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A domesticated Sumatran elephant with its mahout in Tesso Nilo National Park.

Indonesia says intervention in notorious Sumatran national park part of new ‘model’

Suryadi 17 Feb 2026

After intense flooding, Kruger National Park rushes to repair damage

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Feb 2026

Cyclone Ditwah exposes climate risks to nature-based tourism in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Dec 2025
An Indigenous Mbuti hunting group inside Okapi National Reserve. Photo ©️ Brent Stirton/Getty Images.jpg

Protected areas in Africa are vital but local perceptions vary (commentary)

Heidi Kretser, Diane Detoeuf, Michelle Wieland, Jessica L’Roe 19 Dec 2025
Ruyumbu Musango, head of law enforcement at Nyungwe National Park, with members of the park’s ranger detachment. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

A Thin Green Line: The 2,000-strong ranger force of African Parks

Ashoka Mukpo 16 Dec 2025
The African golden cat (Caracal aurata) is a medium-sized felid (though it’s classified as one of the world’s 33 small cat species). In Echuya Forest, it’s the largest predator remaining due to the extirpation of leopards from that forest.

Small cat conservationists hail Uganda’s new Echuya Forest National Park

Sean Mowbray 11 Dec 2025
Gray wolf: Image credits: John and Karen Hollingsworth/USFWS

Choosing coexistence over conflict: How some California ranchers are adapting to wolves

Spoorthy Raman 11 Dec 2025

Wildfire burns climate-vulnerable Joshua trees in US national park

Bobby Bascomb 4 Dec 2025
A L’Hoest’s monkey (Allochrocebus Ihoesti) at Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

An Empire of Nature: African Parks and Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest

Ashoka Mukpo 4 Dec 2025
A gray wolf in Minnesota.

First state-authorized killings mark escalation in California’s management of wolves

Spoorthy Raman 29 Nov 2025
An Indigenous person gazes at the expanse of the Meratus mountains from the Hauk peak.

Indigenous Dayak resist new southern Borneo national park amid global protection deficit

Riyad Dafhi Rizki, Rendy Tisna 19 Nov 2025

The price of gold: In Venezuela, mining threatens Indigenous Pemón

Catherine Ellis 11 Nov 2025
Tiger on a rock.

Amid challenges, Nepal plans its latest tiger & rhino counts

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 1 Oct 2025
Bouba Ndjida is one of the only sites in Central Africa where we are seeing the early signs of recovery in the population.

Northern Cameroon’s lions are reproducing, but concerns remain

Leocadia Bongben 30 Sep 2025
A young Grauer's gorilla in Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

Park guardians or destroyers? Study dissects 2 narratives of DRC’s Indigenous Batwa

Blaise Kasereka Makuta 11 Sep 2025
A Save The Elephants researcher studies elephants at Lake Jipe in Kenya. Image courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Network.

African wildlife conservation is local communities’ burden (commentary)

Kendi Borona 9 Sep 2025
View of Chiribiquete National Park.

Deforestation & illegal roads advancing fast in Colombia’s largest natural area

Iván Paredes Tamayo 19 Aug 2025
A baby Sumatran rhino in Lampung.

Sniffer dogs may have rediscovered a lost population of Sumatran rhinos

Jeremy Hance 18 Aug 2025

Conservationists warn of targeted poaching behind Sri Lanka’s leopard killings

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Aug 2025
A gray wolf

Wolves’ continued spread in California brings joy, controversy & conflicts

Spoorthy Raman 11 Aug 2025

Restoration brings back fresh water, wildlife to degraded páramos in Ecuador

Ana Cristina Alvarado 7 Aug 2025
Resident Huỳnh Ngọc Vân at his old seaside home, surrounded by demolished houses cleared for the project, late April 2025.

Rapid development, legal changes put pressure on Vietnam’s forestland

Le Quynh 4 Aug 2025
The endangered dhole is also known as the Asiatic wild dog.

Nepal launches action plan to boost endangered dhole conservation

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2025

An aging leopard’s suffering sparks ethical debate in Sri Lanka

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2025

Amur leopards, once nearly extinct, are making a comeback in Far East Asia

Manuel Fonseca 22 Jul 2025
Sunset at Joshua Tree National Park

In a warming world, can California save its Joshua trees?

Maya L. Kapoor 17 Jul 2025
A lion in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

From protection to control : Van Beemen and Kaplin discuss conservation in Africa

Elodie Toto 16 Jul 2025

African Parks earns over $7 million from carbon credit sales in Benin and CAR

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Jul 2025
An elephant in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Balancing wildlife and human needs at Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth park

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2025
Ndijingala, an eastern lowland gorilla, at the GRACE sanctuary before being reintroduced to the wild.

Signs of hope for rescued gorillas rewilded in DRC, but security concerns linger

Elodie Toto 25 Jun 2025

In Peru, Yine women show how defending the Amazon supports local livelihoods

Geraldine Santos 18 Jun 2025
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Virunga National Park.

‘Culture & nature are one’: Interview with Mudja Chief Bitini Ndiyanabo Kanane

Blaise Kasereka Makuta 13 Jun 2025

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