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Image: Elephant puppet created by Greg Corbino created for Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals by Stephanie Ann Boyd. Photo courtesy of Ocean Music Action.

‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song

Liz Kimbrough 16 Sep 2026
Spinach pipefish is an endemic species found in Papua New Guinea's Sepik River. It was not seen by scientists for more than four decades. Image Courtesy of New Guinea Binatang Research Centre.

Indigenous fisherwoman finds ‘lost’ spinach pipefish, not seen by science in 40 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Sep 2026
Fishing vessels in Dunedin, New Zealand.

New Zealand put fishing boats under camera surveillance. Will it stay the course?

Edward Carver 9 Sep 2026

New nocturnal snake from New Guinea named after Slash of Guns N’ Roses

Naina Rao 7 Sep 2026
Spinach pipefish is an endemic species found in Papua New Guinea's Sepik River. It was not seen by scientists for more than four decades. Image Courtesy of New Guinea Binatang Research Centre.

Local knowledge guides rediscovery of spinach pipefish, not seen in four decades

Spoorthy Raman 24 Aug 2026
Members of the Kāi Tahu marine ranger team return from harvesting seaweed. Image by Edward Carver for Mongabay.

New Zealand opens marine reserves with groundbreaking Māori co-management model

Edward Carver 19 Aug 2026
A weimang tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) at the Tenkile Conservation Alliance base in Lumi. Image by John Cannon/Mongabay.

New ‘conservation deed’ aims to protect tree kangaroos, forests, people in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 4 Aug 2026
A whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) stalks the reef at Luf Island, Papua New Guinea.

Four Pacific nations are planning one of the world’s largest ocean corridors

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Aug 2026
A conference attendee. Image courtesy of Smoke Event Photography.

Coral reef experts press on, with climate looming over international conference

Edward Carver 31 Jul 2026
A split-view image of an underwater seascape and coastline of Mussau Island, within the Manus Marine Protected Area, Papua New Guinea.

Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor

Ashley Yeong 17 Jul 2026

Rare fungi help restore Palmyra Atoll rainforests, new study finds. Here’s how

Naina Rao 3 Jul 2026
Christine Dudgeon with Dudgeon's walking shark

New walking shark discovered in Papua New Guinea

Megan Strauss 18 Jun 2026
Sharks in French Polynesia. Image courtesy of Hannes Klostermann, Ocean Image Bank.

French Polynesia expands ocean protections to 30% of its waters

David Brown 18 Jun 2026

The Bougainville community in Panguna wants justice for mining’s ‘toxic legacy’

Mike DiGirolamo 16 Jun 2026

Researchers find dramatic restoration on land and sea after island rat removal

Bobby Bascomb 13 Jun 2026
Male and female Kongobatha spinosistyla in North Queensland. Image by Maurice Allan.

Three new ‘planking’ praying mantis species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Megan Strauss 8 Jun 2026
Harsh sun floods the homes of local families. Their belongings are either stored away or ruined by the storm. Family artifacts and heirlooms now litter living spaces as jagged wood hangs from rafters. Image by World Central Kitchen via Flickr (CC BY 4.0).

From the wreckage of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, Pacific Islanders slowly recover

Anita Hofschneider 3 Jun 2026
Model of Jiaolong submersible at the Five-Year Achievements Exhibition. Image by N509FZ via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How we tracked China’s deep-sea mining fleet

Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Kara Fox 1 Jun 2026

New species of ghost pipefish named after Sesame Street character found in Australia

Naina Rao 28 May 2026
Deep-sea starfish in American Samoa

US prepares to auction leases for seabed mining blocks in federal waters

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 27 May 2026

New conservation effort launched to protect coral reefs in Yap

Naina Rao 21 May 2026
A New Zealand long-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata). Image © hrubbo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

‘We’ve got bats’: The community bringing New Zealand’s pekapeka into the spotlight

Isabel Gil 19 May 2026
Kea parrot Bruce at New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Images courtesy of Alexander Grabham.

No beak = weak? Not for this New Zealand parrot that’s the alpha male of his flock

Shanna Hanbury 12 May 2026
Philidris nagasau, an ant species endemic to Fiji that farms Squamellaria plants. Image by Eli M. Sarnat via AntWeb (CC BY 4.0).

Novel DNA research shows massive native ant decline over hundreds of years in Fiji

Shanna Hanbury 28 Apr 2026

Chile’s plan to protect another 10% of its ocean is stalled by the new government

Shanna Hanbury 23 Apr 2026
A pygmy long-fingered possum (Dactylonax kambuayai), photographed in 2023. Image courtesy of Jon Hall/mammalwatching.com.

‘Rediscovered’ species in Papua spotlight importance of Indigenous knowledge

John Cannon 15 Apr 2026
Phil Lyver (second from left) and Tuawhenua kaumatua (elders). Image by Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research.

Māori knowledge shows climate change domino effects on forest food chains

Monica Evans 14 Apr 2026
A squat lobster in the deep sea.

Deep-sea wildernesses are more important than the promise of seafloor mining (analysis)

Andrew D. Thaler 14 Apr 2026
Siblings Tīwhiri-A3 and Tīwhiri-A4 on Pukenui Anchor Island, New Zealand. Image courtesy of Sarah Manktelow/New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC).

Record kākāpō breeding season with 95 rare parrot hatchlings: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 10 Apr 2026

Researchers uncover 10 new moth species and 7 new genera in Hawaiʻi

Bobby Bascomb 4 Apr 2026

American Samoa said ‘no’ to deep sea mining, Washington heard ‘faster’ (commentary)

Jackie Dragon 1 Apr 2026
A maxima clam (Tridacna maxima) in American Samoa. Image by Paolo Marra-Biggs/UHM HIMB,

Traditional protection proves more successful for clams in American Samoa

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 30 Mar 2026

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