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Spicy ping-pong balls and flaming dung keep elephants at bay in Zimbabwe

Sandy Watt 14 Nov 2026

As incidents spike, Sri Lanka identifies 17 tuskers considered at high risk

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Nov 2026
An elephant in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Beat it: Den Staat farmers in South Africa use drumming and fire to deter elephants

Bernard Chiguvare 10 Nov 2026
Forestry official looking at Asian elephant herd, Sarpang, Bhutan.

Rangers’ role must be built into biodiversity conservation commitments (commentary)

Madhu Rao, Nik Sekhran 9 Nov 2026

AI tiger-warning system rooted in local knowledge stalls for lack of support

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2026

Human-wildlife coexistence with wolves in Europe requires a holistic approach

Mike DiGirolamo 3 Nov 2026
Elephants spotted by one of the camera traps. Image courtesy of Harmony with Wildlife.

Payment scheme in Botswana pays communities to coexist with wildlife

Anna Weekes 3 Nov 2026
Bin Maya Gurung spins wool on the rooftop of the enterprise’s headquarters in Naya Padampur on May 19, 2026.

Given a chance, women-led microenterprises uplift Nepali communities & conservation

Emma White 30 Oct 2026
A leopard in the Central Zoo, Nepal.

After Botswana, Nepal tries artificial scent marking to fend big cats off villages

Deepak Adhikari 30 Oct 2026
A giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Between revered and hunted: The journey of human-otter coexistence in the Amazon

Sarah Brown 29 Oct 2026
A persian leopard. Image via Peoples Trust for Endangered Species.

Persian leopards hang on in the Caucasus despite landmines

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Oct 2026

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

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Oct 2026

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

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 23 Oct 2026
A tiger in Bardiya National Park, 2021.

In Nepal, AI builds on local knowledge to help prevent tiger attacks

Praveen Kumar Yadav 20 Oct 2026
An Egyptian vulture in Chad. Image courtesy of Sahara Conservation.

Vulture conservation project to target illegal killing and poisoning in Chad

Sean Mowbray 16 Oct 2026
A female member of the Smitswinkel Troop with False Bay in the background,. Image by Barry Christianson for Mongabay.

‘A hard reset’: Cape Town to capture and relocate baboon troops

Barry Christianson 13 Oct 2026

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

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Oct 2026
A pride of lions inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Uganda and NGO to co-manage sector of national park home to tree-climbing lions

Ashoka Mukpo 2 Oct 2026
Giraffes roam Kenya’s open savannas, part of the rich wildlife that draws visitors and makes ecotourism an important source of revenue for conservation and local communities. Image by Angela Scott.

From ‘community-based’ to ‘community-led conservation’ in Kenya: Interview with Dickson Kaelo

David Akana 1 Oct 2026
Lions (Panthera leo). Image by Julie Larsen © Wildlife Conservation Society.

Turning vulnerable livestock into four-eyed beasts helps protect them in Zimbabwe

Cecil Dzwowa 30 Sep 2026
A mountain gorilla encountered during a gorilla tourism trek in Uganda.

Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat

Associated Press 24 Sep 2026

World Rhino Day: What does it take to save a species?

Mongabay 22 Sep 2026

Photographing Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict — Interview with Federico Borella

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Sep 2026
Swami Gowda stands with his herd of sheep and cattle

India’s tiger success brings a new challenge: Living alongside the big cats

Arathi Menon 17 Sep 2026

‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves

Justin Catanoso 16 Sep 2026
Two Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan in August 2026. Image courtesy of Albert Salemgareyev.

Two wild Przewalski’s horse foals born in Kazakhstan after 200 years

Shanna Hanbury 9 Sep 2026

Women farmers in Sumatra find a gentler way to keep elephants at bay

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2026

Singapore made a crow-friendly city. Now it wants to shoot them

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2026

Costa Rica to require wildlife crossings for roads when they impact fauna

Bobby Bascomb 27 Aug 2026

DNA analysis of Asiatic wild dogs scat in India reveals wild prey preference

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2026
A jaguarundi at a zoo in Germany.

Increasingly rare: Jaguarundi moves up a notch on the endangered species list

Sean Mowbray 17 Aug 2026

Safeguarding passageways is the next step for India’s growing tiger populations

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2026

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