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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

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

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2026
Divers collect coral samples at Pulau Redang Marine Park, Malaysia. 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

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
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
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 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

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

Fishers in eastern Indonesia struggle as rough seas keep them ashore

Basten Gokkon 29 Oct 2026
Clouded leopard

‘Action on the ground’ in Laos is needed to recover large mammals, protect more species

Carolyn Cowan 29 Oct 2026
Sunda pangolin

Pangolin scale lawsuit in Indonesia could shake up how wildlife traffickers pay

Carolyn Cowan 28 Oct 2026

A Thai rescue center gives injured leopard cat cubs a second chance

Mongabay.com 28 Oct 2026
Copper mine in Chile. Image by Tom Hegen

Photographer Tom Hegen’s aerial eye reveals the true scale of the critical mineral age

Carolyn Cowan 28 Oct 2026
A file photo shows a green sea turtle on a coral reef in Tañon Strait, a protected seascape between the Philippine islands of Negros and Cebu. Image courtesy of Tañon Strait Philippines.

The Philippine lawyer who beat an oil giant: Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio on defending Tañon Strait

Maverick Avila 27 Oct 2026
A thick haze obscures the skyline behind the Central Business District area in Singapore, Oct. 9, 2026.

‘Influence without enforcement’: Indonesia’s fires test Singapore’s anti-haze law

Gabrielle See 27 Oct 2026
An elephant in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Image by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

At Yerevan’s COP17 biodiversity summit, a steep climb ahead for ‘30 by 30’ target

Ashoka Mukpo 26 Oct 2026
A man rides a bicycle through thick haze caused by wildfires in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Oct. 23, 2026.

Indonesians allege social media posts on wildfires and haze are being censored

Winda Charmila 23 Oct 2026

Scorched sanctuaries: The race to save Borneo’s orangutans from fires

Garry Lotulung 22 Oct 2026
Illegal gold mining activity in the Pamong Besar River, Sangir, South Solok. Photo: Vinolia/Mongabay Indonesia.

Deadly gold rush continues as latest landslide kills four in Sumatra

Vinolia 22 Oct 2026

Rare Indonesian maleo birds face new threat from international exotic pet trade

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2026

Search for the ‘Asian unicorn’ faces an uncertain future amid funding losses

Jeremy Hance 20 Oct 2026

Six new calves offer hope amid ongoing threats to Cambodia’s Irrawaddy dolphins

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2026
Fire has engulfed Mount Arjuno close to Malang.

Wildfire in Indonesia’s Mount Bromo National Park kills 4 firefighters

Eko Widianto 20 Oct 2026

Typhoon Champi strengthens to Category 5 but moves away from land; Trudy weakens

Associated Press 19 Oct 2026
Wisye Sahambangung, front, and other women from Rhizopora work in a muddy mangrove area in Sarawet on Sept. 2, 2026. Image courtesy of Wisye Sahambangung.

Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung

Annisa Dinulislam 17 Oct 2026
Firefighters battling a blaze in Central Kalimantan in 2026.

‘Perpetuating stupidity’: Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2026
Long-tailed macaques living in the mountains of Cambodia's Battambang province

Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t

Gerald Flynn 15 Oct 2026

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