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Overtourism threatens Sri Lanka’s leopards

Mongabay.com 6 May 2026
Cattle walk along an illegally burnt deforested area near Novo Progresso, in the northern Brazilian state of Para. Image by AP Photo / Andre Penner.

Despite restrictions, forest loss continued on Ituna land, home to isolated people

Aimee Gabay 5 May 2026
Dried daisy stingrays in stacks at a fish landing site in southern Senegal with sea in background.

In Senegal, artisanal fishing kills a surprising number of sharks and rays: study

Victoria Schneider 5 May 2026
Scientists from Konservasi International satellite tagging a whale shark.

A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia

Claire Turrell 5 May 2026
A Venezuela snouted treefrog. Image by Taucce et al., 2022, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Study finds microplastics in tadpoles in the Amazon for the first time

David Brown 5 May 2026
Louis Vuitton bag.

EU moves to drop leather from deforestation law after industry lobbying

Elisângela Mendonça 5 May 2026
A controlled burn in north east Victoria over the autumn period to reduce fuel load for summer fires. Photo: Michael Reid

Australia’s declining tree health is a slow-burning crisis (commentary)

Michael Reid, Ted Alter 5 May 2026

Iceland plans to resume whale hunting this summer

Bobby Bascomb 4 May 2026

Endangered whale protections may be delayed to 2035 under Trump-backed plan

Associated Press 4 May 2026
A forest in Costa Rica. The country is considered a pioneer in a forest protection mechanism that has helped drastically reverse deforestation. Image by Rhett Butler.

Can listening to a forest reveal whether it is ecologically healthy?

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2026
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass. Image courtesy of Liam McGuire via Ocean Image Bank.

With its first marine reserve, Ghana protects its ocean to secure its future (commentary)

Emelia Arthur 4 May 2026
image courtesy of Victor Moriyama/Climate Visuals.

Solar installation and deforestation in the Amazon: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 4 May 2026
Fishers collect their nets on the Sesan River, just a few hundred meters from the O’Ta Bouk-Sesan confluence. Fishers who use the O’Ta Bouk told Mongabay that their catches have declined significantly over the past three years. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Cambodia tested waters amid pollution claims; months later, still no public results

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 4 May 2026
Tierney Thys with sunfish. Photo by Mike Johnson / Earth Window

Tierney Thys, marine biologist and interpreter of the sunfish

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2026
The Golden dorado (Salminus brasiliensis), a powerful migratory freshwater fish native to the Pantanal and Paraná River Basin, shown here being held by researcher Zeb Hogan. Highly prized by recreational anglers and important to commercial fisheries, the species has declined in parts of its range due to dam construction.

Migratory freshwater fish are in trouble: Will we act in time to save them?

Stefan Lovgren 1 May 2026

World’s largest shark conference is set to begin in Sri Lanka next week

Malaka Rodrigo 1 May 2026
Raffles’ banded langur, courtesy of Andie Ang.

Singapore’s population of Raffles’ banded langur has doubled

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 May 2026
Most of Chi’s annual income comes from selling apricot blossoms — a symbol of luck and prosperity in Vietnam — around Lunar New Year.

Saline intrusion in Mekong Delta leaves farmers and scientists at odds

Minh L Tran 30 Apr 2026

In Guatemala, new AI technology will be ‘listening’ for illegal deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 30 Apr 2026
An orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Image courtesy of Sara Jobson/Mercier Lab.

Global trade in sea cucumbers ‘alarming’ with many species at risk: Study

Edward Carver 30 Apr 2026
Armed police and military forces called by a Canadian mining company carry out operations in Sigchos

New report reveals how environmental crime threatens Amazonian communities

Aimee Gabay 30 Apr 2026
High-resolution satellite imagery allows IBAMA to detect deforestation in almost real time.

Brazil bill aims to ban satellite tool used to slow Amazon deforestation

Fernanda Wenzel 30 Apr 2026
A farmer in south-central Bangladesh uses an axial flow pump to irrigate his rice field.

Bangladesh struggles to choose between food security & stable groundwater table

Abu Siddique 30 Apr 2026

Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel

Sean Mowbray 30 Apr 2026
Young Atlantic salmon, Image by Jörgen Wiklund via Eurekalert.

Cocaine exposure drives salmon to alter movements

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Apr 2026
Cabe at Gunung Mulu National

Borneo’s GIGANTIC bat caves

Izzy Sasada 30 Apr 2026
Javan gibbon Lima and her mother, Belle. Image courtesy of Port Lympne.

Endangered Javan gibbon baby born in UK rare species sanctuary

Shanna Hanbury 30 Apr 2026
Women in the river pulling fish net; Hoa Lu, Ha Nam Ninh Province, Red River Delta Region, Vietnam.

Laos can do more to mitigate chemical pollution of rivers flowing into Vietnam (analysis)

Pham Phan Long 30 Apr 2026

Florida ‘Sloth World’ shuts down amid dozens of captive sloth deaths

Bobby Bascomb 29 Apr 2026
The Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

A “good year” for forests changes less than it seems

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Apr 2026
A fisher displays a meager catch at Goi Creek, Nigeria, in 2013, following oil spills in the area in years prior. Image by Milieudefensie via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Marine resource conflicts in Africa revolve mostly around access: Study

Edward Carver 29 Apr 2026
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Chesapeake Bay conservation bolstered by the power of business & viral videos

Erik Hoffner 29 Apr 2026

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