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During prolonged floods, many residents of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta are unable to grow and harvest crops. NGOs have stepped in to help with basic food supplies and cash during times of crisis. Image courtesy of Anh Duong Community Development and Support Center.

The world’s great deltas are sinking — and with them, a global food system

Petro Kotzé 6 May 2026

A baby boom for North Atlantic right whales, but extinction still a threat

Bobby Bascomb 6 May 2026

Venezuela tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was ‘fraudulently’ taken in colonial era

Associated Press 6 May 2026
Dried daisy stingrays in stacks at a fish landing site in southern Senegal with sea in background.

In Senegal, artisanal fishing kills a surprising number of sharks and rays: study

Victoria Schneider 5 May 2026
Scientists from Konservasi International satellite tagging a whale shark.

A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia

Claire Turrell 5 May 2026

Iceland plans to resume whale hunting this summer

Bobby Bascomb 4 May 2026

Endangered whale protections may be delayed to 2035 under Trump-backed plan

Associated Press 4 May 2026
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass. Image courtesy of Liam McGuire via Ocean Image Bank.

With its first marine reserve, Ghana protects its ocean to secure its future (commentary)

Emelia Arthur 4 May 2026
Fishers collect their nets on the Sesan River, just a few hundred meters from the O’Ta Bouk-Sesan confluence. Fishers who use the O’Ta Bouk told Mongabay that their catches have declined significantly over the past three years. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Cambodia tested waters amid pollution claims; months later, still no public results

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 4 May 2026
Tierney Thys with sunfish. Photo by Mike Johnson / Earth Window

Tierney Thys, marine biologist and interpreter of the sunfish

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 May 2026
The Golden dorado (Salminus brasiliensis), a powerful migratory freshwater fish native to the Pantanal and Paraná River Basin, shown here being held by researcher Zeb Hogan. Highly prized by recreational anglers and important to commercial fisheries, the species has declined in parts of its range due to dam construction.

Migratory freshwater fish are in trouble: Will we act in time to save them?

Stefan Lovgren 1 May 2026

World’s largest shark conference is set to begin in Sri Lanka next week

Malaka Rodrigo 1 May 2026
Most of Chi’s annual income comes from selling apricot blossoms — a symbol of luck and prosperity in Vietnam — around Lunar New Year.

Saline intrusion in Mekong Delta leaves farmers and scientists at odds

Minh L Tran 30 Apr 2026
An orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Image courtesy of Sara Jobson/Mercier Lab.

Global trade in sea cucumbers ‘alarming’ with many species at risk: Study

Edward Carver 30 Apr 2026
A fisher displays a meager catch at Goi Creek, Nigeria, in 2013, following oil spills in the area in years prior. Image by Milieudefensie via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Marine resource conflicts in Africa revolve mostly around access: Study

Edward Carver 29 Apr 2026
A man on the Philippine island of Boracay walks beside a drainage pipe discharging untreated sewage into the ocean in 2018.

Nearly three in four marine protected areas undermined by wastewater pollution

Elizabeth Fitt 29 Apr 2026

One of the world’s largest deep-sea coral reefs discovered off Argentina

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Apr 2026
Wind farm off Pingtan Island in Pingtan county, Fuzhou, China. Image by Kilian Murphy via Unsplash.

Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts

Sean Mowbray 27 Apr 2026
The bottom otter trawler Hendrika Jacoba operating in the Dogger Bank waters in the North Sea. Image © Greenpeace.

NPFC adopts illegal fishing measures — but no Emperor Seamount protections

Francesco De Augustinis 24 Apr 2026
A freshly-caught shark on display for sale at a traditional market in Tanjung Luar, February 21, 2025.

Photos: A shark meat processing village and market in Indonesia’s Lombok

Garry Lotulung, Philip Jacobson 24 Apr 2026

Singapore to halt sourcing and breeding dolphins

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2026

Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government

Shanna Hanbury 23 Apr 2026

Oil spill continues in Gulf of Mexico vulnerable habitats, while Pemex admits fault

Caitlin Cooper 22 Apr 2026
A critically endangered giant guitarfish, sometimes caught by bottom trawls. Image courtesy of Sarah Foster.

Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Apr 2026
Southern resident orcas, an endangered subspecies, are threatened by a decline in their food sources, noise pollution and vessel traffic.

AI tool listens for endangered orcas in real time to reduce human disturbance

Abhishyant Kidangoor 22 Apr 2026
Alannah Acaq Hurley in Dillingham, Alaska. January, 2026. Image by Goldman Environmental Prize.

Goldman Prize winner Alannah Hurley fights Pebble Mine “from a place of love”

Claudia Geib 20 Apr 2026
Pa Haw, father of Saw Si Paw, takes to the Salween River each morning to inspect their nets for fish, despite heavy metal contamination linked to mining sites upstream. Photo by Gerald Flynn/Mongabay.

Asia’s longest free-flowing river contaminated by arsenic linked to Myanmar mines

Gerald Flynn 20 Apr 2026

Landmark US Magnuson-Stevens fisheries law turns 50 amid budget cut concerns

Bobby Bascomb 16 Apr 2026
A dugong munches seagrass near Marsa Alam, Egypt. Image by Julien Willem via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Drones aid dugong conservation as threats mount across their range

Mark Hillsdon 16 Apr 2026
A mature Nile perch grows to an average 1.21 to 1.37 meters (4 to 4.5 feet).

From carp to hippos, 43% of large freshwater animal species spread far beyond native ranges

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Apr 2026

San Francisco Bay emerges as high-risk area for migrating gray whales

David Brown 15 Apr 2026
Aaron Longton. Courtesy of Pew Charitable Trusts.

Aaron Longton, fisherman who tied sustainability to survival

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2026

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