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A fisherman walks, left, with his catch as needlefish hang at right at the Shimoni port, in Kwale county, Kenya

To improve its floundering fisheries, Kenya boosts data collection on artisanal fleet

Anthony Langat 12 Jun 2026

Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Malawi in 2006. Image by st georges via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Electric fences help farmers and elephants coexist in Zambian borderlands

Ryan Truscott 20 May 2026

ount Elgon, Uganda. Image by Rod Waddington via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Elephants return to Mount Elgon side of Uganda after four decades

Benjamin Jumbe 18 May 2026

Installing an IFAW-supported temporary solar fence in Chikomeni chiefdom, within the Malawi-Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area, to deter human-elephant conflict. Image courtesy of IFAW.

Radio and satellite alerts help Zambian farmers live with dangerous wildlife

Ryan Truscott 15 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 bull elephant strolls past a fenced rural homestead in Namibia that is on high alert. Risk of confrontation between elephant and people is high if people don't know how to handle the situation safely. Image courtesy of Abi Best.

How Southern African farmers & elephants can both adapt to coexist

Ryan Truscott 19 Dec 2025

‘Internet of Animals,’ a unified wildlife tracker, set to resume after hiatus

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Dec 2025

Artisanal fishers pull in a fishing net.

Artisanal fishers in Liberia question benefits of new tracking devices from government

Edward Blamo 15 Dec 2025

A herd of elephants crosses the M10 highway en route to the Zambezi River, Zambia.

Corridors, not culls, offer solution to Southern Africa’s growing elephant population

Ryan Truscott 11 Dec 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

To track a unicorn: Laos team goes all out to find the last saolas

Carolyn Cowan 30 Sep 2025

Alisha’s dorsal photograph during her initial tagging in May 2012 in Gansbaai, South Africa.

Long-lost white shark tag traces remarkable journey from South Africa to SE Asia

Miriam Bahagijo 26 Sep 2025

Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Radio tags help reveal the secret lives of tiger salamanders

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 May 2025

A fish release conducted for a recent study on fish migrations in the Mekong River.

Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research

Anton L. Delgado 18 Apr 2025

Banner image of a roof rat (Rattus rattus) by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Surge in rat numbers linked to climate warming, urbanization: Study

Kristine Sabillo 7 Feb 2025

Data from transmitters helped the team identify corridors that are critical for the movements of the thick-billed parrots, which are endangered birds endemic to Mexico.

Satellite ‘backpacks’ help keep track of parrot migration in Mexico

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Jan 2025

Banner image of a common noctule courtesy of Kamran Safi/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.

Smart tags reveal migratory bats are storm-front surfers

Kristine Sabillo 15 Jan 2025

Agribusiness giant Olam gets head start on EUDR; its suppliers, not so much

Aimee Gabay 24 Dec 2024

Tracking footprints to monitor wildlife: Interview with WildTrack’s Zoe Jewell

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Nov 2024

Scientists have produced possibly the largest database of GPS-collared elephants containing 4 million data points.

Jumbo collaring effort reveals key elephant movement corridors

Abhishyant Kidangoor 25 Sep 2024

Indonesia, EU reconcile forest data ahead of new rules on deforestation-free trade

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2024

A saltwater crocodile basking on the bank of a pond in Karamjol Crocodile Breeding Centre.

Bangladesh uses satellite transmitters on saltwater crocodiles in Asia’s first

Rafiqul Islam 22 Apr 2024

Deforestation for oil palm plantations in Sabah in 2012.

PalmWatch platform pushes for farm-to-fork traceability of palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2024

Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis). Image courtesy of WWF Sweden.

Ancient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon

Liz Kimbrough 20 Mar 2024

A yellow-legged hornet "hawking," hovering in front of a honeybee hive to pick slower-moving bees out of midair.

Mini radio tags help track ‘murder hornets’ and other invasive insects

Claudia Geib 14 Mar 2024

Prairie dogs, from the same family of animals as squirrels, are considered a keystone species in grasslands.

New trackers bring prairie dogs’ little-known underground life to light

Abhishyant Kidangoor 7 Mar 2024

Conservationists look to defy gloomy outlook for Borneo’s sun bears

Carolyn Cowan 31 Oct 2023

Chittal, as spotted deer are known in Nepali

Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Oct 2023

Barely making it: A conversation with ‘Eight Bears’ author Gloria Dickie

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Sep 2023

EarthRanger Director Jes Lefcourt testing EarthRanger Mobile in northern Kenya.

Wildlife management platform EarthRanger goes mobile with new app

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Aug 2023

AI unlocks secrets of Amazon river dolphins’ behavior, no tagging required

Liz Kimbrough 1 Aug 2023

Expedition catches Amazon river dolphins to help save this iconic pink species

Kevin Damasio 9 Jun 2023

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