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Octopuses are widely recognized as having high intelligence and complex inner lives. Photo by Pia B. published to the Creative Commons via Pexels.

Conservation must acknowledge animal sentience (commentary)

Nicole Roberts 19 May 2023
Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reefs in the U.S.

Studies show oyster reef restoration can work out well — given enough time

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 May 2023
A black-footed cat.

‘Anthill tiger’: Putting one of Africa’s rarest wildcats on the radar

Petro Kotzé 18 May 2023

A Guarani community brings native bees back in the shadow of São Paulo

Lais Modelli 18 May 2023

One left: British Columbia’s last chance on northern spotted owls

Ruth Kamnitzer 18 May 2023
One of the major goals of protected areas is to conserve biodiversity. Photo of knobbed hornbill by Rhett A. Butler.

Does the Global Biodiversity Framework give due consideration to market mechanisms? (commentary)

Andre Mader, Kayleigh Crabb 17 May 2023
Sumatran elephants in Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler

Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 30×30 goals, says Global Conservation’s Jeff Morgan

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 May 2023
Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus). Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.

It’s time to embrace community-led conservation vs. the colonial kind (commentary)

Audrey Moreng 15 May 2023
Villagers seeking shelter following the March 2021 airstrikes at an IDP camp within the Salween Peace Park. Image courtesy of KESAN.

Award-winning, Indigenous peace park dragged into fierce conflict in Myanmar

Carolyn Cowan 15 May 2023
A northern pintail takes flight in the Tanguar Haor wetland.

Fewer migratory birds stopping at key Bangladesh wetland amid human disturbances

Abu Siddique 15 May 2023
A Sumatran rhinoceros in Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

‘I’m not distressed, I’m just pissed off’: Q&A with Sumatran rhino expert John Payne

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2023

Trapping holds back speed of bird recovery in a Sumatran forest, study shows

Basten Gokkon 11 May 2023
Snow leopard at ease in its high-mountain habitat. Image courtesy of Madhu Chetri.

Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan

Monica Pelliccia 10 May 2023
An Atlantic puffin inspecting a decoy

Seabird conservation mostly works, comprehensive new data set shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 10 May 2023
A depiction of the legend of the Kim Qui and the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem), on mural ceramics in Hoan Kiem temple

Death of last female Yangtze softshell turtle signals end for ‘god’ turtle

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2023
A coho salmon spawning.

Spamming streams with hatchery salmon can disrupt ecosystems, study finds

Ruth Kamnitzer 9 May 2023
Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae). Image by Alan Schmierer via Flickr (public domain).

Social media can be a bat’s best friend (commentary)

Emily Eilers 9 May 2023
Workers fertilizing on an oil palm plantation.

EU deforestation tracking regulation sparks division among groups, producers

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2023
Mekong giant catfish

‘Chasing giants’: Q&A with megafish biologist and author Zeb Hogan

Carolyn Cowan 9 May 2023

The Mexican family who gave up fishing to monitor and rescue sea turtles

Astrid Arellano 9 May 2023
A clouded leopard.

Snares don’t discriminate: A problem for wild cats, both big and small

Sean Mowbray 5 May 2023
A katydid

Mongabay’s What-to-Watch list for May 2023

Mongabay.com 5 May 2023

Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2023
A juvenile Javan leopard on the road in Baluran National Park.

Study shows Javan leopard habitat shrinking, but real picture may be worse

Sean Mowbray 4 May 2023
African elephant eating savanna grass in Tanzania. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Maasai conservationist strives to protect Indigenous rights because ‘land is life’ (commentary)

Dismas Partalala 2 May 2023

Still time to save Brazil’s Cerrado, study shows, but it’s running out fast

Maurício Brum 2 May 2023
A resting gray wolf (Canis lupus). Photo by Gary Kramer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Montana cannot be trusted with grizzly bear & wolf management (commentary)

Lara Birkes 1 May 2023

Ethiopia used chemicals to kill locusts. Billions of honeybees disappeared

Malavika Vyawahare 1 May 2023
A Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis).

Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Abu Siddique 28 Apr 2023
An eastern chimpanzee

Ground-nesting chimps hold lessons for conservation — and for human evolution

Ini Ekott 27 Apr 2023
A mahout gives his elephant a bath in Chitwan.

Mating urge adds new pressure to human-elephant conflict in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Apr 2023

New ‘snug,’ a snail with a too-small shell, described from Brunei rainforest

Basten Gokkon 27 Apr 2023

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