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An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water.

High expectations but no agreement on Antarctic marine protection, krill fishing

Francesco De Augustinis 3 Nov 2026
During a press conference on Oct. 20, 2026, a delegation of small-scale fishers at COP 17 said they felt invisible and ignored as governments pushed ahead with efforts to protect ocean biodiversity that they say sidelined their traditional skills and knowledge.

Governments must include small-scale fishers in their plans to protect the oceans: Report

Mark Hillsdon 3 Nov 2026
A member of the Tigrayan community looking at a traditional forest church, a major center of Christianity in the world located in Desa’a forest in the Ethiopian Afromontane region, an iconic and endangered area of biodiversity in East Africa. Image courtesy of © UNEP/Sosina Mengistu.

UN recognizes ongoing restoration work inside Ethiopia’s Desa’a forest amid conflict

Elodie Toto 3 Nov 2026

The RSPO closed the case on First Resources. Indonesian forests kept falling for palm oil (commentary)

Tom Johnson 3 Nov 2026
The moist forest of Ngezi is home to endemic species like the critically endangered reed frog (Hyperolius watsonae). Image courtesy of Donyo Gabriel.

Uncertainty surrounds controversial resort in Zanzibar forest reserve as work stalls

Victoria Schneider 3 Nov 2026
Graphic by Emilie Languedoc/Mongabay with images courtesy of Josh van der Meulen via iNaturalist, David Chamberlin; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library, Jonathan Casanova; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library. These show falcons and the United Kingdom's Westminister halls of government.

Do not ‘engage formally’: UK officials advised against billionaire-run zoo ahead of CITES meeting

Elisângela Mendonça, Spoorthy Raman 3 Nov 2026
A white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Diverse forests can better withstand extreme weather events, study finds. Here’s why

Claudia Geib 2 Nov 2026
Parisians try to stay cool on a hot summer day. Europe’s record heat wave this summer claimed 50,000 lives.

Extreme heat no longer confined to summer, extending health risks, study finds

Nick Ruggia 2 Nov 2026
A rancher with his cattle herd in Mato Grosso state.

Ranchers in Brazil ordered to leave home of Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation

Aimee Gabay 2 Nov 2026
Small-scale fishers cast their nets in the waters off the coast of Gambia in March 2025. Image by AP Photo/Grace Ekpu.

New index tracks countries’ vulnerability to conflict between large and small-scale fishers

Edward Carver 2 Nov 2026
The “Mwani Mamas” of Mwani Zanzibar work in the shallow coastal waters, where seaweed farming provides an important source of income for women and their families. These farmers are at the heart of Zanzibar’s seaweed economy. Image courtesy of Kevin Gaines/Kelp Ark.

Zanzibar’s seaweed farmers seek better future through science and partnership (commentary)

Mariam Mwinyi, Jenny Krusoe, Lisa Kurbiel 2 Nov 2026
Asian black bears

Ecotourism may deter hunters, but also keeps wildlife away, Laos study suggests

Carolyn Cowan 2 Nov 2026
In March, IBAMA dismantled an illegal mining operation in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory in Roraima. This image from Operation Xapiri shows rocks resulting from bedrock blasting. After being crushed, the ore is processed using cyanide to separate the gold from other minerals.

Cyanide ponds from illegal mining threaten Amazon Indigenous territory

Elizabeth Oliveira 2 Nov 2026
Commuters on the road try to shield their noses from the thick haze as they drive.

Experts warn of long-term health risks as Indonesia’s wildfire haze takes a growing toll

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Nov 2026
Tesifying at a hearing, Mayerly López from Colombia, Marco Manobanda, an Indigenous fish-farmer from Las Naves, Ecuador. Image courtesy of Earthworks.

Environmental defenders testify about attacks in Latin America linked to Canadian mining companies

Annie Burns-Pieper 31 Oct 2026
A Panama queen (Aphelandra sinclairiana). Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

Leaders grapple with finance and harmful subsidies at UN’s COP17 biodiversity conference

John Cannon 31 Oct 2026

The women who won’t let go: Female-led resistance to development harms across Asia

Kannikar Petchkaew 30 Oct 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 Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) rests in the wetlands near Tecolutla, Mexico. The species is native to the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Image by Rafael Rodríguez Mesa.

Aztec methods and crocodiles: How biologists are restoring mangroves in Mexico

Laura Allen 30 Oct 2026
A group of volunteers walk towards a tree mapping area.

How citizen scientists are mapping Pune’s trees, with hopes of a greener future

Stephin Thomas 30 Oct 2026
A man carries a discarded television set that he bought in Tondo, Manila. Image © Greenpeace.

Philippines halts U.S. e-waste imports but struggles to police customs-free zones

Biena Magbitang, Helena Rodríguez Gómez, Louis Boyd-Madsen, Gabriele Di Donfrancesco 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
Deforested area in Serra do Pingano, Angola. Image by Raffael Ernst – Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung via Green Heart of Africa.

Angola designates Serra do Pingano as a protected area amid rapid forest loss

David Tjyakala 30 Oct 2026
Botswana’s previous governments said relocating the San would improve living conditions and ease the delivery of public services. Justice Minister Nelson Ramaotwana says those policies “have failed thus far.” Image courtesy Michael Taylor/Anthropos Africa.

A historic land restitution process offers new hope for Botswana’s Indigenous San

David Akana 30 Oct 2026
A nature-based coastal defense and flood-control project in Pamarawan barangay, in Malolos City, in the Philippine province of Bulacan, on Sept. 28, 2026. Image by Oliver Samson for Mongabay.

Philippine village uses nature to defend against floods with bamboo, shells and husks

Oliver Samson 30 Oct 2026

In Suriname’s Amazon, the Wayana community struggling to keep gold miners at bay

Maxwell Radwin 29 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 tiny sampling of tropical beetle diversity displayed at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. Image by H. Zell/CC 3.0.

If we don’t start counting insect populations, we won’t know what we’re losing (commentary)

Prayan Pokharel 29 Oct 2026
Visiting area of the Véu de Noiva waterfall in Cantá, Roraima.

‘Already feeling it’: Northern Amazon waterfall season ends early, hurting livelihoods

Felipe Medeiros 29 Oct 2026

Investigations into Singapore palm oil firm find family ties to Borneo deforesters

Robin Hicks 29 Oct 2026
A dry canal in the Air Merah community forest area.

Early tech warning hopes to give Sumatra’s peat community a head start on fires

Teguh Suprayitno 29 Oct 2026
A fisher with an outboard motor on Pemba island, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Adrian Ponsard/WCS.

‘Design conservation with those who will live with it’: 30 by 30 in Africa

Sasha Nunneley 29 Oct 2026

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