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Orca

This orca destroyed a sunfish and no one is sure why

Abhishyant Kidangoor 17 Oct 2026

Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Associated Press 16 Oct 2026
People gather to watch a trapped shark called Bukangi at the North Port Waterfront Park in Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2026. Image by AP Photos/Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap.

Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas

Kelly Kasulis-Cho 16 Oct 2026
Long-tailed macaques living in the mountains of Cambodia's Battambang province

Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t

Gerald Flynn 15 Oct 2026
Artificial mangrove roots

Artificial mangrove roots offer a stopgap for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Carolyn Cowan 15 Oct 2026
Vehicles navigate a flooded road in Mozambique’s Maputo province in January 2026. Forecasters warn that the developing El Niño could bring heavier rainfall and flooding to parts of East and Southern Africa. Image by AP Photo.

Act before El Niño: Expert worries about deepening hunger in East and South Africa

David Akana 14 Oct 2026
Vivid orange sea star became an internet sensation for its uncanny resemblance to the cartoon character Patrick Star

‘Patrick’ sea star went viral, but Argentine deep-sea canyon held 57 new species

Liz Kimbrough 13 Oct 2026

Inside the ‘unique’ tail of Iran’s spider-tailed horned viper

Shanna Hanbury 13 Oct 2026

Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s orangutans as rescuers find injured animals

Associated Press 12 Oct 2026

Painted wind turbines can dramatically reduce bird deaths, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 9 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Oct 2026
Carlos Magdalena holding a Victoria colombiana leaf. Image courtesy of Mauricio Bernal

An Instafamous giant water lily is confirmed as a new species — and critically endangered

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Oct 2026
Mushrooms growing in a forest.

How much nature is left? Interview with Nature Data Lab’s Karl Burkart

Abhishyant Kidangoor 9 Oct 2026

Ethiopian highlands yield a new species of egg-eating snake

Naina Rao 9 Oct 2026

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Basten Gokkon 9 Oct 2026
Big blue octopus (Octopus cyanea) with diver in background in waters off Hawaii. Photo credit: naturepl.com / David Fleetham / WWF

World Octopus Day: new discoveries about the world’s smartest invertebrates

David Brown 8 Oct 2026

Tropical Storm Isaias forms, is forecast to become a hurricane and hit US Gulf Coast this week

Associated Press 7 Oct 2026
A leopard cat steps out of its cage and into the forest in Phu Pha Man National Park, northeastern Thailand, after several months in the care of the Khon Kaen wildlife rescue center. Image by Ana Norman Bermúdez for Mongabay.

‘A few are afraid of the chicks’: Preparing Thailand’s rescued leopard cats for life in the wild

Ana Norman Bermúdez 7 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026

Death of anti-plague lab worker in Russia prompts quarantines and international concern

Naina Rao 7 Oct 2026

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

Associated Press 6 Oct 2026
Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris ssp. kenyoni) in a kelp forest in Strathcona

Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.)

Jennifer Cole 6 Oct 2026
A pair of cockatoos is spotted perching on a nest box at St. Louis School in Hong Kong on May 9, 2026. Image courtesy of Winster Wong/St. Louis School.

Artificial nests give Hong Kong’s cockatoos a home – and a chance to study their behavior

Yenni Kwok 6 Oct 2026

16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers

Naina Rao 6 Oct 2026
Researcher Raquel Peixoto inoculating probiotics on bleached coral during a 2022 heat wave in the Red Sea. Image courtesy of Morgan Benett-Smith.

Probiotics prevented coral bleaching during a Red Sea heat wave: Study

Allessandra DiCorato 2 Oct 2026
An apartment demolition and remodeling worker pushes a cart loaded with rubble in Hong Kong on Sept. 18, 2026.

As Hong Kong heats up, calls grow for tougher rules to protect outdoor workers

June Wong 2 Oct 2026
A maleo

Wildlife traffickers are now targeting Indonesia’s critically endangered maleo birds

Spoorthy Raman 2 Oct 2026
A resident is extinguishing a fire at Talang Turunan Gajah using simple tools. Photo: Muhammad Akbar/Mongabay Indonesia.

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers draw on traditional ways to fight back

Taufik Wijaya 2 Oct 2026
Dolphins use whistles to communicate with each other and rapid clicking sounds to locate prey. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Dolphins keep their social and hunting lives in separate waters, study finds

Abhishyant Kidangoor 1 Oct 2026
Giraldo Alayón García

Giraldo Alayón García, Cuba’s ‘spider man,’ died on Sept. 24

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Oct 2026
Adult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs in the headstarting facility at the Los Angeles Zoo.

New releases a leap forward for endangered frog in southern California

Ruth Kamnitzer 30 Sep 2026
2015’s very strong El Niño triggered a prolonged drought and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia.

Evidence builds showing climate change could be intensifying El Niño events

Sean Mowbray 30 Sep 2026

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