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Components of the hybrid reef system being installed in Kalaeloa Harbor, which will integrate 60 engineered, concrete reef-mimicking structures with living coral. Image courtesy of Hawaii Department of Transportation.

How a ‘living breakwater’ in Hawai‘i aims to create coral habitat and protect coastline

Jules Struck 4 Nov 2026
The Ghana cuckooshrike

Photograph helps identify a West African bird not seen in 13 years

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2026

The RSPO closed the case on First Resources. Indonesian forests kept falling for palm oil (commentary)

Tom Johnson 3 Nov 2026
In March, IBAMA dismantled an illegal mining operation in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory in Roraima. This image from Operation Xapiri shows rocks resulting from bedrock blasting. After being crushed, the ore is processed using cyanide to separate the gold from other minerals.

Cyanide ponds from illegal mining threaten Amazon Indigenous territory

Elizabeth Oliveira 2 Nov 2026

Venomous Indonesian primate feared extinct still clings on – but threats persist

Naina Rao 2 Nov 2026
A Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) rests in the wetlands near Tecolutla, Mexico. The species is native to the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Image by Rafael Rodríguez Mesa.

Aztec methods and crocodiles: How biologists are restoring mangroves in Mexico

Laura Allen 30 Oct 2026

In Suriname’s Amazon, the Wayana community struggling to keep gold miners at bay

Maxwell Radwin 29 Oct 2026

Netherlands pledges $500 million to help conserve tropical forests

David Brown 28 Oct 2026

Eradicating invasive bass gives endangered South African fish room to recover

Barry Christianson 28 Oct 2026
Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) at Kalaibiami I, Rivers state, Nigeria. Image © Adedotun Ajibade via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

As the sea swallows a Nigerian community, migratory bird habitat disappears

Amir Sadiq 28 Oct 2026

A Thai rescue center gives injured leopard cat cubs a second chance

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2026

Five new mussel species reveal how much biodiversity US rivers still conceal

Liz Kimbrough 27 Oct 2026

Organized crime is growing along highway in a pristine section of the Amazon: Study

Fernanda Wenzel 26 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka mourns iconic tusker amid renewed calls to address human-elephant conflict

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Oct 2026
Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)

World Kangaroo Day: How climate change impacts Australia’s macropods

Cooper Williams 24 Oct 2026

Critics call for halt to road construction in Mexico’s Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 23 Oct 2026

Death of iconic elephant in Sri Lanka pushes authorities to fast-track protection efforts

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 23 Oct 2026

World Snow Leopard Day: Community action and new science foster coexistence with humans

Naina Rao 23 Oct 2026

Scorched sanctuaries: The race to save Borneo’s orangutans from fires

Garry Lotulung 22 Oct 2026

Mozambique’s Maputo National Park showcases biodiversity and shelters migratory birds

Wilson Odhiambo 20 Oct 2026

Anatomy of a land grab: the law, likes, and legislator behind an Indigenous land invasion in Brazil

Aimee Gabay, Elisângela Mendonça 19 Oct 2026
Hoatzin in the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Oct 2026
Firefighters battling a blaze in Central Kalimantan in 2026.

‘Perpetuating stupidity’: Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2026
A Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), a commercially important fish, was once abundant, but its numbers have dwindled in Belize and throughout the Caribbean, and it’s now critically endangered. Image courtesy of Connor Holland/Ocean Image Bank.

Belize looks to the deep sea to complete its 30% ocean protection pledge

Marco Lopez 15 Oct 2026
Long-tailed macaques living in the mountains of Cambodia's Battambang province

Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t

Gerald Flynn 15 Oct 2026
Drone photograph of the mangrove forests surrounding Munroe Island, Kerala, India. Image by Cymatics.in via Unsplash

Mangroves gain ground globally, marking turnaround after decades of loss

Samuel Ogunsona 14 Oct 2026

Chinook salmon return to historical habitat following removal of four US dams

David Brown 12 Oct 2026

Indonesia says it no longer needs forests for rice. What happens to projects underway?

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Oct 2026
Paraguay Chaco, cattle in Karanda'y palm tree savanna (Bajo Chaco), Alto Paraguay Province. Image by Peer V. via Wikimedia Commons.

Paraguay meets UN deadline for improving governance in Chaco Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 9 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Oct 2026

Lawmakers in Suriname call for investigation, stricter oversight amid new mining activity

Maxwell Radwin 9 Oct 2026

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2026

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