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Peregrine falcons retain trade protections, despite downlisting bid by Canada and US

Spoorthy Raman 3 Dec 2025

Countries overwhelmingly support bid to bar Galápagos iguanas from international trade

Spoorthy Raman 3 Dec 2025

Forest loss, fires and invasions soar in Nicaraguan wildlife refuge, watchdog warns

Gonzalo Ortuño López 3 Dec 2025
Jaguars in Mexico. Image courtesy of Andrea Reyes/Jaguars in the Wild Foundation.

International Jaguar Day: A year of wins for the big cat

Mongabay.com 2 Dec 2025

In Guyana and Suriname, offshore oil and environmental interests clash

Timothy J. Killeen 1 Dec 2025
Satellite image showing the destruction of the Sararé Indigenous Territory in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, left behind by illegal gold mining. Image via Google.

One small Indigenous territory emerges as illegal mining hotspot in Brazil’s Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 28 Nov 2025
Tourists Bharat Lake Nepal

New riverside lake in Nepal wins hearts, but faces government opposition

Suresh Bidari 28 Nov 2025
Indigenous participants at the Free Land Camp on April 10, where they discuss rights, territorial protection, and their role in COP30. Image by AP Photo/Eraldo Peres.

What was achieved for Indigenous peoples at COP30?

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 27 Nov 2025
A juvenile bonobo (Pan paniscus) gazes at an uncertain future.

DRC hit by record deforestation in 2024, satellite data show

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2025
A female tiger. Tigers were among the first few species added to CITES Appendix I in 1975 to halt the illegal trade of tigers and their parts.

Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens with nine big cats seized monthly

Associated Press 25 Nov 2025
A juvenile orange-fronted parakeet seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in California.

It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California

Spoorthy Raman 25 Nov 2025
An Annamite striped rabbit in a breeding facility in Thailand.

Already disappearing, Southeast Asia’s striped rabbits now caught in global pet trade

Spoorthy Raman 25 Nov 2025

In the Andes, elections ride on political frustrations and social movements

Timothy J. Killeen 25 Nov 2025
Satellite imagery from February 2025 shows the transformation of the landscape at Global Green's gold mine, which is believed to be contaminating the O'Ta Bouk River. Image provided by Google Earth, Maxar Technologies.

Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 24 Nov 2025

Protecting pangolins IRL, not just on paper: Interview with conservationist Kumar Paudel

Abhaya Raj Joshi 24 Nov 2025
A sea otter

‘Forever chemical’ contamination could undermine sea otters’ fragile recovery in Canada

Edward Carver 21 Nov 2025

Brazil’s governance style leads to controversial impacts

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Nov 2025
Oceanic white tip shark. Image courtesy of Mark Royer, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)

David Shiffman 20 Nov 2025
Nassau grouper.

Study finds important Nassau grouper spawning site in Belize near collapse

Marco Lopez 20 Nov 2025
A Bali starling sings with its beak wide open

How Indonesian communities rescued the Bali starling from the brink of extinction

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2025
Banner image: Adult male peregrine (F. p. brookei) in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Peregrine falcons almost disappeared across North America and Europe in the early 1900s because of DDT and other pesticides.

Scientists slam Canada-US proposal to lower trade protections for peregrine falcons

Spoorthy Raman 18 Nov 2025
turtle

In Mexico, world’s smallest turtle faces big threats from trafficking, habitat loss

Sandra Weiss 18 Nov 2025
An Asian elephant in a forest in Bangladesh

Researchers find evidence of elephant poaching in remote Bangladesh forest

Bobby Bascomb 14 Nov 2025
A male Vallarta mud turtle, one of the 40 seized as part of the operation, cared for at the Guadalajara Zoo.

Massive turtle bust in Mexico reveals ‘Wild West’ of wildlife trafficking

Spoorthy Raman 14 Nov 2025

Sloth selfies are feeding a booming wildlife trafficking trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Nov 2025

West Africa’s oceans get $68 million lifeline amid fisheries decline

Elodie Toto 12 Nov 2025
An oil pipeline through Wampis territory in the Amazonas department. Image by Jacob Balzani.

Peru Indigenous patrols see success & struggles in combating illegal miners

Aimee Gabay 12 Nov 2025
Defo

In the Amazon, political systems fail to prioritize the environment

Timothy J. Killeen 12 Nov 2025
Rescued gibbons in Sumatra

Gibbon trafficking pushes rehabilitation centers to the max in North Sumatra

Carolyn Cowan 12 Nov 2025
Humpback whale tail, Reunion Island. Image courtesy of François Baelen/Ocean Image Bank.

Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2025

Radioactive rhinos (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 11 Nov 2025

The price of gold: In Venezuela, mining threatens Indigenous Pemón

Catherine Ellis 11 Nov 2025

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