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Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota) in the Ecuadorian Choco.

An Ecuadorian hotspot shows how forests can claw back from destruction

Ruth Kamnitzer 24 Feb 2025
Banner image of Agroecotettix silverheelsi from Texas courtesy of JoVonn Hill.

16 new-to-science grasshopper species found in US, Mexico deserts

Kristine Sabillo 21 Feb 2025

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Feb 2025

Thermal drones detect rare tree kangaroos in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Feb 2025

Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly

Sean Mowbray 20 Feb 2025
Banner image of Taranaki Maunga by Robin van Mourik via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Taranaki Maunga, New Zealand mountain, declared a ‘legal person’

Kristine Sabillo 20 Feb 2025
Wind farm. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Beyond COP, former UN climate chief talks nuance, optimism on Mongabay podcast

Mongabay.com 19 Feb 2025
A camera trap filmed two black wolves in a Polish forest. Images courtesy of SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland.

Camera trap films two rare black wolves in Poland

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Feb 2025
Banner image of a greater mouse-eared bat, courtesy of Daniel Whitby/BatCRU.

Researchers find two individuals of UK’s ‘loneliest bat’ species

Kristine Sabillo 13 Feb 2025

‘Truffle dogs’ help sniff out two new truffle species

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Feb 2025
Banner image of an indri by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Singing lemurs found to be dropping beats just like King Julien

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2025

Study says land restoration worldwide can be funded with tiny fraction of global GDP

Liz Kimbrough 7 Feb 2025
Banner image of “No Access,” a photograph of a Eurasian badger by Ian Wood/Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Striking image of badger and graffiti twin wins top photography prize

Kristine Sabillo 7 Feb 2025

Indian villages seek to protect ecosystem by opting out of state’s development push

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2025
Banner image of the underwater Borealis Mud Volcano, courtesy of Jørn Berger-Nyvoll/UiT.

Underwater volcano in Barents Sea reveals diverse marine life, study finds

Kristine Sabillo 3 Feb 2025
Banner image of Reynante Polenda tending to his forested farmland. Image by Keith Anthony Fabro/Mongabay.

Native trees, local wildlife thrive under Philippine tribes’ ‘rainforestation’

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2025

Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria

Spoorthy Raman 31 Jan 2025

Justice for people, animals and the environment are inextricable, Arcus Foundation says

Mike DiGirolamo 28 Jan 2025

Blob-headed fish and four mammals among 27 newly described species in Peru’s Alto Mayo

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jan 2025
Mangrove restoration, Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador. Image courtesy of Mangrove Action Project.

Lessons from successful mangrove forest restoration in El Salvador (analysis)

Alfredo Quarto 27 Jan 2025
Banner image of the spoon-billed sandpaper dubbed K9, courtesy of Dongming Li.

World’s tiniest transmitter finds nesting area of rarest migratory shorebird

Kristine Sabillo 24 Jan 2025
Marco Andres Vizcaino Garcia is a top naturalist guide in the Galápagos National Park and its adjacent marine reserve. Image by Erik Hoffner for Mongabay.

As Gálapagos ecotourism booms, top naturalist guide urges sustainability

Erik Hoffner 22 Jan 2025

‘James Bond’ lizard among 35 new species described from Caribbean islands

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jan 2025
Banner image of one of the released elongated tortoises, courtesy of CCA.

Bangladesh sees first ever rewilding of captive-bred elongated tortoises

Kristine Sabillo 17 Jan 2025
Standing amidst a vibrant field of cosmos flowers, Azharul Islam Khan highlights their numerous benefits.

In Bangladesh, a botanist brings quick, fun lessons to social media

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 17 Jan 2025

A venomous Australian spider turns out to be 3 species, not 1

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jan 2025
A group of Lokiaka Community Development Centre volunteers.

Ogoni women restore mangroves and livelihoods in oil-rich Niger Delta

Aimee Gabay 16 Jan 2025
Banner image of a common noctule courtesy of Kamran Safi/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.

Smart tags reveal migratory bats are storm-front surfers

Kristine Sabillo 15 Jan 2025

Turn problems into solutions for culture and agriculture across Australia and the Americas, Anthony James says

Mike DiGirolamo 14 Jan 2025

Near-extinct Siberian crane is recovering thanks to habitat protection

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Jan 2025
Sunrise over the Pinipini river in the Amazon.

Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres remains optimistic despite disappointing COP process

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 7 Jan 2025
Zeeshan Mirza examines a new tarantula species found in India's western Ghats

Four new tarantula species found in India’s Western Ghats mountains

Liz Kimbrough 31 Dec 2024

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