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Guman-ri resident and haenyeo Kim Choon-hee walks along the village coastline on Aug. 15, 2026, looking at debris suspected of coming from the nearby construction. Image by Andrew Jeong for Mongabay.

South Korea’s ‘sea women’ seek justice after marine habitat devastated by harbor work

Andrew Jeong 4 Sep 2026
A Sumatran tiger, captured by a camera trap. This critically endangered subspecies is still under heavy threat from poachers, and though accurate numbers are unknown, fewer than 600 remain.

From seizure to sentence: Weak prosecution leaves tigers vulnerable to trafficking in Southeast Asia: Report

Sean Mowbray 3 Sep 2026
Taiwan’s Bunun leader Dahu Ismahasan stands with the damaged road to Tengjhih in the background on Aug. 6, 2026. Image by Aylin Ho for Mongabay.

Displaced by a typhoon, Taiwan’s Bunun people fear for the future of their culture

Aylin Ho 2 Sep 2026

Southeast Asia’s oak trees highly threatened as report warns of lack of protection

Mongabay.com 2 Sep 2026
Koupi Experimental Elementary School, the first school where learning Siraya is mandatory, in Sinhua district, in Tainan, Taiwan, on Aug. 21, 2026. Image by Aylin Ho for Mongabay.

Siraya language, deemed ‘extinct’ over a century ago, finds its voice again in Taiwan

Aylin Ho 29 Aug 2026

China’s Tianmu Mountain reserve tackles modern conservation amid religious tradition

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2026
Masahiro Miura, a researcher in the national breeding division of the Forest Tree Breeding Center, in Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.

As hay fever sufferers grow in Japan, the country is looking to plant no-pollen trees

Jonathan Vit 26 Aug 2026
Japanese fire-bellied newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster).

How ‘gentle power’ can preserve traditional biodiversity in Tokyo

Annelise Giseburt 21 Aug 2026
National park staff, government officials and local community members conduct a tree survey in Nakai-Nam Theun National Park, Laos, located in the Annamite mountain range. Image by Oudomphone Insisiengmay.

Southeast Asia is a hotspot for oak trees, many under ‘dire threat’

Sean Mowbray 21 Aug 2026
A vendor cools herself with a portable electric fan as she waits for customers at her souvenirs store, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Six things to know about Asia’s heatwave and the health impacts

Andrew Jeong 21 Aug 2026

Hermit crabs and cockroaches emerge as unlikely seed dispersers on a Japanese island

Naina Rao 21 Aug 2026
Night view of Handa Biomass Power Plant

Concerns grow over ‘green’ biomass power in Japan after spate of accidents

Nithin Coca 17 Aug 2026
Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai, center, celebrates with Siraya activists Alak Akatuang, left, and Wan Cheng-hsiung, also known as Cheng-hiong Talavan, on July 30, 2026, after announcing the recognition of the Siraya people as the island’s 17th officially designated Indigenous group in Taipei.

Siraya gain recognition as Taiwan’s 17th official Indigenous group

Yenni Kwok 13 Aug 2026
Street trees shading an asphalt road in Málaga, Spain. While trees are the obvious go-to cooling solution, their upkeep can be expensive.

Urban heat islands have solutions; many tropical cities can’t afford them

Adam Litchkofski 13 Aug 2026
A herd of deer on Tianmu mountain in the winter.

Decades after religions shaped China’s Tianmushan, authorities tackle protecting reserve

Keith Anthony Fabro, Latoya Abulu 12 Aug 2026
The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) is found in Yunnan, China. Image by Rod Waddington via Flickr. (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Protecting primates could protect thousands of other species, study finds

Muhammad Talal 7 Aug 2026
A female Eupelmus curvator. Image courtesy of Taisuke Kawano.

Social media images lead to first recording of parasitoid wasp species in Japan

David Brown 6 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

Finning the High Seas

27 Jul 2026
White-bellied pangolins captured in southeastern Nigeria and destined for trade. Image courtesy of Alex Moore.

Pangolin DNA study links local wild meat markets to global trafficking networks

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2026

Scientific & traditional knowledge are key for effective & community-centered conservation (commentary)

Charudutt Mishra 20 Jul 2026
Investigators with Agent C Wildlife Initiative documented a baby pangolin available for sale in Vientiane's Dongmakkhay Market. Pangolins are repeatedly sold for their meat, scales and sometimes for making wine. Image supplied by Agent C Wildlife Initiative.

Laos’s illegal wildlife shops keep growing despite enforcement, investigators find

Gerald Flynn 15 Jul 2026

China’s ‘Green Great Wall’ tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over

Associated Press 13 Jul 2026

Tornadoes and storms in central China kill at least 11 people

Associated Press 7 Jul 2026
Himalayan Pangolin, Manis aurita museum speciment

Himalayan pangolin emerges as distinct species, 189 years after first described

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Jul 2026

Hong Kong’s urban cockatoos could be a genetic lifeline for Indonesian ancestors

Naina Rao 29 Jun 2026
An Indian pangolin in India

Beyond wildlife trade: Endangered pangolins are losing habitat in Pakistan

Emma Smith 16 Jun 2026
Chinese pangolin

In Bangladesh, scientists learn what happens after rescued pangolins return to the wild

Carolyn Cowan 16 Jun 2026
A West African seahorse (Hippocampus algiris) is a vulnerable species found in West Africa

Four alleged wildlife traffickers arrested in Guinea, dried seahorses and shark fins seized

Spoorthy Raman 10 Jun 2026

Taiwan’s tallest tree found with help of citizen science

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jun 2026
Giant soft coral in South Korea

‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2026

Tiny ‘sesame’ sea slug discovered in Taiwan is first of its genus named in 30 years

Naina Rao 4 Jun 2026

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