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Light pollution reshapes predator-prey dynamics at California’s urban edge, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 15 May 2026

2026 FIFA World Cup threatened by extreme heat: Report

David Akana 15 May 2026
Installing an IFAW-supported temporary solar fence in Chikomeni chiefdom, within the Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area, to deter human-elephant conflict. Image courtesy of IFAW.

Radio and satellite alerts help Zambian farmers live with dangerous wildlife

Ryan Truscott 15 May 2026
Banner image: Wheelchair on a beach. Image courtesy of Lucas Andrade via Pexels.

Marine conservation suffers when the ocean is not accessible to all, especially on remote islands (commentary)

Elsie Gabriel 15 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

At least 65 dead in latest Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo

Elodie Toto 15 May 2026

Canada aims to double its electric grid by 2050 with clean energy and lower costs for users

Associated Press 15 May 2026
Aerial view of solar-powered drip irrigation scheme in Tauya village, Zambia. In Zambia, the majority of rural communities depend on rain-fed agriculture. However, erratic weather patterns, including drought, often lead to significant crop damage and livestock losses. Food security remains a pressing issue. Photo by Enoch Kavindele Jr/UNDP Zambia via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.).

Zambian prodigy draws on theoretical physics to improve weather prediction

Victoria Schneider 15 May 2026
The endangered reticulate whipray (Himantura uarnak) is hunted in the wild for its skin. Image © brudermann via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Endangered Species Day highlights wildlife wins — and mounting losses

Mongabay.com 15 May 2026
Bottom trawling fishing boats in Flanders Banks conservation area in France. Image © Lorraine Turci/Greenpeace.

European bottom trawling costs billions every year in climate impacts, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 15 May 2026
Gray Koala Sitting On A Tree Branch

How AI could save koalas

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 May 2026

Illegal wildlife trade in Himalayan countries threaten mountain ecosystem

Mongabay.com 15 May 2026
An Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus). Image by Dylan Goldspink.

Karajarri celebrate Australia’s first ‘Sea Country’ Indigenous Protected Area

John Cannon 14 May 2026

After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress

Benjamin Swift 14 May 2026
Nansha Wetlands Park, China. Image by Sam May / Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 14 May 2026
image of Attenboroughnculus tau, courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum.

Scientists mark Attenborough’s 100th birthday with newly named wasp

Shreya Dasgupta 14 May 2026
Jaguars are native to the Americas and are found in 18 countries.

Honduran authorities seize jaguar kept as pet, put spotlight on local trafficking

Spoorthy Raman 14 May 2026
A mudskipper with turquoise spots, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Egyptian teens use robots for ‘smarter and more responsive’ way to protect Earth

Victoria Schneider 14 May 2026
Sea pen in the South Arran MPA. Image © COAST/Howard Wood.

Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area

Shanna Hanbury 14 May 2026
Solar panels in Bali, Indonesia.

Solar brings power to women entrepreneurs in Borneo, but rural energy inequality remains

Yuda Almerio 14 May 2026

In Nepal’s capital, invasive flora crowd out native species

Mongabay.com 14 May 2026
Oil palm plantation and rainforest in Jambi. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

FPC at a crossroads: clarity, credibility, and the cost of ambiguity (commentary)

Chip Fay 14 May 2026

At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board

Philip Jacobson 14 May 2026
North American beaver in the Northwest Territories, Canada

‘Time stamps’ in shrubs show when beavers began invading Canadian Arctic

Megan Strauss 14 May 2026
Endangered Antarctic fur seals on South Georgia Island. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

China and Norway push to increase krill harvests around Antarctica

Francesco De Augustinis 14 May 2026
Carrion crows engage in cooperative breeding which requires intricate communication between entire families that are involved in raising chicks.

From caws to code: AI helps decrypt animal communication

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 May 2026
A 2004 mapping expedition organized by the Trio and the Amazon Conservation Team in Suriname. Image courtesy of the Amazon Conservation Team

Whose map counts in conservation? The rise of participatory mapping

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 May 2026
Miyawai forest planting in New York, U.S.

Popular Miyawaki reforestation method lacks evidence, study finds

Annelise Giseburt 13 May 2026

Liberia’s carbon market policy nears completion amid pushback

Ashoka Mukpo 13 May 2026

Scientists race to study the Amazon’s frogs before they disappear

Tiago da Mota e Silva 13 May 2026

Africa secures major clean energy deals as France deepens investment push

Associated Press 13 May 2026
Kenyan President William Ruto speaks during an event at the recently-concluded Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. Image courtesy of the Presidency of Kenya.

Kenya’s Ruto rejects “raw mineral export” future for Africa

David Akana 13 May 2026

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