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An ocelot walks tentatively into a pre-release enclosure.

Getting rewilding right with the reintroduction of small wildcats

Sean Mowbray 18 Feb 2025

‘An oval with legs’: In search of Tanzania’s tiny island antelope

Ryan Truscott 20 Jan 2025
Khamis Ali Khamis, acting-chief-in-charge of Ngezi Forest Reserve, wearing a brown peaked cap and green t-shirt, smiles at the camera. Image by Ryan Truscott for Mongabay.

Growing conservation and community: Interview with Ngezi reserve chief

Ryan Truscott 20 Jan 2025
Banner image of a Eurasian Lynx by Böhringer Friedrich via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5).

1 lynx dead, 3 quarantined after suspected illegal release in Scotland

Kristine Sabillo 16 Jan 2025
A giant anteater in an agricultural land in the Cerrado.

‘LIFE’ scores map out where habitat loss for crops drives extinction

John Cannon 15 Jan 2025
Banner image of discus fish by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

1 in 4 freshwater species worldwide at risk of extinction: Study

Kristine Sabillo 14 Jan 2025

Global temperature in 2024 hits record 1.55°C over pre-industrial level

Shanna Hanbury 14 Jan 2025

Five Hawaiian crows released into forest after decades of extinction in the wild

Shanna Hanbury 23 Dec 2024

‘Like you, I fear the demise of the elephants’

Ashoka Mukpo 17 Dec 2024
red shanked douc

Vietnam’s mammals need conservation within and outside their range: Study

Carolyn Cowan 13 Dec 2024
A pale spear-nosed bat covered in pollen.

Brazil natural landscape degradation drives toxic metal buildup in bats

Sean Mowbray 11 Dec 2024
A southern patas monkey (Erythrocebus baumstarki) sits on the branch of a tree in the Serengeti. Image courtesy Katie Sanborn.

Gum-eating Tanzanian monkey is AWOL, fueling extinction fears

Ryan Truscott 9 Dec 2024
Banner image of the Bougainville forest planted by Carteret Islanders, by Thibault Le Pivain for Mongabay.

PNG climate migrants sail away with native trees to their new home

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2024
A slender-billed curlew illustration by Elizabeth Gould & Edward Lear via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Slender-billed curlew, a bird last photographed in 1995, is likely extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2024

Last wild hurricane palm of its kind falls, marking extinction

Shanna Hanbury 20 Nov 2024
Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

A key driver of decline, can wild orchid collectors change their ways?

Carolyn Cowan 14 Nov 2024
A bobcat navigates a snow-covered branch along the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park.

Bobcats are back, and they’re helping protect people from zoonotic disease

Christine Woodside 12 Nov 2024

Killing of jaguar pushes species’ survival in Argentina’s Gran Chaco to the brink

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 11 Nov 2024

U.S. policy experts confident of future climate action despite Trump election

Justin Catanoso 8 Nov 2024

Canopy bridges serve a lifeline for Sumatra’s tree-dwelling primates

Basten Gokkon 31 Oct 2024
The genetically confirmed hybrid (right) with its capped langur mother at Satchari National Park.

Langurs in Bangladesh face extinction as hybridization between species escalates

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 25 Oct 2024

Most countries miss biodiversity pledge deadline to protect 30% of Earth

Shanna Hanbury 17 Oct 2024

As 25 Earth vital signs worsen, scientists warn of ‘irreversible climate disaster’

Sean Mowbray 15 Oct 2024
Fully functional Earth systems offer numerous ecosystem services to humanity, including clean air and water, the provision of food, and natural pollination of crops.

Combined effects of human activities increase risk to ecosystem services

Claire Asher 10 Oct 2024
Cuatir Conservation Area’s neighbours come to inspect the new arrivals. Image by Jim Tan for Mongabay.

26 elephants from Namibia moved to Angola’s only private conservation area

Jim Tan 7 Oct 2024

‘Extinct’ Guam kingfisher takes flight again after nearly 40 years

Liz Kimbrough 25 Sep 2024
A jellyfish swims in the sun in the mangroves.

Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink

Sean Mowbray 23 Sep 2024
Stunning photo is the first ever of a yellow-crested helmetshrike. Image by Matt Brady.

‘Dream birds’ in the mist: First photo of ‘lost’ bird in DRC mountains

Ryan Truscott 23 Sep 2024

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

Donny Iqbal, Nopri Ismi 5 Sep 2024
The translocation team leads a sedated rhino to a crate and its journey to a new home. Image © Michael Dexter/African Parks.

African Parks embarks on critical conservation undertaking for 2,000 rhinos

Simon Espley 22 Aug 2024
Close up of the shiny, bulbous brown compound eyes and dark brown and blue thorax of a Gambles's flatwing's (Neurolestes nigeriensis). Image © Jan van Leeuwen.

Search for rare Nigerian damselflies finds forest habitats under threat

Ryan Truscott 22 Aug 2024

Fires devastate critical refuge for hyacinth macaws

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Aug 2024

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