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Left to right, the Netherlands' Minister for Climate Policy and Green Growth, Stientje van Veldhoven; along with Colombia's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Irene Vélez Torres; and Ana Toni, COP30 CEO, during the launch of the outcome report from the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels at the London Climate Action Week. Image courtesy of Wilder García/ Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia.

Santa Marta report by 57 nations defines rapid fossil fuel transition path

Julian Reingold 2 Jul 2026
Leather bags in Morocco. Image by Tomasz Anusiewicz via Unsplash.

Leaked document shows EU closer to dropping leather from anti-deforestation law

Elisângela Mendonça 1 Jul 2026
Gelada monkeys engage in a group hug in Wilhelma Zoo in Germany. Image © Julie Larsen.

Gelada monkeys huddle in the cold: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 30 Jun 2026

Cypriot natural gas could start flowing from ExxonMobil’s discoveries by 2033

Associated Press 30 Jun 2026

Human rights abuse allegations continue to rise in the mining sector, report finds

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jun 2026
A chicken farm in France. Image courtesy of the Brittany Chamber of Agriculture.

Extreme heat wave in France kills hundreds of thousands of poultry

Shanna Hanbury 26 Jun 2026

French court orders TotalEnergies to disclose climate impacts in vigilance plan

Victoria Schneider 26 Jun 2026

France confirms its first Ebola case as DRC outbreak continues to grow

Elodie Toto 26 Jun 2026

As temperatures soar, Paris court set to rule on landmark climate change case

Associated Press 25 Jun 2026

France sizzles in a week of punishing heat as red alerts spread

Associated Press 22 Jun 2026
Sharks in French Polynesia. Image courtesy of Hannes Klostermann, Ocean Image Bank.

French Polynesia expands ocean protections to 30% of its waters

David Brown 18 Jun 2026
Purple sea urchin on the Gaiola MPA sea floor. Image courtesy of Maurizio Simeone.

How a popular spaghetti dish is threatening Italy’s marine ecosystem

Manuela Callari 16 Jun 2026
The forest of Marston Vale in Bedfordshire in the U.K. where restoration efforts have yielded positive results for biodiversity and the community.

Can a new methodology save the carbon market?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Jun 2026
A flock of greater flamingos wades in the Narta Lagoon, an important wintering site for the species. Image by Stefan Lovgren for Mongabay.

‘Flamingo Revolution’ aims to stop Kushner-backed resort on protected Albanian delta

Stefan Lovgren 12 Jun 2026
Pilot whale (Globicephala melas) off the coast of Spain. Image courtesy of circe.info.

Pilot whales can’t hear each other over ship noise in Strait of Gibraltar, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 12 Jun 2026
Orcas performing in a show at Marineland Antibes in 2013.

France to send its last captive orcas to marine park, not sanctuary

Spoorthy Raman 3 Jun 2026
A European wildcat in Scotland, where 46 captive-bred wildcats have been released as part of an ongoing reintroduction project. The cats are repopulating former habitat in the Cairngorms mountain range in the eastern highlands.

The European wildcat is back. In some places.

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2026
Atlantic Puffin, Norway. Image courtesy of Ujval Pasupuleti / Ocean Image Bank.

Uncertainty about weakening Atlantic currents isn’t a reason to wait but to act (commentary)

Helen Findlay 2 Jun 2026
Aerial view of a peatland forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image by Daniel Beltrá/Greenpeace.

World Peatland Day honors a crucial ecosystem in the fight against climate change

Bobby Bascomb 2 Jun 2026
Drone image of the Pčinja River before and after the Shuplji Kamen barrier removal in North Macedonia. Images © Eko-svest.

Europe removes record number of dams in 2025 to restore rivers, help species

Shanna Hanbury 1 Jun 2026
A Mediterranean monk seal off Formicula in Greece.

Hidden ‘bubble cave’ may help world’s rarest seal steer clear of humans: Study

Megan Strauss 30 May 2026

For Honduran coffee growers, EUDR compliance means changing old habits

Sandra Weiss 29 May 2026
Bumblebees tracked during the experiment. Image courtesy of Kimmo Kaakinen.

Household mosquito repellents may stop bumblebees from finding their way home

Shanna Hanbury 28 May 2026

European Commission linked leather to deforestation, then ignored it

Elisângela Mendonça, Emmanuelle Picaud 28 May 2026
Banner image of Myanmar teak courtesy of EIA.

Luxury yacht maker Sunseeker pleads guilty to violating a US environmental law

Naina Rao 27 May 2026

Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings

Associated Press 26 May 2026
Still image from the film A Salmon Nation, courtesy of Patagonia Films.

Iceland must protect wild salmon and reject new aquaculture legislation (commentary)

Yvon Chouinard 26 May 2026
Polar bear on Kolyuchin Island in far-eastern Russia. Images © Vadim Makhorov/Associated Press.

Polar bears off the ice: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 26 May 2026

Tiremakers ready to roll with EUDR, but repeated delays frustrate industry

Ruth Kamnitzer 19 May 2026

Who controls Indian Ocean tuna?

Mongabay.com 18 May 2026
Monica Montefalcone. From her social media.

Monica Montefalcone, leading seagrass scientist, dies in Maldives diving accident, aged 51

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 May 2026
A captive Persian leopard in a British zoo, 2005.

Endangered Persian leopards persist across borders, despite hunters and landmines

Kayleigh Long 15 May 2026

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