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Gimlett's reed snake (Calamaria lovii gimletti), rediscovered in Singapore in 2017 after an absence of 84 years. Photo credit: the Law Brothers

Can Singapore rewild its lost reptiles?

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2026

Cambodian market survey a snapshot of a resilient — but stressed — Mekong

Stefan Lovgren 10 Mar 2026
Northern quoll caught on camera trap.

Indigenous knowledge helps guide conservation of Australia’s endangered northern quoll

Nick Rodway 9 Mar 2026

Ecuador’s new ecological corridor connects Andes and Amazon ecosystems

Maxwell Radwin 9 Mar 2026
Ibama (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) conducting an operation to combat illegal gold mining in Indigenous territory in the state of Pará, Brazil.

Mining rush for critical minerals threatens Amazon land reform settlements

Sam Cowie, Cícero Pedrosa Neto, Isabel Harari 9 Mar 2026
A maize field cultivated using agroecology concepts.

In Malawi, farmers rebuild soil and livelihoods through agroecology

Kelvin Tembo 9 Mar 2026
The Pesalat Reforestation Project in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, restores forest within a national park degraded by fire and logging.

Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity

Ruth Kamnitzer 9 Mar 2026
The Cerrado in Correntina, Bahia. Image courtesy of Thomas Bauer / Earthsight.

The Cerrado is threatened but crucial for Brazil’s biodiversity & water security (commentary)

Cássio Cardoso Pereira, Walisson Kenedy-Siqueira, Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues, Rodolfo Salm, Philip M. Fearnside 9 Mar 2026
With striking orange and black streaks on their wings, painted woolly bats are one of the most colorful bats in the world.

U.S.’ hunger for Halloween trinkets is killing Vietnam’s painted woolly bats

Spoorthy Raman 9 Mar 2026
The electric current flowing through the fences not only endangers elephants but also humans and other wildlife.

Electrocution, conflict, poaching mark grim start to year for Sumatran elephants

Junaidi Hanafiah 9 Mar 2026
Participants take part in focus group discussions during data collection for the AFIEGO report in Uganda’s Lwengo district in October 2025. Image courtesy of AFIEGO.

Ugandans affected by pipeline discontented over rehabilitation efforts: Report

Musinguzi Blanshe 9 Mar 2026
Lagoon in Raja Ampat. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Precision conservation: the rise of place-specific strategies where protection works best

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Mar 2026
Pascale Moehrle. Courtesy of Oceana.

Pascale Moehrle pressed Europe to take its seas seriously

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Mar 2026
An Araucaria angustifolia, a critically endangered conifer, in Itatiaia National Park in the Atlantic Forest.

Restoration of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest may hinge on market for native plants

Sarah Derouin 6 Mar 2026

Sri Lankan waters under ‘close watch’ following wreckage of Iranian warship

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 6 Mar 2026
Man spraying pesticides in woods. Image by Gilmer Diaz Estela via Pexels.

Nations not on track to meet UN 2030 pesticide risk reduction targets: Study

Mike Gaworecki 6 Mar 2026

Indonesian communities push to reclaim lands following company permit revocations

Tonggo Simangunsong 6 Mar 2026
Gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada) in Ethiopia’s Semien Mountains. Image by Alastair Rae via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Climate or biodiversity? Global study maps out forestation’s dilemma

John Cannon 6 Mar 2026
A vulture nesting colony on Ngethelewan, an inselberg located on the Boma plateau, in South Sudan.

Satellite images identify vulture breeding colonies by their droppings

Ryan Truscott 5 Mar 2026
A deckhand watches groundfish in a trawl net be hauled aboard the Cassandra Anne, which is based in Oregon, U.S., in 2023. Image by Chris Peterson/Action Works Photography courtesy of Oregon Sea Grant via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

25 years after ‘disaster’ declaration, major U.S. fishery makes a comeback

Jules Struck 5 Mar 2026
John Cannon hiking in a snowfield in the mountains of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks in 2024. Image courtesy of Anne-Claire Benoit.

Bringing storytelling to science: John Cannon’s approach to reporting on nature

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 5 Mar 2026
A wholesale seafood market

Seafood fraud is rampant, imperiling fish populations, report finds

Edward Carver 5 Mar 2026

Beetle known for ravaging mango trees now killing baobabs, study finds

Charles Mpaka 5 Mar 2026
A pack of lions in Botswana.

DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case

Spoorthy Raman 5 Mar 2026
Biologists from the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office hike at sunrise to survey for greater sage-grouse in Owyhee County, Idaho.

Emotional and psychological stresses beleaguer conservation professionals (commentary)

Vik Mohan, Nerissa Chao 4 Mar 2026

Across South America, canopy bridges evolve as a lifeline for tree-dwelling wildlife

Luís Patriani 4 Mar 2026

Colombia’s coffee industry well placed but wary as EU deforestation rule looms

Mie Hoejris Dahl 4 Mar 2026
Due to their nonselective nature, shark nets and drum lines frequently kill sharks that don’t pose a threat to humans. Image from "Monsters" courtesy of Skyler Thomas.

Proposed shark net near Club Med resort in South Africa sparks conservation clash

Victoria Schneider 4 Mar 2026
Residents transport drinking water along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, during the dry season, in 2024. Image by AP Photo/Edmar Barros.

Falling Amazon river flows trigger reality check at Belo Monte power plant

Rafael Spuldar 4 Mar 2026
The yellow Banyumas Kromo durian has a rich, creamy taste

Indonesia farmers count the costs as rains wash out Java durian harvest

L. Darmawan 4 Mar 2026
Paul Brainerd, President of Aldus, Creator of PageMaker, in 1986. Photo credit: DGHealy

Paul Brainerd turned computers into printing presses and fortune into conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Mar 2026

Cameroon’s decade of conflict leaves apes and conservationists in peril

Orji Sunday 3 Mar 2026

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