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Bioluminescent mushrooms (Mycena chlorophos) at Hachijo Botanical Park, Japan. Image by self via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

World Mushroom Day: From food to plastic replacement

David Brown 15 Oct 2026
Vehicles navigate a flooded road in Mozambique’s Maputo province in January 2026. Forecasters warn that the developing El Niño could bring heavier rainfall and flooding to parts of East and Southern Africa. Image by AP Photo.

Act before El Niño: Expert worries about deepening hunger in East and South Africa

David Akana 14 Oct 2026
The Jalisco mud turtle, endemic to the Jalisco and Colima states in Mexico, is a freshwater turtle found in rivers and wetlands.

Solutions to the risks posed by the global pet trade could be enacted quickly

Mike DiGirolamo 13 Oct 2026
Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Oil pollution is drifting into marine protected areas, report finds

Shanna Hanbury 12 Oct 2026

As Colombo heats up, passive cooling offers a low-energy solution — but at a cost

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 12 Oct 2026
Dead elephant seal pups on a beach in Argentine Patagonia. It’s unclear how they died. Image © Maxi Jonas via WCS.

Wildlife disease surveillance at global scale needs stronger local networks: Study

Naina Rao 12 Oct 2026

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

Maxwell Radwin 9 Oct 2026
The Peruvian government launches the 2025 anchoveta season with a 3-million-ton quota, the second-highest in the last 13 years. Image by Ministerio de la Produccion - Produce via Flickr. Public domain.

A chemical kept fishmeal from catching fire. Then scientists raised cancer concerns

Ian Urbina 9 Oct 2026

Dhaka’s waste-to-energy plant face backlash over air pollution

Mongabay.com 9 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
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Fishing in polluted waters

Izzy Sasada 8 Oct 2026
Dead fish at Hippo Pool, north of Chingola, where the Kafue River narrows into a shallow valley. Image by Victoria Schneider for Mongabay.

Despite legacy court case, Zambian Vedanta mine pollution continues

Victoria Schneider 8 Oct 2026

Africa’s monitored wildlife populations declined 80% since 1970, new report says

David Akana 7 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026

Death of anti-plague lab worker in Russia prompts quarantines and international concern

Naina Rao 7 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 shopper walks through Chatuchak Market carrying her pet raccoon.

More Latin American species are surfacing at a Bangkok wildlife market

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2026
Sumatran tiger

Weak prosecution leaves Southeast Asia’s tigers vulnerable to trafficking: Report

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2026
Myanmar mines

Myanmar’s mines pollute Thai rivers

Juan Maza 4 Oct 2026

Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine oil pollution in oceans. See the map

Shanna Hanbury 2 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
Stéphanie Moussounda, known as Maman Djédjé, a Gabonese traditional practitioner and initiatory mother, president of the Fédération nationale des traditionalistes gabonais (FENATRAG) and second vice-president of COARITRAG, at her temple in Gabon. Image by Molly Helfend for Mongabay.

Gabon, home to the medicinal plant behind ibogaine, wants a fairer share of its global boom

Molly Helfend 1 Oct 2026

Endangered dolphins survive in a Bangladesh river so polluted it’s ‘not livable’ for fish

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2026
Mineral traders watch on as antimony ore is transferred from Myanmar trucks to Thai trucks at the Pheung Khleung border crossing. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Myanmar’s polluting mines selling to China through Thai companies

Gerald Flynn 1 Oct 2026
2015’s very strong El Niño triggered a prolonged drought and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia.

Evidence builds showing climate change could be intensifying El Niño events

Sean Mowbray 30 Sep 2026

Plastic fused to coral rubble raises new concerns for ocean pollution

Bobby Bascomb 29 Sep 2026

Kenyan nuclear project faces international legal challenge over security risks

Elodie Toto 29 Sep 2026

Bhutan recognized for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies ahead of World Rabies Day

Naina Rao 29 Sep 2026

More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn

David Brown 28 Sep 2026
Brazil is considered the richest country in biodiversity in the world

Undiscovered Amazon drugs could be valued at $215 billion, analysis finds

Rafael Spuldar 28 Sep 2026
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Bringing back Bali’s lost fireflies

Rizky Maulana Yanuar, Sam Lee 27 Sep 2026
Examples of deep-sea litter found in the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon. (A) Medium-sized plastic wrapper. (B) Rubber boot. (C) Food wrapper. (D) Snack wrapper. (E) Tissue paper wrapper,. (F) Sediment-filled plastic bag. Image courtesy of Teso et al. (2026) (CC-BY 4.0).

Plastic and rubber litter found in remote submarine canyon off Argentina’s coast

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2026

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