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Critically endangered chameleon discovered outside its known habitat in Madagascar

Rivonala Razafison 3 Jun 2025
This Afro-Asiatic wildcat kitten (of the subspecies F. lybica cafra) shows the distinctive peach-pink tint to this genetically pure wildcat’s ears.

Tabby’s likely ancestor & Earth’s most widespread wildcat is an enigma

Petro Kotzé 28 May 2025
A sarus crane photographed in Lumbini. Image by Mukesh Pokhrel.

Concrete sprawl in Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal threatens sarus cranes

Mukesh Pokhrel 19 May 2025
A Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) hangs from the trees. Fewer than 100,000 orangutans remain on Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Orangutan habitat under siege as palm oil company clears forest in Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2025
Dugong in Thailand

Dugong numbers plummet amid seagrass decline in Thailand’s Andaman Sea

Carolyn Cowan 10 Apr 2025
One of approximately 200 kipunji monkeys in the Udzungwa Mountains. Image courtesy Anthony Jarrett.

New strategy launched to protect Tanzanian biodiversity hotspot

Ryan Truscott 2 Apr 2025
Pine cone of a white pine (Pinus strobus).

Beyond reforestation, let’s try ‘proforestation’

Sruthi Gurudev 26 Mar 2025
A young orangutan grasps and hangs on to a woody liana.

As apes adapt to human disturbance, their new behaviors also put them at risk: Study

Charles Mpaka 24 Mar 2025
Giant quiver tree, Namaqualand, South Africa. Image by Leonie Joubert.

Bleak future for Karoo succulents as desert expands in South Africa

Leonie Joubert 20 Mar 2025

Global outcry as petitioners demand no mining expansion in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Mar 2025

Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Feb 2025
Common pochard (Aythya ferina) photographed in Pakistan.

Better government policies could help as migratory birds lose habitat in Bangladesh

Pinky Akter 5 Feb 2025

Study highlights effects of habitat fragmentation on Sri Lankan specialist birds

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Feb 2025
An entangled fish

Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2025

Birdwatchers rally behind endemic hummingbird, spurring conservation movement in Mexico

Tamara Blazquez Haik 23 Jan 2025
A Trimeresurus cardamomesis photographed in Cambodia’s Samlout Multiple Use Area.

Survey uncovers ‘wildlife treasure’ in Cambodian park — but also signs of threats

Anton L. Delgado 22 Jan 2025
Thai activists

Thai farmers demand action to restore ecosystems, compensate for invasive fish

Carolyn Cowan 16 Jan 2025
An orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesian company defies order, plants acacia in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jan 2025
A pale spear-nosed bat covered in pollen.

Brazil natural landscape degradation drives toxic metal buildup in bats

Sean Mowbray 11 Dec 2024

Nepal’s rhino translocations to continue amid concerns over effectiveness

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Nov 2024
Fresh forest clearance inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary signals the beginning of an infrastructure project that will bisect the forest. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

New transmission lines cut a Cambodian rainforest sanctuary in half

Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 27 Nov 2024
Fishers catch fish in a net in their aquaculture enclosure.

Overuse of antibiotics in Bangladesh aquaculture raises health concerns

Masum Billah 21 Nov 2024
Typically found in habitats near rivers, lakes, and wetlands, the lowland tapir is a superb swimmer.

Indigenous guardians embark on a sacred pact to protect the lowland tapir in Colombia

James Hall 20 Nov 2024
Water pollution due to the frequent movement of minerals-laden vessels and tourism-based houseboats through the sanctuaries contributes to the decline in Tanguar Haor’s fish diversity.

A Ramsar site in Bangladesh fast loses its fish diversity amid government inaction

Sadiqur Rahman 19 Nov 2024
Clouded leopard.

Study shows, via clouded leopards, how to better protect forests

Carolyn Cowan 8 Nov 2024

Canopy bridges serve a lifeline for Sumatra’s tree-dwelling primates

Basten Gokkon 31 Oct 2024
A village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) at Lake Chivero, Harare.

Community-led wetland restoration may hold key to Harare’s water crisis

Aimee Gabay, Tatenda Chitagu 10 Oct 2024
Fully functional Earth systems offer numerous ecosystem services to humanity, including clean air and water, the provision of food, and natural pollination of crops.

Combined effects of human activities increase risk to ecosystem services

Claire Asher 10 Oct 2024
A dugong.

Cambodian fishers-turned-citizen scientists monitor marine mammal deaths

Gerald Flynn, Vutha Srey 7 Oct 2024
Nakphul (Lantana camara L.),

Government inaction leaves Nepal without strategy to tackle invasive species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 29 Aug 2024
A fisherman feeds his net into the Mekong River on the Thai-Lao border by Chiang Saen.

On heavily dammed Mekong, tracking study tries to find where the fish are going

Anton L. Delgado 24 Jul 2024

Where Javan leopards thrive, so do other wildlife, study shows

Basten Gokkon 23 Jul 2024

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