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Sable antelope photographed at Shimba Hills National Reserve in Kenya. Image courtesy of Kenneth Coe.

Conservation shouldn’t gamble with nonnative species introductions (commentary)

Charles Foley, Kenneth Coe 29 Jul 2026
Baraka Moruri plays with an avocado tree at their home in Nairobi. Photo by Lawrine Moruri.

Kenyan teen leads charge on tree planting and climate awareness

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026

Tech helps Vietnam rangers turn the tide on poaching

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2026
Bill Oddie launches the Visit Scotland new website with Tam the Peregrine falcon at Visitscotland’s London office, May 6, 2004. Photo by Michael Stephens/PA via AP.

Bill Oddie brought birdwatching into millions of homes

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jul 2026
Oak trees in a temperate forest in the higher altitudes of the Sierra Gorda, where more than 30 species of oak trees can be found. Photo by Roberto Pedraza Ruiz.

How carbon markets can succeed & also serve Global South communities (commentary)

Pati Ruiz Corzo 27 Jul 2026

How saline drinking water raises preeclampsia risks in coastal Bangladesh (commentary)

Ashik Rubaiyat 23 Jul 2026
Cerros de Mavecure in Colombia's Guainía in July 2026. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler / Mongabay

Ten years of Mongabay Latam

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jul 2026
Indigenous people walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, 2024.

An Indigenous take on Colombia’s new gov’t: Interview with a Putumayo Indigenous leader

Aimee Gabay 22 Jul 2026
A man fishes in the Niger Delta near the village of Diebu, Nigeria, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Image by Jon Gambrell / AP Photo.

Oil has harmed the nature and people of the Niger Delta; human rights may save it

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Jul 2026

Scientific & traditional knowledge are key for effective & community-centered conservation (commentary)

Charudutt Mishra 20 Jul 2026
A man displays a photo he says shows toxic chemicals spilled due to oil drilling, in Moanda, western Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023.

Fighting new oil blocks in the Congo Basin: Interview with activist Pascal Mirindi

Dan Yessa 17 Jul 2026
A fisher casts a net in the Mahanadi River in Odisha. Image by Sujit kumar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rivers are not just water bodies: Interview with the Waterman Of Odisha

Stephin Thomas 17 Jul 2026
A bull elk reintroduced to Kentucky. Image courtesy of Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife.

‘Beasts of the East’ chronicles the unheralded restoration successes of America’s eastern wildlife

Erik Hoffner 16 Jul 2026
Baobab (Adansonia digitata) in Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo.

Like ‘climbing Kilimanjaro’ without help: Interview with a Limpopo conservationist

Bernard Chiguvare 15 Jul 2026
The Katas Raj Temples and the pond, 2014.

No corporation can buy the ‘right to destroy’: Interview with activist Raja Waseem Ahmed

Muhammad Talal 15 Jul 2026
A local community in Karenni collected garbage in 2025.

Community conservation under fire: Interview with Myanmar’s Clean Mountains founder

Esther J 15 Jul 2026
Drone capturing a raptor in flight over the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

How Brazil’s federal fiscal policy hinders Amazon Rainforest conservation (commentary)

João Gabriel de Araujo Oliveira 15 Jul 2026
Through the Mazingira Women Initiative, Hamida has spent those years organizing around waste management, smart farming, land rights and women’s leadership.

Waste, women & environmental justice: Interview with Nubian activist Malasen Hamida

Ouma Elvine Tina 14 Jul 2026
A woman transports a catch of fish from a landing site in coastal Kenya to market. Image by Festo Lumwe/WorldFish.

Why Africa should link nutritional data with fisheries management (commentary)

Essam Yassin Mohammed 14 Jul 2026

Humans’ relationship with nature: Interview with ethnobotanist Pavel Partha

Usraat Fahmidah 13 Jul 2026
Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo rows a shikara across the Khushalsar-Gilsar wetland system in Srinagar

Restoring Kashmir’s lakes one community at a time: Interview with Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo

Hashim Quraishi 10 Jul 2026
A western chimpanzee at Tacugama.

Conserving Sierra Leone’s western chimpanzees: Interview with Tacugama’s Willie Tucker

Patricia Sia Ngevao 10 Jul 2026
A moray eel in the coral reefs

Can conservation change how the world sees the Strait of Hormuz? (commentary)

Iman Ebrahimi 9 Jul 2026
A native Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Image courtesy of Jay Fleming via National Park Service.

Like wolves, non-native lake trout have radically altered Yellowstone ecosystems (commentary)

Lyle Lewis 8 Jul 2026
A hooded vulture landing on its roost in Lagos.

Confronting culture to protect vultures: Interview with Nigeria’s Michael Williams

Kingsley Charles 8 Jul 2026
Indigenous peoples sing and dance as they participate in an opening ceremony as part of the People's Summit offsite from the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 12, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. Image by AP Photo/Fernando Llano.

A fraction of promised climate money reaches Amazon communities: Interview with Latimpacto’s leaders

Beverley Choo 8 Jul 2026
Anti-poaching officers and Forest rangers in Pu Mat

‘A targeted, data-driven approach’: Interview with Vietnam’s antipoaching unit

Campbell Rusden 7 Jul 2026
Humpback whales in French Polynesian waters. The intensity and duration of marine heat waves could have widespread effects on marine biodiversity, increasing the likelihood of species displacement and mortality. Image by Toby Matthews / Ocean Image Bank.

Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health (commentary)

David Gruber, Sylvia Earle 6 Jul 2026
King vultures in Costa Rica. Image courtesy of Peter Hudson.

King vultures in Costa Rica: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 6 Jul 2026
Crew members from Southeast Asia work to unload fish on purse seiners in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2023.

Indonesia’s ratification of fishing labor reforms will also boost conservation (commentary)

Muhamad Nour 2 Jul 2026
A woman collects water from a pond in Bangladesh, where drinkable water is becoming increasingly scarce due to salt contamination from sea level rise. Image courtesy of Abu Siddique.

Sea level rise is ruining coastal Bangladesh with salty water (commentary)

AL Sharia 1 Jul 2026
Bay near Pulai Rayo, Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett Butler.

The blueprint for building a fairer world without breaking the planet

Mike DiGirolamo 30 Jun 2026

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