Event Photography.

Coral reef experts press on, with climate looming over international conference

Edward Carver 31 Jul 2026
Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) and a juvenile bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) hang in the purse seine net of the French fishing vessel Trevignon

Drifting tuna fishing gear enter half of marine protected areas: study

Keith Anthony Fabro 31 Jul 2026

Sri Lanka prepares for impending El Niño with traditional and new approaches

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 31 Jul 2026

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