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Paul Spong at the International Whaling Commission

A lifetime studying and advocating for cetaceans: Interview with Paul Spong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2026
Mushrooms growing in a forest.

How much nature is left? Interview with Nature Data Lab’s Karl Burkart

Abhishyant Kidangoor 9 Oct 2026

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2026
Angelshark, commonly called peixe anjo in Brazil, (“angel fish” in Portuguese), continues to be sold at stalls in the Porto Alegre Public Market. Image courtesy of Alex Rocha/PMPA.

Endangered angelshark is still traded in Brazil despite import ban

Fernanda Wenzel 8 Oct 2026
Aerial view of Arizona border wall construction where tree sit protests have been occurring. Image courtesy of the author.

Activists cite ecological, social connections in blocking US border wall construction (commentary)

Meg Perret 8 Oct 2026

South Korea strengthens migrant fisher protections. Advocates are not impressed.

Andrew Jeong 8 Oct 2026
A red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Invasive species have more severe environmental impacts in Global South, study finds

Esther J 8 Oct 2026
Ring-tailed lemurs in a zoo.

Did two of the lemurs stolen in Bangladesh end up in India? Officials are investigating

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2026
The Polish side of the Bialowieża Forest is home to 900 Bison, brought back from the brink of extinction.

Can WarWilding defend Poland’s borders and save Europe’s last ancient forest?

Marta Kasztelan 7 Oct 2026
A leopard cat steps out of its cage and into the forest in Phu Pha Man National Park, northeastern Thailand, after several months in the care of the Khon Kaen wildlife rescue center. Image by Ana Norman Bermúdez for Mongabay.

‘A few are afraid of the chicks’: Preparing Thailand’s rescued leopard cats for life in the wild

Ana Norman Bermúdez 7 Oct 2026

International pledge to fund forest rights exceeds target, but direct funding remains low

Aimee Gabay 7 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026
Humpback whale

International Whaling Commission rejects push to revive commercial whaling

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Oct 2026
anti-fracking protest Colombia

Colombia’s new government backs fracking as debate over energy future heats up

Catherine Ellis 7 Oct 2026
Reconstruction of the extinct Herugavialis cairensis with the Great Sphinx and pyramids depicted in the background. Artwork by Karim Zanaty.

New crocodile species found fossilized in stone used to build Egypt’s Great Sphinx

Liz Kimbrough 6 Oct 2026

In Australia’s Wet Tropics, restoration misses the forest for the tree cover

Liz Kimbrough 6 Oct 2026
Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris ssp. kenyoni) in a kelp forest in Strathcona

Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.)

Jennifer Cole 6 Oct 2026
A Dayak Ngaju tribe man tries to extinguish fire on burning peatland in Mantangai, Central Kalimantan.

The Indonesians facing El Nino’s fires have lessons to teach us (commentary)

Akane Nishimura 6 Oct 2026
A pair of cockatoos is spotted perching on a nest box at St. Louis School in Hong Kong on May 9, 2026. Image courtesy of Winster Wong/St. Louis School.

Artificial nests give Hong Kong’s cockatoos a home – and a chance to study their behavior

Yenni Kwok 6 Oct 2026
A Sumatran orangutan in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra.

Indonesia threatens prison time for unauthorized downloads of forest data

Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Philip Jacobson 6 Oct 2026

Uncertainty mounts as Suriname struggles to evict illegal settlers in the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 5 Oct 2026

‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2026
Viernamese fishers in a boat.

Vietnam’s fishers face rising costs, declining catches and a contested sea

Minh L Tran 2 Oct 2026
Researcher Raquel Peixoto inoculating probiotics on bleached coral during a 2022 heat wave in the Red Sea. Image courtesy of Morgan Benett-Smith.

Probiotics prevented coral bleaching during a Red Sea heat wave: Study

Allessandra DiCorato 2 Oct 2026
The Kutuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska.

Permafrost, wetland, wildfire and freshwater emissions could amplify climate change by up to 30%, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 2 Oct 2026

How to grow $25K into community-led conservation: Interview with Tanzania’s Mwambao

David Akana 2 Oct 2026
An apartment demolition and remodeling worker pushes a cart loaded with rubble in Hong Kong on Sept. 18, 2026.

As Hong Kong heats up, calls grow for tougher rules to protect outdoor workers

June Wong 2 Oct 2026
A maleo

Wildlife traffickers are now targeting Indonesia’s critically endangered maleo birds

Spoorthy Raman 2 Oct 2026
A resident is extinguishing a fire at Talang Turunan Gajah using simple tools. Photo: Muhammad Akbar/Mongabay Indonesia.

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers draw on traditional ways to fight back

Taufik Wijaya 2 Oct 2026
A low tide on hermit crab amid mangrove roots.

Mangroves keep waves at bay. A new study helps scientists predict how

Isabel Gil 1 Oct 2026
A black-faced lion tamarin photographed during the yellow fever vaccination project conducted by SPVS. Image by Gabriel Marchi.

A first in Brazil: Black-faced lion tamarins vaccinated

Euan Marshall 1 Oct 2026

US-Argentina initiative aims to boost critical mineral, oil and gas exports

Maxwell Radwin 1 Oct 2026

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