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In Brazil, the country’s first urban yellow fever outbreak in more than 80 years was triggered by record drought, along with deforestation and other land use change.

Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds

Adam Litchkofski 6 Nov 2026

‘Stringing me along’: After 7 years, trial in Indigenous forest guardian killing delayed again

Karla Mendes 6 Nov 2026
Fishmonger at the Mercado Central de Atarazanas in Málaga, Spain. Image by Rolf Schotsch via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Mediterranean fisheries commission adopts species management plans but punts on deep-sea protections

Francesco De Augustinis 6 Nov 2026

Extreme heat is creating a workplace health crisis in Bangladesh’s garment industry

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2026

Singapore sand imports threaten an already sinking Cambodian fishing community, again

Andy Ball 6 Nov 2026
Waterleaf plants (Talinum fruticosum).

Nigeria’s shifting rainfall wreaks havoc with a beloved edible green, the waterleaf plant

Kingsley Charles 5 Nov 2026
Cacao expansion in Pará is taking place almost entirely on land degraded before 2020, ensuring compliance with the European Union's environmental rules, the largest cocoa-buying market.

Amazon mapping shows cacao expansion without deforestation in Brazil

Rafael Spuldar 5 Nov 2026

Money laundering complaints target JBS, Barclays over profits linked to illegal deforestation

Shanna Hanbury 5 Nov 2026

Mali’s ‘Moringa Queen’ wins UN recognition for restoring degraded land

Yannick Kenné 5 Nov 2026

3M agrees to pay more than $7 billion to settle ‘forever chemical’ groundwater contamination claims

Associated Press 5 Nov 2026
Forestry Commission officials and European trade representatives in Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana. Image courtesy of European Forest Institute via Flickr.

How Ghana’s new license to sell sustainable timber improves institutions & cooperation (analysis) 

Chris Beeko 5 Nov 2026
Asian golden cats are cute but don't make for good pets, according to experts. Image courtesy of Allwetter Zoo.

Indonesian company seeks CITES approval to breed and sell rare Asian golden cats

Fernanda Wenzel, Spoorthy Raman 5 Nov 2026

AI tiger-warning system rooted in local knowledge stalls for lack of support

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2026
Collage for the story: Anatomy of a land grab: the law, likes, and legislator behind an Indigenous land invasion in Brazil

Revealing Amazon land grabs targeting an uncontacted community

Aimee Gabay, Juan Maza 4 Nov 2026
A water tap in the Cacique Chicão settlement in Recife's Ibura neighborhood.

Water rationing in Recife, Brazil, falls along racial lines

Adriana Amâncio, Áthila Galindo, Yamini Benites 4 Nov 2026
Tiang Damaliscus lunatus ssp. tiang) in Badingilo National Park, South Sudan. Image © Inge van den Meiracker via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Mapping the ‘lines of life’ of South Sudan’s vast antelope migration

Ryan Truscott 4 Nov 2026

Artificial mangrove roots offer temporary shield for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2026
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) marine biologist Ong Chai Kee, left, and her colleague Mohd. Sahimi Abdul Rashid collect coral samples at Pulau Redang Marine Park, Malaysia, in September 2025. Image courtesy of Ong Chai Kee.

Microplastics pollute nearly two-thirds of corals in Malaysia’s marine protected area, study finds

Ashley Yeong 4 Nov 2026
Components of the hybrid reef system being installed in Kalaeloa Harbor, which will integrate 60 engineered, concrete reef-mimicking structures with living coral. Image courtesy of Hawaii Department of Transportation.

How a ‘living breakwater’ in Hawai‘i aims to create coral habitat and protect coastline

Jules Struck 4 Nov 2026
The Ghana cuckooshrike

Photograph helps identify a West African bird not seen in 13 years

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2026

Human-wildlife coexistence with wolves in Europe requires a holistic approach

Mike DiGirolamo 3 Nov 2026
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water.

High expectations but no agreement on Antarctic marine protection, krill fishing

Francesco De Augustinis 3 Nov 2026
During a press conference on Oct. 20, 2026, a delegation of small-scale fishers at COP 17 said they felt invisible and ignored as governments pushed ahead with efforts to protect ocean biodiversity that they say sidelined their traditional skills and knowledge.

Governments must include small-scale fishers in their plans to protect the oceans: Report

Mark Hillsdon 3 Nov 2026

Afghanistan’s Taliban officials will attend a UN climate summit for the second time as observers

Associated Press 3 Nov 2026
A member of the Tigrayan community looking at a traditional forest church, a major center of Christianity in the world located in Desa’a forest in the Ethiopian Afromontane region, an iconic and endangered area of biodiversity in East Africa. Image courtesy of © UNEP/Sosina Mengistu.

UN recognizes ongoing restoration work inside Ethiopia’s Desa’a forest amid conflict

Elodie Toto 3 Nov 2026

The RSPO closed the case on First Resources. Indonesian forests kept falling for palm oil (commentary)

Tom Johnson 3 Nov 2026
The moist forest of Ngezi is home to endemic species like the critically endangered reed frog (Hyperolius watsonae). Image courtesy of Donyo Gabriel.

Uncertainty surrounds controversial resort in Zanzibar forest reserve as work stalls

Victoria Schneider 3 Nov 2026

Two public servants in Brazil removed after threatening to poison Indigenous people

Karla Mendes 2 Nov 2026
A member of the Sámi Indigenous people tends a reindeer in Sweden.

Indigenous peoples and local communities solidify decision-making powers at COP17

Latoya Abulu 2 Nov 2026
A white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Diverse forests can better withstand extreme weather events, study finds. Here’s why

Claudia Geib 2 Nov 2026
Parisians try to stay cool on a hot summer day. Europe’s record heat wave this summer claimed 50,000 lives.

Extreme heat no longer confined to summer, extending health risks, study finds

Nick Ruggia 2 Nov 2026
A rancher with his cattle herd in Mato Grosso state.

Ranchers in Brazil ordered to leave home of Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation

Aimee Gabay 2 Nov 2026

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