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A great white shark in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Image courtesy of Esther Jacobs.

Death of tagged white shark on bather protection gear in South Africa sparks debate

Victoria Schneider 11 Jun 2025

Ecological crisis in Brazil’s Pantanal fuels human-jaguar conflict

Júlia Moa 2 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
Banner image of a jaguar with a fish, courtesy of Andrea Reyes/Jaguares en la Selva.

How Costa Rica’s ranchers contribute to jaguar and puma conservation

Mongabay.com 28 May 2025
Inside the human-bear conflict in northern India

Inside the human-bear conflict in northern India

Shaz Syed 21 May 2025
A fishing cat

Fishing cats misunderstood, misidentified in Nepal’s Kapilvastu

Mukesh Pokhrel 25 Apr 2025
Banner image of iconic tusker Unicorn in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, courtesy of Namal Kamalgoda.

Sri Lanka’s iconic tuskers ‘falling like dominoes,’ conservationists warn

Mongabay.com 18 Apr 2025
Banner image of an adult wattled crane and its chick, courtesy of Daniel Dolpire/International Crane Foundation.

Outlook improves for wattled crane in South Africa

Kristine Sabillo 11 Apr 2025
Scarecrow to protect a fields and crops. Image by Tulsi Rauniyar for Mongabay..

Photos: The volunteers standing guard at one of Nepal’s human-wildlife frontiers

Tulsi Rauniyar 9 Apr 2025
Elephant Solar Fence, India.

Can solar fences stop human-elephant conflict in India?

Gowthami Subramaniam 9 Apr 2025
Banner image of elephant statues in Bahundangi, Nepal. Image by Deepak Adhikari.

Nepali farmers switch crops to reduce human-elephant conflict

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2025
A lion at Ruaha National Park.

Chain-link fencing protects livestock from big cat attacks in Tanzania: Study

Gilbert Nakweya 31 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

In a land where monkeys are seen as pests, Sri Lanka’s white langurs are winning hearts

Malaka Rodrigo 17 Mar 2025
Locals look at a herd of elephants passing close to their village in northeastern Bangladesh.

Asian elephants fall victim to poor development policies in Bangladesh

Abu Siddique 12 Mar 2025
A fishing cat photographed by a camera trap in Nepal. Image courtesy of Rama Mishra.

Fishing cat home range far bigger than previously thought, Nepal study suggests

Abhaya Raj Joshi 12 Mar 2025

How ‘ecological empathy’ can help humans reconnect with nature and shape a better world

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 11 Mar 2025

Sri Lanka calls for five-minute surveys to identify crop-raiding animals

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Mar 2025
Nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus)

Farmers in Nepal and India see red as blue bulls raid their crops

Mukesh Pokhrel 7 Mar 2025

As Sri Lanka’s rail tracks continue to claim elephant lives, experts suggest solutions

Malaka Rodrigo 7 Mar 2025
A lion is approaching a wildebeest herd roaming in a grassland in Kenya. Image by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.

In Kenya, grassland restoration can help reduce conflict, study says

Gilbert Nakweya 26 Feb 2025
Jaguar in Colombia. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Protected areas alone can’t shield mammals from human impact, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 26 Feb 2025

‘Silent killing machines’: How water canals threaten wildlife across the globe

Aldem Bourscheit 20 Feb 2025
A wild Asian elephant in Nepal's plains. Image courtesy of Ashok Ram

As elephant conflict shifts, Nepal’s border village offers clues for coexistence

Deepak Adhikari 18 Feb 2025

Bobcats benefit both human and ecological health, but their growing populations are often misunderstood

Mike DiGirolamo 11 Feb 2025
Banner image of a roof rat (Rattus rattus) by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Surge in rat numbers linked to climate warming, urbanization: Study

Kristine Sabillo 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

A cattle ranch is the unlikely scene for saving a fox found only in Brazil

Letícia Klein 5 Feb 2025

As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Feb 2025

Indian town trials virtual solar fences to reduce conflict with elephants

Mongabay.com 4 Feb 2025

How a Nepali border village learned to live with migratory wild elephants

Deepak Adhikari 30 Jan 2025
A pride of lions inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Uganda’s tree-climbing lions grow scarce amid nationwide decline of the big cat

Gilbert Nakweya 29 Jan 2025

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