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NC State PhD student Bethany Wager catching and tagging a False Albacore for The Albie Project. Image courtesy of American Saltwater Guides Association.

Angling for answers, this saltwater fishing group boosts research for better conservation

Erik Hoffner 12 May 2025
Waziri Mpogo of Tanzania's Mafia Island places sea cucumbers from his ranch in a bucket. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

Down on the ranch with Mafia Island’s free-range sea cucumbers

Ashoka Mukpo 12 May 2025
Brazilian Indigenous lawyer Kari Guajajara. Image by USAID via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

‘We can’t talk solutions without understanding complexities: Kari Guajajara on Brazil’s Amazon

Latoya Abulu 12 May 2025

A rare jaguar rewilding story highlights obstacles to the big cat’s conservation in Brazil

Suzana Camargo 12 May 2025
Oil industry giants like Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies are planning to refit existing oil refineries or build new biofuel plants to produce renewable diesel.

As renewable diesel surges, sustainability claims are deeply questioned

Sean Mowbray 12 May 2025
Cambodian journalist Ouk Mao has faced physical and legal threats for his continued reporting on environmental crimes in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Image by Nehru Pry / Mongabay.

Attacks on Cambodian environmental journalist continue to pile up

Gerald Flynn, Nehru Pry 12 May 2025

A migrating flycatcher returning to the same Sri Lankan garden sparks interest in birders

Malaka Rodrigo 11 May 2025
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 21, 2025. Image by Tailyr Irvine/Grist.

At the U.N., mining groups tout protections for Indigenous peoples

Anna V. Smith 9 May 2025

There’s something fishy about ‘blue economy’ proposals for sustainable marine management (commentary)

Philippa Louey 9 May 2025
Aftermath of the Mariana Dam collapse in Minas Gerais.

Report urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts

Aimee Gabay 9 May 2025
Market in Treicheville, Abidjan, 2017.

In Côte d’Ivoire a changing climate hits farmers and markets alike

Gael Zozoro 9 May 2025
The sun sets New York City. Lengthy record-setting heat waves can be costly, greatly increasing ozone and other air pollutants, resulting in deaths and hospitalizations, while also straining energy grids, transportation networks and water supplies. Image by Johannes Plenio (@jplenio) via Unsplash.

Science lays out framework to assess climate liability of fossil fuel majors

Justin Catanoso 9 May 2025
Aeta women read a book.

Viral standoff at Philippines’ Mt. Pinatubo exposes decades of Indigenous exclusion

Michael Beltran 9 May 2025
Brazil nuts sold by COOBÂ-Y, a member organization of Rede Origens Brasil, a network that connects Amazon producers with companies and consumers. Photo by Amanda Magnani.

What does bioeconomy truly mean? Indigenous groups seek answer to dodge capitalist traps

Amanda Magnani 8 May 2025
A pod of Sperm Whales move into a defense line to stop a pod of Orcas (Killer Whales) getting to their calf, off the coast of Sri Lanka. Image © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace.

Our responsibility for cetacean conservation grows with proof of their intelligence (commentary)

Avery Ancell 8 May 2025
Sardines caught by fishing vessel. Nicolas Job / Ocean Image Bank

World’s top seafood firms lobby against ocean conservation measures: Report

Edward Carver 8 May 2025
Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur (Microcebus berthae) is endemic to Madagascar. Image courtesy of Matthias Markolf.

Top 25 most threatened primates highlighted in new report urging action

Malavika Vyawahare 8 May 2025

Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River

Mariam Sanogo 8 May 2025

Warming climate is already too hot to handle for 2% of amphibians, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 8 May 2025
Tsimi Judith harvesting the Gnetum (okok) in the village of Minwoho, Lekié, Center Region, Cameroon.

Report shows policy gaps in safeguarding the carbon rights of forest communities

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 8 May 2025
A male African lion in Serengeti National Park.

Trophies, body parts & live animals dominate global lion trade, data show

Alex Shaw, Spoorthy Raman 8 May 2025

Indonesia’s gas bet poses risks for economy, health and climate

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 May 2025
A western lowland gorilla in Cameroon.

In Cameroon’s forgotten forests, gorillas and chimps hang on

Spoorthy Raman 7 May 2025
A fall armyworm rests upon a maize leaf it has just destroyed

Solutions needed as climate change & land use fuel global crop pest menace

Sean Mowbray 7 May 2025
Nepali lawyers Padam Bahadur Shrestha and Dilra Khanal in front of Nepal's Supreme Court. Image by Dipendra Dungana.

Meet the Nepali lawyers defending nature one case at a time

Deepak Adhikari 7 May 2025
A mother and baby chimpanzee in the mangroves of Conkouati-Douli National Park.

Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

Elodie Toto 7 May 2025

Illegal wood from Colombia’s rainforests enters US and EU supply chains

Mie Hoejris Dahl 6 May 2025
The rescue team carries a deer rescued from an artificial amusement park.

Bangladesh cracks down on illegal wildlife captivity — but what happens after?

Abu Siddique, Sadiqur Rahman 6 May 2025
Ridzki in Jambi in 2022.

How Mongabay Indonesia grew into a trusted environmental voice: Interview with Ridzki Sigit 

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 May 2025

Indonesia’s deforestation claims under scrutiny over ‘cherry-picked’ data

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 May 2025
A school of hammerhead sharks, Mikimoto, Japan. Masayuki Agawa / Ocean Image Bank

Annual ocean conference nets $9.1 billion for initiatives, despite US absence

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 May 2025

Kumana, a historic national park in eastern Sri Lanka, emerges as leopard stronghold

Malaka Rodrigo 5 May 2025

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