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Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) takes over the surface of lakes.

Bangladesh survey records invasive alien plants threatening protected forests

Farhana Parvin 17 Oct 2023
The endangered greater green leafbird

Study: More than 900 at-risk species lack international trade protections

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jul 2023
Magnolia griffithii

Bangladesh’s new red list of plants shows country has already lost seven species

Farhana Parvin 23 Jun 2023
A Bornean bearded pig family.

Bearded pigs a ‘cultural keystone species’ for Borneo’s Indigenous groups: Study

John Cannon 20 Mar 2023
A palm tree stands tall in a forest in Costa Rica.

More than half of palm species may be threatened with extinction, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 9 Nov 2022

‘A bigger deal than it sounds’: Coconut crabs are vanishing, island by island

Cassie Freund 1 Feb 2022
The forests of the Torricelli Mountain Range. Image courtesy of the Tenkile Conservation Alliance.

Deforestation threatens tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 14 Oct 2021

OECM concept may bring more inclusive approach to conserving biodiversity

Jim Tan 13 Sep 2021

Deep-sea mining gets a resounding rejection from conservation authorities

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Sep 2021

‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ for land rights, conservation launched at IUCN congress

Ashoka Mukpo 8 Sep 2021

One in three tree species is in the red, new global assessment says

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Sep 2021
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak

Conservation needs more women, says Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak

Rhett A. Butler 30 Aug 2021

For species in the red, IUCN’s new Green Status signals conservation wins

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Jul 2021

Road construction imperils tree kangaroo recovery in PNG

John Cannon 19 Jul 2021
A member of the Indigenous Tikuna nation paddling a dugout canoe on a tributary of the Amazon in Colombia by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Protected areas now cover nearly 17% of Earth’s surface: U.N. report

John Cannon 20 May 2021

Skin in the game? Reptile leather trade embroils conservation authority

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Apr 2021

Flamingos form lasting friendships, a new study finds

Liz Kimbrough 28 Apr 2020

COVID-19 disrupts a major year for biodiversity policy and planning

James Dinneen 3 Apr 2020

Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper

Mongabay.com 6 Jan 2020

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

Finding hope in ‘extreme conservation’ (Insider)

John Cannon 31 Oct 2019

Study tracks first incursion of poachers into ‘pristine’ African forest

John Cannon 3 Oct 2019

From over 100,000 species assessments in IUCN update, zero improvements

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2019

After a lengthy delay, still no green light for Sri Lanka’s red list

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jul 2019

Altered fish communities persist long after reefs bleach, study finds

John Cannon 28 Jun 2019

Logging road construction has surged in the Congo Basin since 2003

John Cannon 24 Jun 2019

Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2019

Leopards get a $20m boost from Panthera pact with Saudi prince

John Cannon 14 Jun 2019

Out on a limb: Unlikely collaboration boosts orangutans in Borneo

Nina Finley 12 Jun 2019

Altered forests threaten sustainability of subsistence hunting

Mongabay.com 29 May 2019

Conservation groups concerned as WHO recognizes traditional Chinese medicine

Mongabay.com 28 May 2019

The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

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