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The vulnerable Rufous-breasted blue flycatcher was photographed on Luzon Island in March 2025. It was last documented in 2008. Image by kenny_well via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope

Spoorthy Raman 4 Apr 2026
Muskoxen on Ellesmere Island. As a species, muskoxen have been around for a million years and are often called “ice-age survivors.” Though they have one of the lowest levels of genetic diversity of any mammal, the full suite of immune-related genes are intact in the species, says muskox expert Anne Gunn.

Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Apr 2026
Bharardaho Beel shelters hundreds of water birds and other wildlife around the year. Image by Md Mehedi Hasan.

How an engineer brought degraded wetlands back to life in drought-hit Bangladesh

Sadiqur Rahman 3 Apr 2026

Unwrapping deforestation: Your chocolate Easter bunny may harm the environment

Elisângela Mendonça 3 Apr 2026

Indonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025, reversing years of decline

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2026
Jane Goodall planting a tree. Photo courtesy of the Jane Goodall Institute.

Today is Jane Goodall Day. Her movement continues.

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Apr 2026
Fish Loading and unloading activities.

Talks to reduce funding for overfishing remain stalled at WTO meeting

Elizabeth Fitt 3 Apr 2026
Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium), a tiny and endangered subspecies of white-tailed deer, walk along mangroves in Big Pine Key, Florida. Image courtes of AP Photo/Lynne Sladky.

Green and gray: Mangroves and dikes show potential in protecting shorelines together

Claudia Geib 2 Apr 2026
Gerald Flynn’s first reporting trip outside of the Cambodian capital took him to Banteay Meanchey province, in the country’s northwest, near the Thai border, in 2020 to report on the impact of climate change on livelihoods. Image courtesy of Pann Bony.

Banned but not silenced: Gerry Flynn’s commitment to uncovering the truth across the Mekong

Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo 2 Apr 2026

Railroad & tariff war boost soy in Brazil’s Cerrado, endangering Indigenous lands

Kevin Damasio 2 Apr 2026
Remote river in the Peruvian Amazon. © Zoom.Earth

How underinvesting in information threatens our collective well-being

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Apr 2026
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How wild cattle recovery is transforming local livelihoods near key Thai reserve

Carolyn Cowan 2 Apr 2026
Elephants in Dzanga Bai in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Central African Republic. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Linda Dakin-Grimm and Geo Chen join Mongabay’s board as it expands global coverage

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2026
Integrated Women’s Development Organization at work in Sidama, Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Ruhama Getahun.

Ethiopian women plant trees, restoring lands & livelihoods

Charles Mpaka 1 Apr 2026

Thai court rules gold mine liable, but villagers face uncertain justice

Kannikar Petchkaew 1 Apr 2026

American Samoa said ‘no’ to deep sea mining, Washington heard ‘faster’ (commentary)

Jackie Dragon 1 Apr 2026
Artisanal fishing vessels lined up at Down Beach, Limbe, Cameroon. Image by Shuimo Trust Dohyee for Mongabay.

A ‘big book’ documenting Cameroon’s sharks & rays fills critical conservation gap

Shuimo Trust Dohyee 1 Apr 2026

Working together, Indigenous peoples & researchers describe new Amazonian palm

Sofia Moutinho 1 Apr 2026
The only water left for human and livestock to share in Berano Wereda, Homay Kebele of Ethiopia's Somali region. Image by © FAO/Michael Tewelde.

‘Sharing is off the table’ as drought reshapes the culture of Ethiopia’s pastoralists

Kaleab Girma 1 Apr 2026

State fishing village plan in Indonesian Papua sparks Indigenous opposition

Basten Gokkon 1 Apr 2026

Oil surge sharpens calls for Indonesia to shift away from fossil fuels

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Apr 2026
Fishers in the Philippines. Image courtesy of Rare Conservation.

What ‘paper parks’ reveal about the limits of conservation policy (commentary)

Kevin Green 31 Mar 2026
A lemur eating a strawberry guava. Image courtesy of Natalee Phelps.

An invasive guava is muscling out Madagascar’s forests — and lemurs are helping

Ryan Truscott 31 Mar 2026

Peru-Brazil Bioceanic Railway brings too much risk to the Amazon, experts warn

Yvete Sierra Praeli 31 Mar 2026
Residents use canoes to navigate the floodwaters in Banjar Regency.

Indonesia reviews firms in river basins after latest floods affect 7% of Bornean province

Riyad Dafhi Rizki 31 Mar 2026
A dinghy used to sample the lake. Image courtesy of Travis W. Drake.

‘Ancient’ carbon venting from lakes in the Congo Basin peatlands: Study

John Cannon 31 Mar 2026
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) mother and calf as seen from the air. Image by Christin Khan NOAA/NEFSC via Wikimedia. (CC BY-SA 4.0).

With high seas treaty in place, West African countries plan for protected area

Victoria Schneider 31 Mar 2026

Conservation depends on rangers. Their wellbeing is often an afterthought

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2026
Rangers prepare to load a rhino into a crate at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda. Image courtesy of UWA.

Decades after poaching drove them extinct, rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda

Benjamin Jumbe 31 Mar 2026

In Peru, Indigenous women work to save an ancestral potato from disappearance

Astrid Arellano 31 Mar 2026

Sri Lanka sweats in scorching heat, but reasons ‘unlikely due to El Niño’

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 31 Mar 2026
Visitors are silhouetted against a dolphin exhibit on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at the Marine Life Park at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

Singapore resort said to halt controversial dolphin sourcing, breeding

Robin Hicks 31 Mar 2026

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