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Endangered dolphins survive in a Bangladesh river so polluted it’s ‘not livable’ for fish

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2026
Mineral traders watch on as antimony ore is transferred from Myanmar trucks to Thai trucks at the Pheung Khleung border crossing. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.

Myanmar’s polluting mines selling to China through Thai companies

Gerald Flynn 1 Oct 2026

Isle Royale wolves inbred but likely to survive, study says

Associated Press 30 Sep 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
A mother Philippine eagle, Aya, and her young, Cabuaya, at Mount Hamiguitan in their nest in 2005.

Philippine eagle habitat study maps mining risks and conservation priorities

Keith Anthony Fabro 30 Sep 2026

Global experts gather in Sri Lanka for historic first World Congress on Snakes

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 30 Sep 2026
An earless monitor lizard, endemic to Borneo.

Illegal wildlife continues to slip through Canada’s borders. Experts explain how

Alex Megerle 30 Sep 2026
Big Oil vs. national parks

Big Oil vs. national parks: Who wins?

Izzy Sasada 30 Sep 2026
Pratap Singh Chundawat via his Facebook page.

Pratap Singh Chundawat rescued a leopard from a well. He died in the line of duty, aged 40

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2026

Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century

Mike DiGirolamo 29 Sep 2026
Children belonging to the Karamojong ethnic group in Karamoja, Uganda, help with household chores.

Uganda pastoralists turn to wild plants as food shortages bite, study finds

Kingsley Charles 29 Sep 2026

Kenyan nuclear project faces international legal challenge over security risks

Elodie Toto 29 Sep 2026
Nubian (formerly Rothschild's) giraffe in Uganda. Image by Julie Larsen ©Wildlife Conservation Society.

In war-torn South Sudan, giraffes retain a surprisingly healthy gene pool

David Brown 29 Sep 2026
A humpback whale back surrounded by murres and other seabirds off the coast of Alaska, with a fishing vessel in background. As warm waters reduced offshore krill, whales moved closer to the coast, where crab fishers set their traps and cast their nets, leading to a spike in whale entanglements.

New global maps chart 40 years of ocean heat and acidification extremes

María Paula Rubiano A. 29 Sep 2026

Bhutan recognized for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies ahead of World Rabies Day

Naina Rao 29 Sep 2026
Jaco Muller. Image courtesy of the Rhino Momma Project.

Jaco Muller turned his 15-year-old son’s idea into 197 rhino births

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Sep 2026

More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn

David Brown 28 Sep 2026

Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla gives birth in DRC national park, ‘makes us happy’

Elodie Toto 28 Sep 2026
Deep-sea creature thumbnail

New deep-sea creatures unlocked!

Naina Rao 28 Sep 2026

Sri Lanka’s disappearing snake charmers carry a legacy of fear and fascination

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Sep 2026
A yellow-eyed penguin.

As yellow-eyed penguins disappear, conservationists focus on deaths in fishing nets

Edward Carver 28 Sep 2026

The mountain lion photo that helped change Los Angeles

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2026
Kurt Benirschke, founder of San Diego Zoo’s Frozen Zoo

Preserving wildlife DNA for the future: Interview with the Frozen Zoo’s Katie Heineman

Abhishyant Kidangoor 28 Sep 2026
Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) with a joey in its pouch on the beach at Trial Bay in New South Wales, Australia.

As Australia’s kangaroo numbers rise, record cull renews calls for other control methods

Cooper Williams 28 Sep 2026
A bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) on a reef bed by Pulau Hantu

Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs

Robin Hicks 28 Sep 2026
Brazil is considered the richest country in biodiversity in the world

Undiscovered Amazon drugs could be valued at $215 billion, analysis finds

Rafael Spuldar 28 Sep 2026
Thumbnail Firefly, Bali

Bringing back Bali’s lost fireflies

Rizky Maulana Yanuar, Sam Lee 27 Sep 2026
Thumbnail Firefly

A plan to save Bali’s lost fireflies

Sam Lee, Rizky Maulana Yanuar 26 Sep 2026
Bolivia, September 1, 2026 – An individual of Leopardus tilcayo resides at Senda Verde Animal Refuge in Bolivia’s Yungas region. The animal is the only known individual of the species living in protective captivity. It arrived at the sanctuary around 2017 after being turned over by a local family that had kept it in their home. Photo by Fernando Faciole/National Geographic.

How new is the first ‘new-to-science’ cat discovered in more than 100 years?

Shanna Hanbury 25 Sep 2026
Anant Ambani with elephants

NGOs call on Vantara to end all wild animal imports permanently

Spoorthy Raman 25 Sep 2026

Cheetah cubs at Prague Zoo are doing well after a period of strong storms and their mother’s illness

Associated Press 25 Sep 2026
A Landscape Alliance staffer kneels beside a coppicing stump of a wild loquat tree

Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear

Ryan Truscott 25 Sep 2026

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