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Diver holding a sun coral

These divers are killing a beautiful coral to save Brazil’s marine life

Julia Lima 7 Nov 2026

Guatemala faces a human rights court over violent evictions of Indigenous communities

Maxwell Radwin 6 Nov 2026

Peru’s drive for critical minerals threatens a disappearing glacier

Euan Wallace 6 Nov 2026
Large male loggerhead sea turtle, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

As loggerhead turtles spread west, Mediterranean beach resorts learn to share the sand

Manuela Callari, Anna Napolitano 6 Nov 2026

Scientists discovered an unknown baby right whale off Canada. They say it’s a cause for joy

Associated Press 6 Nov 2026
In Brazil, the country’s first urban yellow fever outbreak in more than 80 years was triggered by record drought, along with deforestation and other land use change.

Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds

Adam Litchkofski 6 Nov 2026

‘Stringing me along’: After 7 years, trial in Indigenous forest guardian killing delayed again

Karla Mendes 6 Nov 2026
Fishmonger at the Mercado Central de Atarazanas in Málaga, Spain. Image by Rolf Schotsch via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Mediterranean fisheries commission adopts species management plans but punts on deep-sea protections

Francesco De Augustinis 6 Nov 2026
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Tourism, Rebecca Miano, met with officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and other conservation partners ahead of presiding over the launch of a $160 million conservation-focused fund, Image courtesy of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

Kenya launches $160 million conservation initiative to support communities and biodiversity

Lynet Otieno 6 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
Waterleaf plants (Talinum fruticosum).

Nigeria’s shifting rainfall wreaks havoc with a beloved edible green, the waterleaf plant

Kingsley Charles 5 Nov 2026
Cacao expansion in Pará is taking place almost entirely on land degraded before 2020, ensuring compliance with the European Union's environmental rules, the largest cocoa-buying market.

Amazon mapping shows cacao expansion without deforestation in Brazil

Rafael Spuldar 5 Nov 2026

Money laundering complaints target JBS, Barclays over profits linked to illegal deforestation

Shanna Hanbury 5 Nov 2026

Mali’s ‘Moringa Queen’ wins UN recognition for restoring degraded land

Yannick Kenné 5 Nov 2026

3M agrees to pay more than $7 billion to settle ‘forever chemical’ groundwater contamination claims

Associated Press 5 Nov 2026
A village in the Tumucumaque Indigenous Park. Image courtesy of Kamikia Kisedje, Nia Tero/Iepé Archive.

This entire Indigenous territory didn’t get to vote in Brazil’s elections

Shanna Hanbury 5 Nov 2026
Forestry Commission officials and European trade representatives in Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana. Image courtesy of European Forest Institute via Flickr.

How Ghana’s new license to sell sustainable timber improves institutions & cooperation (analysis) 

Chris Beeko 5 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
Two Malagasy flying fox specimens from the Field Museum's collections. The smaller specimen on the left is from 1995; the larger specimen is from 1948. Image © Field Museum.

Selective hunting may be making Madagascar’s largest bats smaller, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Nov 2026
A water tap in the Cacique Chicão settlement in Recife's Ibura neighborhood.

Water rationing in Recife, Brazil, falls along racial lines

Adriana Amâncio, Áthila Galindo, Yamini Benites 4 Nov 2026
Tiang Damaliscus lunatus ssp. tiang) in Badingilo National Park, South Sudan. Image © Inge van den Meiracker via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Mapping the ‘lines of life’ of South Sudan’s vast antelope migration

Ryan Truscott 4 Nov 2026
marine iguana

Scientists call on Ecuador to stop the rising trafficking of Galápagos iguanas

Spoorthy Raman 4 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
Components of the hybrid reef system being installed in Kalaeloa Harbor, which will integrate 60 engineered, concrete reef-mimicking structures with living coral. Image courtesy of Hawaii Department of Transportation.

How a ‘living breakwater’ in Hawai‘i aims to create coral habitat and protect coastline

Jules Struck 4 Nov 2026
The Ghana cuckooshrike

Photograph helps identify a West African bird not seen in 13 years

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2026

Human-wildlife coexistence with wolves in Europe requires a holistic approach

Mike DiGirolamo 3 Nov 2026
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water.

High expectations but no agreement on Antarctic marine protection, krill fishing

Francesco De Augustinis 3 Nov 2026

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