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An Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus). Image by Dylan Goldspink.

Karajarri celebrate Australia’s first ‘Sea Country’ Indigenous Protected Area

John Cannon 14 May 2026
Sea pen in the South Arran MPA. Image © COAST/Howard Wood.

Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area

Shanna Hanbury 14 May 2026

At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board

Philip Jacobson 14 May 2026
Endangered Antarctic fur seals on South Georgia Island. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

China and Norway push to increase krill harvests around Antarctica

Francesco De Augustinis 14 May 2026
A waddle of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) on Deception Island, Antarctica. Image courtesy of Jay Williams / WWF.

The Southern Ocean is key to our planet’s future & we have a chance to protect it this year (commentary)

Zac Goldsmith 13 May 2026
Banner image: Farmers Anna Zimba and her husband Phaniso Zgambo stand in front of a cement granary. Around 30 such granaries have been built within the farming communities that are near to Kasungu National Park, offering greater protection to stored maize from hungry elephants. Image by Ryan Truscott for Mongabay.

As elephants return in eastern Zambia, communities adapt to coexistence

Ryan Truscott 13 May 2026
A channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) in Yasuní National Park.

Ecuador failing to end Yasuní oil drilling: Interview with Waorani leader Juan Bay

Aimee Gabay 13 May 2026
First Nations elders watch the Canada Day festivities in Calgary, Alberta

New data platform aims to reduce conflicts between First Nations and businesses in Canada

Olivia Ferrari 12 May 2026

New Jaguar Rivers Initiative aims to reconnect South America’s fragmented ecosystems

Maxwell Radwin 12 May 2026
The golden mantella, an endangered frog species found only in Madagascar. Image by Frank Vassen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Africa’s amphibians are overlooked in conservation planning, experts warn

David Brown 12 May 2026
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) in Ondo state, Nigeria. Adedotun Ajibade via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Nigeria aims for stronger wildlife protections with sweeping new law

Valentine Benjamin 12 May 2026
Indigenous communities face changes to their ways of life due to the presence of illegal economies. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Crime affects 32% of Amazon Indigenous areas, says study

Yvette Sierra Praeli 11 May 2026

Ocean philanthropy: small sums for a vast domain

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 May 2026

Paraguay expanded a reserve in the Gran Chaco. Why is deforestation still rising there?

Maxwell Radwin 8 May 2026
Banner image of African elephants by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

African elephant genomes reveal ancient mixing — and modern pressures

David Brown 8 May 2026
Jerry Jangala running a question-and-answer session out on country for participants in the workshop. Image by Anthony Ham.

Using songlines, elders codify traditional knowledge to care for Country

Anthony Ham 7 May 2026
Male cock-of-the-rock birds in Peru's Kosñipata valley. Image credit: Rhett A. Butler

Climate change could erase most South American cloud forests, study warns

Liz Kimbrough 7 May 2026

Cerrado’s hidden carbon highlights gaps in Brazil’s conservation policy

Daniel Shailer 7 May 2026
A koala.

Australia’s new national park links habitat to protect koalas

Johan Augustin 6 May 2026

Overtourism threatens Sri Lanka’s leopards

Mongabay.com 6 May 2026

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

Elodie Toto 5 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
An African leopard in South Africa.

International Leopard Day: A spotty outlook for the spotted cat

Mongabay.com 2 May 2026

In Guatemala, new AI technology will be ‘listening’ for illegal deforestation

Maxwell Radwin 30 Apr 2026
Armed police and military forces called by a Canadian mining company carry out operations in Sigchos

New report reveals how environmental crime threatens Amazonian communities

Aimee Gabay 30 Apr 2026

Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel

Sean Mowbray 30 Apr 2026
Fabrice Basile, chargé d’affaires at the European Union Delegation in Kinshasa. Image by David Akana/Mongabay.

‘True success’ is a DRC that no longer needs outside help: Interview with EU envoy Fabrice Basile

David Akana 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
Kanjonde village, basking in the late afternoon light at the foot of Mount Moco, in January 2024. Image by Ryan Truscott.

Angola’s highest mountain and its unique wildlife are now protected

Ryan Truscott 29 Apr 2026
Malay tapir. Image courtesy of Shariff Mohamad.

On World Tapir Day, data gaps cloud future of Malaysia’s tapirs

Naina Rao 28 Apr 2026
A brown hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou vestitus), La Ilusion Nature Reserve, Colombia.

As global 30×30 goal lags, Colombia shows how progress can be made

Ruth Kamnitzer 27 Apr 2026
monkey in tree

Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region

Anastasia Austin, Douwe den Held 27 Apr 2026

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