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A spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), the only bird species endemic to Nepal.

Nepal’s birdwatchers help monitor wildlife and promote tourism

Bibek Bhandari 6 Jul 2026
Vans line up waiting for a kill in Maasai Mara, Kenya.

Kenya’s overcrowded safaris: Wildlife for who?

Izzy Sasada 28 Jun 2026
A bonobo observes its surroundings from the canopy in Salonga National Park. Earning the trust of wild bonobos is a painstaking process that begins before dawn and can take years to achieve. Photo by Alice Péretié / Chengeta Wildlife.

Before tourists can see bonobos, trackers must earn their trust

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jun 2026
A yellow-bellied wattle-eye (Platysteira concreta), a bird of the rainforest understorey, sits on its nest in the Tai National Park. Image courtesy of Michele Menegon.

‘Rare animals, photography and Instagram’ could help an Ivorian rainforest

Ryan Truscott 23 Jun 2026

Power lines threaten Sri Lanka’s iconic migrant flamingos

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2026
Mosses blanket ice-free areas of Antarctica. Image courtesy of Peter Convey/British Antarctic Survey.

Antarctica’s first plant risk assessment raises concerns for a rare moss

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2026
The white-necked picathartes (Picathartes gymnocephalus) near its nesting colony in the south of Taï National Park.

In search of the ‘rare and beautiful’ in an Ivorian rainforest

Ryan Truscott 18 Jun 2026
Purple sea urchin on the Gaiola MPA sea floor. Image courtesy of Maurizio Simeone.

How a popular spaghetti dish is threatening Italy’s marine ecosystem

Manuela Callari 16 Jun 2026
A flock of greater flamingos wades in the Narta Lagoon, an important wintering site for the species. Image by Stefan Lovgren for Mongabay.

‘Flamingo Revolution’ aims to stop Kushner-backed resort on protected Albanian delta

Stefan Lovgren 12 Jun 2026

Nepal’s tourism growth sparks unchecked liquor concerns involving national flower

Mongabay.com 12 Jun 2026
Bonobos in Salonga National Park, the largest tropical rainforest national park in Africa. Researchers are working to habituate wild bonobos to human presence in an effort to support conservation and scientific research. Photo by Alice Péretié / Chengeta Wildlife.

Four years to earn their trust: Habituating bonobos in DRC’s Salonga National Park

David Akana 11 Jun 2026

Sri Lanka flamingo deaths raise concerns over power infrastructure in wetlands

Malaka Rodrigo 29 May 2026
A rhododendron tree with the snow-capped Himalayan mountains in the background.

Nepal’s rhododendron tourism sparks unchecked liquor trade concerns

Mukesh Pokhrel 26 May 2026

Mexico rejects ‘Perfect Day’ waterpark on Caribbean coast, citing environmental risks

Maxwell Radwin 20 May 2026
Sumatran elephants play in water.

Indonesia should avoid controversial programs to fund conservation (commentary)

Mohammad Yunus 8 May 2026

Overtourism threatens Sri Lanka’s leopards

Mongabay.com 6 May 2026
A gemsbok (Oryx gazella), also known as the South African oryx, in a mixed herd of herbivores at Tswalu. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

The value of South Africa’s wildlife shouldn’t be in the hands of wealthy foreign hunters (commentary)

Stephanie Klarmann 30 Apr 2026

In Sri Lanka, animals pay the price for overcrowding and speeding jeeps

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 17 Apr 2026
View of the landscape where the reforestation corridor project is located in eastern Madagascar.

A reforestation corridor in Madagascar offers a future for lemurs and locals

Marina Martinez 14 Apr 2026
Fishers in Dunga on the shores of Lake Victoria. Image by Achieng’ Otieno for Mongabay.

On the shores of Lake Victoria, a youth-led campaign to revive a wetland

Achieng’ Otieno 9 Apr 2026
Elephants in Dzanga Bai in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Central African Republic. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

The little-known story of emerging ecotourism in the Central African Republic

David Akana 8 Apr 2026
Part of the Great Migration, a herd of wildebeest line up to cross the Mara river in the Masai Mara national reserve.

Wildlife concerns remain after Kenya court ruling over luxury safari camp

Elodie Toto 7 Apr 2026

Indonesian geothermal projects stall amid Indigenous concerns over justice

Mongabay.com 3 Apr 2026
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How wild cattle recovery is transforming local livelihoods near key Thai reserve

Carolyn Cowan 2 Apr 2026

Indonesia plan to rezone elephant reserve for carbon trading and tourism sparks backlash

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Mar 2026
Lions. Image courtesy of Kasaine Sankan-Mara Predator Conservation Program.

Study finds livestock pushing lions away from shared rangeland in Kenya

Charles Mpaka 12 Mar 2026
Sloth on tree

The dark side of smiling sloths

Sam Lee 12 Mar 2026
Bat in a cave in Myanmar

In Myanmar’s limestone hills, people and bats are often too close for comfort

Carolyn Cowan 25 Feb 2026
Coral reef, Tioman Island

Malaysia lost 20% of its coral reefs in three years

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Feb 2026

Predators of the Great Wildebeest Migration: Then and now (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 20 Jan 2026
Mike Heusner. Photo courtesy of Caribbean Lifestyle Belize

Mike Heusner, steward of Belize’s waters, has died, aged 86

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2026

Cyclone Ditwah exposes climate risks to nature-based tourism in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 24 Dec 2025

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