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Suspected chemical pollution threatens Nairobi Nat’l Park & key water sources

Elodie Toto 5 May 2026
Residents of Kalacha settlement during a meeting with civil society representatives and lawyers in February, 2026.

Kenyan Court allows landmark BP toxic waste lawsuit to proceed

Dalle Abraham 1 May 2026
Two suspects were arrested in Kenya in January with 110 kg of ivory. Image courtesy of Freeland.

After 110-kilo ivory bust, familiar questions over Kenya’s follow-through

Charles Mpaka 23 Apr 2026

BP sued in Kenya over alleged toxic waste from 1980s oil exploration

Associated Press 16 Apr 2026
Lizulu Market in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe

Strait of Hormuz crisis should catalyze African biofertilizer production (commentary)

Susan Chomba 16 Apr 2026

Exploring giraffe-human conflict in Kenya

David Brown 14 Apr 2026
Kute Hero (right) abandoned his traditional pastoralist livelihood for fishing after most of his livestock perished during a severe drought. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

In northern Kenya, a shifting Lake Turkana reshapes traditional livelihoods

Christopher Clark 14 Apr 2026
Kenyan Christians gather to worship under the trees. Image by AGWM Africa.

Christianity can be an ally for Kenyan conservation (commentary)

Peter Rowe 10 Apr 2026
Fishers in Dunga on the shores of Lake Victoria. Image by Achieng’ Otieno for Mongabay.

On the shores of Lake Victoria, a youth-led campaign to revive a wetland

Achieng’ Otieno 9 Apr 2026
Part of the Great Migration, a herd of wildebeest line up to cross the Mara river in the Masai Mara national reserve.

Wildlife concerns remain after Kenya court ruling over luxury safari camp

Elodie Toto 7 Apr 2026

Kenya to receive 4 mountain bongos from European zoos

Lynet Otieno 3 Apr 2026

A Kenyan ranger’s lasting imprint on Africa’s anti-poaching efforts

Lynet Otieno 27 Mar 2026
Fisherman Chapoka Miongo speaks from his traditional dugout canoe at the Shimoni channel, in Kwale county, Kenya, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Artisanal fisheries on Kenya's coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfin tuna stocks. Miongo explained that warming waters forced tuna species to alter their migration patterns, making it harder for local fishers to catch them. Image by AP Photo/Brian Inganga.

New strategy to reverse Kenya’s shark decline tries to bring fishers on board

Anthony Langat 27 Mar 2026

Kenya marks World Meteorological Day amid dozens of flood fatalities

Lynet Otieno 24 Mar 2026
The endangered Hildegarde’s tomb bat (Taphozous hildegardeae) in flight near its roost in the caves of Mount Suswa, Kenya, during a conservation monitoring survey. Image courtesy of Bat Conservation International.

At dusk in Kenya’s caves, scientists study the hidden lives of bats

Sharon Muzaki 17 Mar 2026
Reproductive health and oncology nurse Faith Nelima outside the dispensary at Lokichar Girls Secondary School. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

Kenya’s renewed oil push faces a tainted legacy

Christopher Clark 17 Mar 2026
Lions. Image courtesy of Kasaine Sankan-Mara Predator Conservation Program.

Study finds livestock pushing lions away from shared rangeland in Kenya

Charles Mpaka 12 Mar 2026
Sea turtles, another migratory species, need safe ocean passageways to move between feeding grounds and nesting beaches.

Outlook for migratory species worsens amid habitat loss & avian flu, report finds

Gloria Dickie 12 Mar 2026
A Turkana elder stands in front of a boma in the settlement of Kapese. Image by Christopher Clark for Mongabay.

Can Kenya finally deliver on Turkana’s oil promise?

Christopher Clark 2 Mar 2026

Why so many mangrove restoration projects fail

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2026
Satellite image of the eastern part of the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. Courtesy of Earthstar Geographics SIO / Microsoft maps

Scientists can’t agree on where the world’s forests are

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Feb 2026

Kenya launches a carbon registry to boost climate finance and credibility

Associated Press 17 Feb 2026
A mud crab (Scylla serrata) Image by titi-uu via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

In Kenya’s Jomvu Creek, women help restore a vanishing coast through crab farming

Asha Bekidusa 11 Feb 2026

Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry

Associated Press 9 Feb 2026
Seatrees and project partner COBEC with local community members in Marereni, Kenya.

How intermediaries are reshaping mangrove restoration

Marina Martinez 6 Feb 2026
Truphena Muthoni hugging a tree for 72 consecutive hours. Image by Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga via X.

Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement

Lynet Otieno 3 Feb 2026

‘Political will is everything’: Interview with Kenyan Environment Minister Deborah Barasa

David Akana 26 Jan 2026

Predators of the Great Wildebeest Migration: Then and now (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 20 Jan 2026
Craig. Photo by Cristina Mittermeier

What Craig’s long life reveals about elephant conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jan 2026
Truphena Muthoni hugging a tree for 72 consecutive hours. Image by Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga via X.

From Chipko to Nyeri: The enduring logic of the tree hug

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Jan 2026
Mida Creek, Watamu, Kenya. Image by Delphinidaesy via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

A nuclear power plan exposes Kenya’s deeper land rights issues

Elodie Toto 29 Dec 2025
Truphena Muthoni hugging a tree for 72 consecutive hours. Image by Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga via X.

Environmentalist hugs tree for 72 hours for Kenya’s native forests

Shanna Hanbury 25 Dec 2025

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