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Bob Ricklefs. Photo by August Jennewein

Robert Ricklefs, ecologist who helped generations understand nature, has died at 83

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2026

Removal of African elephants causes coextinction of dung beetles, study finds

David Brown 11 Jun 2026
Soundscape Baselines Site in Baraboo Hills, Wisconsin, USA, includes view of bioacoustic recorder and camera trap

Why conservation urgently needs acoustic baselines

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Jun 2026
A dead dusky morwong (Dactylophora nigricans) lies on a bed of seaweed at the water’s edge.

A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc

Nick Rodway 8 Jun 2026
Mangrove forest in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

How small actions can become planetary forces

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2026

How much suffering do invasive species cause? Researchers are measuring that

Daniel Shailer 28 May 2026

Ancient tree’s modern voyage from Sri Lanka to Texas

Malaka Rodrigo 11 May 2026

In Mozambique, four isolated mountains yield four new chameleon species

Naina Rao 8 May 2026
Small-scale miners in Shinyanga District Council, panning soil believed to contain gold. Image courtesy of Shaaban Njia.

Tanzania cracks down on mining sector, aims for inclusivity and sustainability

Nkwimba Nkwimba 7 May 2026

Asia’s last great free-flowing river faces toxic contamination crisis

Mongabay.com 7 May 2026

Researchers say remote Lake Superior island’s wolves are thriving as packs prey on moose

Associated Press 27 Apr 2026
Mitchell Byrd. Photo by Linda Richardson

Mitchell Byrd, ornithologist who helped bring bald eagles back from the brink in the Chesapeake area

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Apr 2026
Gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada) in Ethiopia’s Semien Mountains. Image by Alastair Rae via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Climate or biodiversity? Global study maps out forestation’s dilemma

John Cannon 6 Mar 2026

Beetle known for ravaging mango trees now killing baobabs, study finds

Charles Mpaka 5 Mar 2026
Residents transport drinking water along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, during the dry season, in 2024. Image by AP Photo/Edmar Barros.

Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant

Rafael Spuldar 4 Mar 2026

Profitable cash crop trend in Bangladesh’s hills affects regional ecology

Abu Siddique 26 Feb 2026
Photo by Gary Tabor.

A hundred-year vision: Gary Tabor on the rise of large landscape conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2026
Francis Hallé. Photo by Thomas Samson / AFP

Francis Hallé, the botanist who took a raft into the rainforest canopy

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jan 2026

From south to north, Sri Lanka’s cricket dreams undermine fragile ecosystems

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jan 2026
Madhav Gadgil in 2016. Photo by Syed Shiyaz Mirza

Madhav Gadgil, advocate of democratic conservation, has died at 83

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jan 2026
Mushrooms in San Mateo County, California. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

An inventory of life in California

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Jan 2026
The fish-eating bat has been recorded on more than 45 islands in the Gulf of California. Isla Partida Norte is home to the largest known colony of the species. Image courtesy of José Juan Flores Martínez.

Up close with Mexico’s fish-eating bats: Interview with researcher José Juan Flores Martínez

Astrid Arellano 31 Dec 2025
A barn owl hunting for fleeing prey along a fire’s periphery.

How are California’s birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires?

Gloria Dickie 31 Dec 2025

Cyclone Ditwah exposes climate risks to nature-based tourism in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Dec 2025
Giant conebird in Peru.

Project sees long-term success restoring forests in the high Andes: Study

Ruth Kamnitzer 22 Dec 2025
A fungi in the family Hygrophoraceae. This fungi, which may represent a new genus, is rare and restricted to California’s coastal regions, says Singer.

Statewide survey aims to put California’s fungi on the conservation map

Sean Mowbray 20 Dec 2025

Cyclone Ditwah takes heavy toll on Sri Lanka’s biodiversity-rich Central Highlands

Malaka Rodrigo 15 Dec 2025

Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its ‘ecological power,’ study says

Malavika Vyawahare 11 Dec 2025
An elephant in Assam's Kaziranga National Park. India's Assam state has one of the highest incidents of human-elephant conflicts.

AI system eavesdrops on elephants to prevent deadly encounters in India

Spoorthy Raman 23 Oct 2025

IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

Sean Mowbray 10 Oct 2025
A participant plants local green plants in a park as part of Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative, which aims to plant 7.5 billion trees by the end of the year, at Jifara Ber site, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday, July 31, 2025.

There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds

Justin Catanoso 2 Oct 2025
The Mae Moh power plant in northern Thailand's Lampang province is a significant contributor to air pollution and has sickened residents across Mae Moh district. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Anguish for residents as Thailand’s most polluting coal plant gets new lease of life

Gerald Flynn 1 Oct 2025

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