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Wind farm off Pingtan Island in Pingtan county, Fuzhou, China. Image by Kilian Murphy via Unsplash.

Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts

Sean Mowbray 27 Apr 2026
monkey in tree

Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region

Anastasia Austin, Douwe den Held 27 Apr 2026

As Walk for Peace begins in Sri Lanka, activists call for animal rights

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Apr 2026
Design by Grist / Carrie Johnson.

AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous stewardship, say U.N. experts

Aimee Gabay 24 Apr 2026
The bottom otter trawler Hendrika Jacoba operating in the Dogger Bank waters in the North Sea. Image © Greenpeace.

NPFC adopts illegal fishing measures — but no Emperor Seamount protections

Francesco De Augustinis 24 Apr 2026
Lanal Banten (Banten Navy Base) displays hundreds of kilograms of pangolin scales seized from a Vietnamese-flagged vessel.

Investigators eye organized crime links in 3-ton pangolin scale haul at Jakarta port

Anggita Raissa 24 Apr 2026

AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas

Constance Malleret 24 Apr 2026

Nepal plans park for ‘problem’ tigers as attacks raise concerns

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Mukesh Pokhrel 24 Apr 2026
Mountain gorillas continue to face serious threats as they lose habitat and are stalked by poachers who target them for their meat and body parts, or traffic their infants for zoos and entertainment.

Amid conflict and poaching, tech helps boost mountain gorilla numbers

Aimable Twahirwa 23 Apr 2026
Children suffering from gastroenteritis due to heat at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, in May 2024. Image © Pervez Masih/AP Photo.

In Pakistan’s deadly heat, low-cost cooling tools offer a lifeline for pregnant women

Shanna Hanbury 23 Apr 2026
The saltwater crocodile — the world’s largest reptile — can exceed 6 meters (20 feet) in length

Wetland destruction for mining, oil palm tied to crocodile attacks in Indonesia

Taufik Wijaya 23 Apr 2026

Open dumping & failed reforms bury Sri Lankan cities in waste problem

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Apr 2026
The town of Aggeneys in Northern Cape province lies close to the mining area. Image courtesy of Northern Cape Tourism.

Little-known company targets South African biodiversity hotspot for mining

Anna Weekes 23 Apr 2026
Two suspects were arrested in Kenya in January with 110 kg of ivory. Image courtesy of Freeland.

After 110-kilo ivory bust, familiar questions over Kenya’s follow-through

Charles Mpaka 23 Apr 2026
Lula and Macron during a bilateral meeting at Guajará Bay.

Brazil FOIA confirms Lula & Macron talked before key CITES vote on endangered tree

Spoorthy Raman, Fernanda Wenzel, Emmanuelle Picaud 23 Apr 2026
Design by Grist / Carrie Johnson.

Indigenous peoples’ health cannot be separated from the environment, U.N. delegates warn

Aimee Gabay 22 Apr 2026

Oil spill continues in Gulf of Mexico vulnerable habitats, while Pemex admits fault

Caitlin Cooper 22 Apr 2026
Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis) offshore from Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Photo by Oscar Thomas (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How marine flyways could help save the world’s declining seabird population

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Apr 2026

Appeals court keeps ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ open, rejecting need for federal environmental review

Associated Press 21 Apr 2026
Solar panels installed in Bali

New treaty to end the fossil fuel era is needed more than ever (commentary)

Tzeporah Berman 21 Apr 2026

At the U.N., Indigenous leaders tackle how to enforce global climate court rulings

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2026
Black rhinos are critically endangered.

Chinese court cases reveal most trafficked rhino horns come from Southern Africa

Spoorthy Raman 21 Apr 2026
Jannes Landschoff diving in the Great African Seaforest. Image courtesy of Jannes Landschoff.

A campaign to protect one of the planet’s only expanding kelp forests takes shape

Alexandra Talty 21 Apr 2026
A solar power plant installation for a mosque. Image by Jaka Hendra Baittri/Mongabay Indonesia.

Fossil fuel subsidies and high costs stall energy transition across rural Indonesia

Luh De Suriyani 21 Apr 2026

Push for solar park in Sri Lanka’s elephant terrain raises concern

Malaka Rodrigo 21 Apr 2026
New-to-science microsnail, Clostophis udayaditinus. Image courtesy of Somsak Panha, the lead author of the species description.

Translucent microsnail discovered in Cambodia: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 21 Apr 2026
Luis Yanza. Courtesy of the Goldman Prize.

Luis Yanza, campaigner who battled big oil in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 Apr 2026

Climate displacement in Africa: Court opinion could define states’ obligations   

Elodie Toto 20 Apr 2026
Alannah Acaq Hurley in Dillingham, Alaska. January, 2026. Image by Goldman Environmental Prize.

Goldman Prize winner Alannah Hurley fights Pebble Mine “from a place of love”

Claudia Geib 20 Apr 2026
Image by Grist / Taylar Irvine.

War, climate change, and AI on the agenda at this year’s U.N. Indigenous forum

Anita Hofschneider 20 Apr 2026
Joy as a baby. Image courtesy of Gibbon Conservation Society.

To tackle trafficking in gibbons, experts probe what drives demand

Ana Norman Bermúdez 20 Apr 2026
BR-319’s “midsection” has remained unpaved since the highway’s inauguration in 1976. Now, the road’s rebuilding is the subject of one of Brazil’s fiercest environmental debates in recent times. Image courtesy of DNIT.

Brazil taps legal loophole to issue bids for Amazon ‘tipping point’ road

Fernanda Wenzel 20 Apr 2026

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