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Darwin’s rheas

These women are bringing Darwin’s rheas back to Chilean Patagonia

Julia Lima, Romi Castagnino 10 Oct 2026
Paraguay Chaco, cattle in Karanda'y palm tree savanna (Bajo Chaco), Alto Paraguay Province. Image by Peer V. via Wikimedia Commons.

Paraguay meets UN deadline for improving governance in Chaco Biosphere Reserve

Maxwell Radwin 9 Oct 2026

Brazilian ranchers block government officials from demarcating Indigenous land

Aimee Gabay 9 Oct 2026
Willan Gualinga rapping

In Ecuador, Indigenous youth turn to rap music to defend the Amazon

Isabel Alarcón 9 Oct 2026

Lawmakers in Suriname call for investigation, stricter oversight amid new mining activity

Maxwell Radwin 9 Oct 2026
Carlos Magdalena holding a Victoria colombiana leaf. Image courtesy of Mauricio Bernal

An Instafamous giant water lily is confirmed as a new species — and critically endangered

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Oct 2026
Angelshark, commonly called peixe anjo in Brazil, (“angel fish” in Portuguese), continues to be sold at stalls in the Porto Alegre Public Market. Image courtesy of Alex Rocha/PMPA.

Endangered angelshark is still traded in Brazil despite import ban

Fernanda Wenzel 8 Oct 2026

Crackdown reveals ‘industrial-scale’ wildlife and timber trafficking across Latin America

Spoorthy Raman 8 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026
anti-fracking protest Colombia

Colombia’s new government backs fracking as debate over energy future heats up

Catherine Ellis 7 Oct 2026

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

Associated Press 6 Oct 2026

Far-right election results in Brazil ‘bleak’ for Indigenous peoples, says Indigenous leader

Shanna Hanbury 6 Oct 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro campaigns in Bélem, Pará, in September 2026. Image courtesy of Vittor Sales.

Brazil far-right presidential candidate wins most votes in deforestation hotspots

Shanna Hanbury 5 Oct 2026

Uncertainty mounts as Suriname struggles to evict illegal settlers in the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 5 Oct 2026
A shopper walks through Chatuchak Market carrying her pet raccoon.

More Latin American species are surfacing at a Bangkok wildlife market

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2026

Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election

Associated Press 2 Oct 2026
A black-faced lion tamarin photographed during the yellow fever vaccination project conducted by SPVS. Image by Gabriel Marchi.

A first in Brazil: Black-faced lion tamarins vaccinated

Euan Marshall 1 Oct 2026

US-Argentina initiative aims to boost critical mineral, oil and gas exports

Maxwell Radwin 1 Oct 2026
Wind farm complex in Gentio do Ouro, a municipality in Bahia that could soon host dozens of data centers brought in by renewable energy companies. Image by Thomas Bauer/Intercept Brasil and Mongabay.

Renewable energy companies fuel Brazilian data center boom, investigation finds

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2026
Two Spix’s macaws

Vantara in talks with Brazil on ‘strategic cooperation’ on threatened species, FOIA documents reveal

Fernanda Wenzel, Spoorthy Raman 1 Oct 2026

In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments

Constance Malleret 30 Sep 2026
Deep-sea creature thumbnail

New deep-sea creatures unlocked!

Naina Rao 28 Sep 2026
Brazil is considered the richest country in biodiversity in the world

Undiscovered Amazon drugs could be valued at $215 billion, analysis finds

Rafael Spuldar 28 Sep 2026
Bolivia, September 1, 2026 – An individual of Leopardus tilcayo resides at Senda Verde Animal Refuge in Bolivia’s Yungas region. The animal is the only known individual of the species living in protective captivity. It arrived at the sanctuary around 2017 after being turned over by a local family that had kept it in their home. Photo by Fernando Faciole/National Geographic.

How new is the first ‘new-to-science’ cat discovered in more than 100 years?

Shanna Hanbury 25 Sep 2026
Environmental agents use satellite imagery analyses and on-site inspections to identify the flow of illegal wood, such as this seizure from the Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Territory, using timber credits. Image by IBAMA via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

To tackle environmental crime, track profits through the whole supply chain (commentary)

Robert Muggah, Ilona Szabó de Carvalho 25 Sep 2026
Tiger cat released with satellite collar in Mirador State Park. Courtesy of Tadeu de Oliveira.

A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2026

Peru faces hearing over threats to uncontacted Indigenous groups in the Amazon

Maxwell Radwin 24 Sep 2026
Orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica).

Brazil’s tropical forest fund races to raise $2.7 billion before deadline

Carla Ruas 24 Sep 2026

US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining

Mongabay 23 Sep 2026

In Peru’s high Andes, restoring ancient ecosystems could help protect water security

Euan Wallace 23 Sep 2026
A Galápagos giant tortoise. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

New Galápagos Atlas charts the islands’ biodiversity and the mysteries that remain

David Brown 23 Sep 2026
The paving of the BR-319 highway would open the Amazon to further deforestation, affecting Brazil's rain cycle and endangering Indigenous communities. Image courtesy of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT).

Brazil creates four Amazon reserves as plans to pave rainforest highway advance

Shanna Hanbury 22 Sep 2026

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