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Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Aug 2026
Volunteers carry bags of straw at a tree planting event in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on June 7, 2026.

In coastal Japan, one project is planting forests to stand against tsunamis

Jonathan Vit 4 Aug 2026
Lithops werneri © Sonja Loots/National Botanical Research Institute of Namibia.

Rare living stone plant, found in a tiny area in Namibia, is critically endangered

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2026

Sri Lanka prepares for impending El Niño with traditional and new approaches

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 31 Jul 2026

Climate change boosted Spain wildfire risk 20-fold, research shows

Naina Rao 31 Jul 2026

New fire satellites offer hope for Amazon and other biomes, but local barriers remain

Benjamin Swift 30 Jul 2026

Study suggests the threat of mold-associated illnesses may be underappreciated

Associated Press 29 Jul 2026

Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms

Hans Nicholas Jong, Irfan Maulana 29 Jul 2026
Overhead view of the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Mining, drilling, and fire are fragmenting the world’s largest forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jul 2026

Heat stress is rising globally, raising health concerns for billions: Study

Patricia Sia Ngevao 27 Jul 2026

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Associated Press 27 Jul 2026
Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta).

Extreme weather dampens breeding success for marine predators in Tasmania: study

Madeline Shaw 27 Jul 2026

At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains

Associated Press 24 Jul 2026

Winners of the annual Mangrove Photography Awards: See the photos

Bobby Bascomb 24 Jul 2026
avocado plantations

In Michoacán, Mexico, drying soil threatens water supplies and avocados, says study

Caitlin Cooper 23 Jul 2026

Wildfire spreads near popular French tourist town as thousands are evacuated

Associated Press 23 Jul 2026

How saline drinking water raises preeclampsia risks in coastal Bangladesh (commentary)

Ashik Rubaiyat 23 Jul 2026
Fire in the Chiquitania forest in the south of Bolivia, September 2024. Image © Juan Karita/AP photo.

Third year of wildfires threaten isolated Indigenous group in Bolivia

Shanna Hanbury 22 Jul 2026
Banner image: Researcher Nelson Jaén analyzes growth rings from a mahogany tree (Swietenia spp.). Image courtesy of Peter Groenendijk.

Amazon tree rings reveal more intense drought and rainfall in the rainforest

Mongabay.com 21 Jul 2026
Climate refugees Rabeya Khatoon, right, and Moriom Bibi, who lost their homes to cyclone Aila, work at a brick field on the outskirts of Dhaka in the heat, 2009.

Extreme heat is eroding health, productivity and incomes of Dhaka’s informal workers

Md Jahidul Islam 21 Jul 2026
Women and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya receiving training in clean cooking techniques. Image courtesy of UNDP Kenya.

Clean cooking expands at record pace in Africa, but lags behind population growth

Ini Ekott 20 Jul 2026
Under difficult circumstances when food is scarce, capuchin monkeys alter their behavior.

How Costa Rica’s extreme climate changes the social behaviors of white-faced capuchin

Adam Litchkofski 17 Jul 2026

Ancient rock structures help restore biodiversity on the US-Mexico border

Rose Shimberg 17 Jul 2026
Amazon rainforest burned in Acre, Brazil, to make way for cattle pastures. Image courtesy of Victor Moriyama/Climate Visuals.

Amazon deforestation falls to 10-year low in first half of 2026

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026

What living in one of the world’s hottest towns feels like

Associated Press 16 Jul 2026

Wildfires expose millions in the Midwest and Northeast US to dangerous smoke

Associated Press 15 Jul 2026

Pangolin habitat at risk in Pakistan

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2026

Southeast Asian mangroves shift from historic decline to net growth

Naina Rao 13 Jul 2026

Bangladesh relocates refugees after landslide kills at least 5 children

Associated Press 9 Jul 2026

Tornadoes and storms in central China kill at least 11 people

Associated Press 7 Jul 2026
Residents of small farms in the rural area of Manoel Urbano, one of the state's epicenters of deforestation, fight a forest fire that started on the banks of the BR-364 federal highway. Acre State, Brazil. September 22 2025.These photographs are the first part of a new collection highlighting the impact of black carbon. The photographs are available for free non-profit, educational and editorial use via Climate Visuals. www.climatevisuals.org

Brazil boosts budget and number of firefighters amid strong El Niño forecast

Shanna Hanbury 6 Jul 2026

Targeted conservation in Brazil could help protect the Amazon’s flying rivers

Constance Malleret 2 Jul 2026

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