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Thick smog shrouds New Delhi after Diwali firecrackers add to seasonal pollution

Associated Press 9 Nov 2026

Sri Lankan wildlife photographer Ravindralal Anthonis urges respect for elephants over good shots

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Nov 2026
A house crow in Pokhara, Nepal.

Human-crow relations show strain as Kathmandu observes annual day of the crow

Gobinda Pokharel 9 Nov 2026
Squid drying in the sun in South Korea.

South Korea’s beloved squid may vanish from its waters due to climate change, heat waves

Kelly Kasulis-Cho 9 Nov 2026

India repatriates seized orangutan, raising hopes for five more

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2026
A mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda). Image by Bernard DUPONT via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Scientists confirm horseshoe crabs in a second Philippine province, urge conservation

Maverick Avila 6 Nov 2026

Extreme heat is creating a workplace health crisis in Bangladesh’s garment industry

Mongabay.com 6 Nov 2026

Singapore sand imports threaten an already sinking Cambodian fishing community, again

Andy Ball 6 Nov 2026
Asian golden cats are cute but don't make for good pets, according to experts. Image courtesy of Allwetter Zoo.

Indonesian company seeks CITES approval to breed and sell rare Asian golden cats

Fernanda Wenzel, Spoorthy Raman 5 Nov 2026

AI tiger-warning system rooted in local knowledge stalls for lack of support

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2026

Artificial mangrove roots offer temporary shield for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2026
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) marine biologist Ong Chai Kee, left, and her colleague Mohd. Sahimi Abdul Rashid collect coral samples at Pulau Redang Marine Park, Malaysia, in September 2025. Image courtesy of Ong Chai Kee.

Microplastics pollute nearly two-thirds of corals in Malaysia’s marine protected area, study finds

Ashley Yeong 4 Nov 2026

Afghanistan’s Taliban officials will attend a UN climate summit for the second time as observers

Associated Press 3 Nov 2026

The RSPO closed the case on First Resources. Indonesian forests kept falling for palm oil (commentary)

Tom Johnson 3 Nov 2026

US couple sentenced for helping finance trade in rhino horn, puma bones, other wildlife parts

Naina Rao 3 Nov 2026
Graphic by Emilie Languedoc/Mongabay with images courtesy of Josh van der Meulen via iNaturalist, David Chamberlin; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library, Jonathan Casanova; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library. These show falcons and the United Kingdom's Westminister halls of government.

Do not ‘engage formally’: UK officials advised against billionaire-run zoo ahead of CITES meeting

Elisângela Mendonça, Spoorthy Raman 3 Nov 2026
Asian black bears

Ecotourism may deter hunters, but also keeps wildlife away, Laos study suggests

Carolyn Cowan 2 Nov 2026
Commuters on the road try to shield their noses from the thick haze as they drive.

Experts warn of long-term health risks as Indonesia’s wildfire haze takes a growing toll

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Nov 2026

Venomous Indonesian primate feared extinct still clings on – but threats persist

Naina Rao 2 Nov 2026

The women who won’t let go: Female-led resistance to development harms across Asia

Kannikar Petchkaew 30 Oct 2026
Bin Maya Gurung spins wool on the rooftop of the enterprise’s headquarters in Naya Padampur on May 19, 2026.

Given a chance, women-led microenterprises uplift Nepali communities & conservation

Emma White 30 Oct 2026
A group of volunteers walk towards a tree mapping area.

How citizen scientists are mapping Pune’s trees, with hopes of a greener future

Stephin Thomas 30 Oct 2026
A man carries a discarded television set that he bought in Tondo, Manila. Image © Greenpeace.

Philippines halts U.S. e-waste imports but struggles to police customs-free zones

Biena Magbitang, Helena Rodríguez Gómez, Louis Boyd-Madsen, Gabriele Di Donfrancesco 30 Oct 2026
A leopard in the Central Zoo, Nepal.

After Botswana, Nepal tries artificial scent marking to fend big cats off villages

Deepak Adhikari 30 Oct 2026

Legal loopholes and weak enforcement leave India’s exotic pet trade hard to police

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2026
A nature-based coastal defense and flood-control project in Pamarawan barangay, in Malolos City, in the Philippine province of Bulacan, on Sept. 28, 2026. Image by Oliver Samson for Mongabay.

Philippine village uses nature to defend against floods with bamboo, shells and husks

Oliver Samson 30 Oct 2026
A tiny sampling of tropical beetle diversity displayed at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. Image by H. Zell/CC 3.0.

If we don’t start counting insect populations, we won’t know what we’re losing (commentary)

Prayan Pokharel 29 Oct 2026

China’s record-breaking exports of clean tech are making a big dent in emissions, report says

Associated Press 29 Oct 2026

Investigations into Singapore palm oil firm find family ties to Borneo deforesters

Robin Hicks 29 Oct 2026
A dry canal in the Air Merah community forest area.

Early tech warning hopes to give Sumatra’s peat community a head start on fires

Teguh Suprayitno 29 Oct 2026

India’s forgotten vegetables offer a glimpse into what global diets are missing

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2026

Fishing cat rescue-and-release offers potential model for conservation in Bangladesh

Naina Rao 29 Oct 2026

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