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Wisye Sahambangung, front, and other women from Rhizopora work in a muddy mangrove area in Sarawet on Sept. 2, 2026. Image courtesy of Wisye Sahambangung.

Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung

Annisa Dinulislam 17 Oct 2026
Hoatzin in the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Oct 2026
Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto rose from a frontline ranger with Zimbabwe’s Akashinga to a leadership role as a sergeant before becoming a biodiversity officer. Photo courtesy of Akashinga.

The uplifting story of one of Zimbabwe’s pioneering women rangers

David Akana 16 Oct 2026

Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Associated Press 16 Oct 2026
Endemic to Colombia, Lehmann’s poison frog (Oophaga lehmanni) is a critically endangered species threatened by the pet trade.

Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction

Spoorthy Raman 16 Oct 2026
As the world grapples with the growing plastic pollution crisis, new accounting methods pushed by the chemical recycling industry could undermine national and international recycling targets and distract from real policy solutions, critics say.

Plastic industry bookkeeping plans hide chemical recycling harms, critics say

Claire Asher 16 Oct 2026
A wolf howls with the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. Image © Jim and Jamie Dutcher.

As US states reduce recently restored wolf populations, here’s what we risk losing (commentary)

Jim and Jamie Dutcher 16 Oct 2026
Adriana Hora dos Santos harvests oysters from a mangrove forest near Areia Branca, a former traditional village that is now a neighborhood of Aracaju. Photo by André Cherri / V.U.E.L.A.

‘Enclosed river:’ Women shellfish gatherers fight for access to mangroves in Brazil

Carolina de Marchi 16 Oct 2026
P-22, a cougar photographed in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. He crossed two of the busiest freeways in the U.S., the 101 and 405, to find his own territory. Image © Steve Winter/Big Cat Voices.

Saving big cats: Storytelling duo Steve Winter & Sharon Guynup publish new book

Gloria Dickie 16 Oct 2026
People gather to watch a trapped shark called Bukangi at the North Port Waterfront Park in Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2026. Image by AP Photos/Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap.

Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas

Kelly Kasulis-Cho 16 Oct 2026
The village of Bento Rodrigues in the aftermath of the Mariana mining disaster in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2015, showing destroyed buildings caked in mud and a lot of debris.

Climate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, study warns

Madeline Shaw 16 Oct 2026
Parrotfish in a seagrass meadow in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Benjamin Jones.

Seagrass meadows may offer coastal communities a more nutritious catch than reefs

Rajeev Tyagi 16 Oct 2026
Firefighters battling a blaze in Central Kalimantan in 2026.

‘Perpetuating stupidity’: Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2026

Heavy rain shuts down Istanbul, causing flooding and 3 deaths

Associated Press 15 Oct 2026
A woman picks fallen mahua flowers near Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh state.

How Indian communities earn a living from more than forest timber

Stephin Thomas 15 Oct 2026
In the Los Ángeles community within the Monte Verde territory in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz department, the Indigenous Chiquitano people confront and evict the invaders. Image by Edy Yobanny Velasco.

New tool reveals siege on Indigenous lands in Bolivia’s Amazon

Nelfi Fernández Reyes 15 Oct 2026
Wandering albatrosses on South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean that’s a key breeding spot for this and other albatross species. The species’ population on the island has declined significantly in recent decades.

Nations at southern bluefin tuna meeting stop short of adopting new seabird protections

Edward Carver 15 Oct 2026
A Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a commercially important fish, was once abundant, but its numbers have dwindled in Belize and throughout the Caribbean, and it’s now critically endangered. Image courtesy of Connor Holland/Ocean Image Bank.

Belize looks to the deep sea to complete its 30% ocean protection pledge

Marco Lopez 15 Oct 2026
Bioluminescent mushrooms (Mycena chlorophos) at Hachijo Botanical Park, Japan. Image by self via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacement

David Brown 15 Oct 2026
A Peruvian artisanal fisher poses with a jumbo flying squid. Image courtesy of National Society of Artisanal Fishing of Peru (SONAPESCAL).

From paper parks to lasting protection, here’s what works in marine conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Oct 2026
Artificial mangrove roots

Artificial mangrove roots offer a stopgap for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Carolyn Cowan 15 Oct 2026

“Stunningly short-sighted.” NOAA grant cuts threaten US climate resilience

Bobby Bascomb 14 Oct 2026
Vehicles navigate a flooded road in Mozambique’s Maputo province in January 2026. Forecasters warn that the developing El Niño could bring heavier rainfall and flooding to parts of East and Southern Africa. Image by AP Photo.

Act before El Niño: Expert worries about deepening hunger in East and South Africa

David Akana 14 Oct 2026

Supreme Court declines to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who opposes boat tracking

Associated Press 14 Oct 2026
Some species of Amazon turtles, such as the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), are part of the diet of many Amazon people.

Researchers uncover hidden routes and patterns of Amazon wildlife trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Oct 2026
Thama Mutheiwana, one of the Tshakhuma community leaders, pointing at the overgrown bushes blocking the way for smooth water flow during floods. He is suggesting that Limpopo disaster management should build a rock barrier wall along the river to slow the flow of water and reduce erosion.

Residents of South Africa’s Limpopo province hold breath amid fears of repeat floods

Bernard Chiguvare 14 Oct 2026
Drone photograph of the mangrove forests surrounding Munroe Island, Kerala, India. Image by Cymatics.in via Unsplash

Mangroves gain ground globally, marking turnaround after decades of loss

Samuel Ogunsona 14 Oct 2026
Lionfish captured off the coast of Porto Seguro in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil. Image courtesy of Lecomar/UFSB.

Invasive lionfish reach Brazil’s largest coral reefs. Local fishers fight back

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026
The Makhado mine’s coal-handling and processing plant (CHPP). Image courtesy of MC Mining.

South African coal mine advances amid legal challenge and mounting water concerns

Elaine Mills 14 Oct 2026
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, face increasing threats in Malaysia, from coastal development, boat traffic, and fishing net entanglement. Image courtesy of MareCet.

Eavesdropping on Malaysia’s dolphins: Interview with marine bioacoustician Saliza Bono

Ashley Yeong 14 Oct 2026
Fishers pose with squid on a Chinese squid-fishing vessel.

Chinese squid tied to labor abuses finds an easy route into Western markets

Francesco De Augustinis 14 Oct 2026

Two rare pregnancies spark hope for Sumatran rhinos — but also concerns about inbreeding

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2026

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