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Giraldo Alayón García, Cuba’s ‘spider man,’ died on Sept. 24

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Oct 2026
Baird's tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) are the largest native land mammals in Central and South America. They are endangered and habitat loss is one of its biggest threats. Image by user Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2026

Global experts gather in Sri Lanka for historic first World Congress on Snakes

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 30 Sep 2026

In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments

Constance Malleret 30 Sep 2026
Pratap Singh Chundawat via his Facebook page.

Pratap Singh Chundawat rescued a leopard from a well. He died in the line of duty, aged 40

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 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

Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century

Mike DiGirolamo 29 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
Jaco Muller. Image courtesy of the Rhino Momma Project.

Jaco Muller turned his 15-year-old son’s idea into 197 rhino births

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Sep 2026

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

Elodie Toto 28 Sep 2026

Sri Lanka’s disappearing snake charmers carry a legacy of fear and fascination

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Sep 2026
Kurt Benirschke, founder of San Diego Zoo’s Frozen Zoo

Preserving wildlife DNA for the future: Interview with the Frozen Zoo’s Katie Heineman

Abhishyant Kidangoor 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
A bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) on a reef bed by Pulau Hantu

Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs

Robin Hicks 28 Sep 2026
Anant Ambani with elephants

NGOs call on Vantara to end all wild animal imports permanently

Spoorthy Raman 25 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
Tiger cat released with satellite collar in Mirador State Park. Courtesy of Tadeu de Oliveira.

A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2026

Peru faces hearing over threats to uncontacted Indigenous groups in the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 24 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
Women work in a paddy field at Uttarbahini village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.

In Nepal, women seek ownership rights to the lands they tend

Haven Sager 24 Sep 2026
The doll orchid is threatened due to extensive collection for the ornamental plant trade. Image courtesy of Bhathiya Gopallawa.

Biodiversity credits shouldn’t copy the carbon market playbook (commentary)

Jubanayan Saikia 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

US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining

Mongabay 23 Sep 2026

Logging still threatens Bornean forest once envisioned as an Indigenous-led peace park

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 23 Sep 2026
A man carries a backpack on a trek in the Annapurna Conservation Area in Nepal. Image by Abhaya Raj Joshi/ Mongabay.

Two decades on, Nepal’s conservationists search for new ‘dream’ generation

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Sep 2026
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A mega-dam made this community move

Izzy Sasada 23 Sep 2026

The Home Planet Fund succeeds by giving directly to local communities

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Sep 2026

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

Mongabay 22 Sep 2026

Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska’s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?

Associated Press 22 Sep 2026

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