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WWF rethinks conservation after a crisis of its own making

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2025
“Pëkëya” is the name of the ancestral heartland of the Siekopai people in their native language, Paicoca and is located along the Lagartococha River.

Ecuador’s government promised same land in the Amazon to two Indigenous peoples

Latoya Abulu | John Cannon 14 Jul 2025

Attack on Indigenous land defenders in Peru reveals snags in protection system

Yvette Sierra Praeli 14 Jul 2025
Data from transmitters helped the team identify corridors that are critical for the movements of the thick-billed parrots, which are endangered birds endemic to Mexico.

How drug cartels destroy the last habitat of Mexico’s thick-billed parrot (commentary)

Andrew-James Anthony 14 Jul 2025

Mennonite farming in Belize threatens essential biological corridor, critics say

Maxwell Radwin 14 Jul 2025
Expedition leader Mike Ross and boat captain Dominic Mwahamubi ease their canoe down rapids along the Kafue River.

‘Croc on a rock’: How a group of explorers suffers for science

Ryan Truscott 14 Jul 2025
A leopard caught on a camera trap in the Musekese Lumbeya section of Kafue National Park, where Musekese Conservation conducts its research into recovering carnivore populations.

A success story at Zambia’s leopard hotspot: Interview with ecologist Chisomo M’hango

Ryan Truscott 14 Jul 2025
A family of chimpanzees. Image by Michele W via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

World Chimpanzee Day: the strength — and fragility — of chimp memory

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2025
Harapan rainforest canopy in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia, by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

What’s holding back natural climate solutions?

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2025
Mark Erdmann releasing a thresher shark. Photo courtesy of Mark Erdmann.

Sharks didn’t rebound—so Mark Erdmann is putting them back

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jul 2025
Banner image of a honeybee farm by Nelynnnnn via Wikimedia Commons (CCO 1.0).

As exotic pet demands rise, invertebrates need trade protections too: Study

Kristine Sabillo 11 Jul 2025
A member of the U’wa Indigenous group in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

U’wa people await implementation of landmark court ruling against Colombian gov’t

Antonio José Paz Cardona 11 Jul 2025
Hydrogen storage tanks are visible at the Iberdrola green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, March 28, 2023.

Locals fear Chile’s new port project for green energy will disrupt ecosystems

Aimee Gabay 11 Jul 2025
Team makes their way down the center of the river in a canoe.

From cattle to crayfish, human pressures mount on Zambia’s Kafue River

Ryan Truscott 11 Jul 2025
Purple and gray Wellington’s solitary corals. Image courtesy of Inti Keith/Charles Darwin Foundation.

Coral once feared extinct rediscovered in the Galápagos after 25 years

Shanna Hanbury 11 Jul 2025
Roberto Zolho. From his Facebook page

Roberto Zolho, conservationist who helped restore Mozambique’s wildlife following its civil war, has died at 65.

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2025
The Andean cat is a rare and endangered species highly specialized to life in the high Andes. It’s estimated that around 2,000 mature individuals, living in fragmented populations, are spread very thinly over a vast alpine expanse in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.

Endangered Andean cat is imperiled by climate change and its solutions

Sean Mowbray 10 Jul 2025
Plans to blast the Pedral do Lourenço rock formation in the Tocantins River have been suspended by a court. Image courtesy of Antonio Cavalcante/Ascom Setran-PA.

Brazil court halts plan to blast 35-km river rock formation hosting endangered species

Shanna Hanbury 10 Jul 2025

Suspicions surround international legal trade in Galápagos iguanas

Spoorthy Raman 10 Jul 2025

Mining spill highlights need to protect Zambia’s vital Kafue River & its fish

Ryan Truscott 10 Jul 2025
Some Amazonian communities have reported harvests declining by up to 80% due to El Niño.

Iconic Brazil nut crop plunges after extreme drought, skyrocketing prices

Fernanda Wenzel, Karla Mendes 10 Jul 2025
The Geoffroy's Tamarin can be found in the Darién rainforest. Image by Concep Arroyo via Pexels.

Inside Panama’s gamble to save the Darién

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Jul 2025

Scientists describe three new frog species from Peruvian Andes

Kristine Sabillo 10 Jul 2025
Mamirauá and Amanã sustainable development reserves. Image by Daniel Marques via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Community patrolling reduces crime numbers in the Amazon, study shows

Fernanda Biasoli 10 Jul 2025
King penguin in Antarctica. Photo by N Butler / Mongabay

Antarctic coalition wins €1m prize for safeguarding a fragile frontier

Mongabay.com 9 Jul 2025
Snow leopard approaches camera trap, Kyrgyzstan. Photo credit: Panthera-SAEF-NAS-UW.

Culture and spirit belong at the center of wildlife conservation (commentary)

Beth Allgood / John Waugh / Craig Talmage 9 Jul 2025
Illegal dredger in the Caquetá River. Image courtesy of Juan Carlos Contreras.

Indigenous Amazonians win landmark ruling against mercury pollution in Colombia

Iván Paredes Tamayo 9 Jul 2025
Fishers at Ataúro Island, Timor-Leste. Image by Cymo Tome via Unsplash.

A new data hub helps small-scale fishers adapt to climate change

Lee Kwai Han 9 Jul 2025

Out-of-range albatross makes a highlight in the revival of seabird watching in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jul 2025
Corals and fish in Lighthouse Reef atoll, Belize.

Restoration, protection aim to save Belize’s coral reef from extreme heat and disease

Marco Lopez 9 Jul 2025
African elephant in Namibia. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Can conservation go viral in Africa? Peter Knights thinks so.

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Jul 2025
Latex collected from the trees is pressed and formed into blocks, which are easier to transport from the territory.

Indigenous rubber bounces back for Amazon conservation and higher income

Sarah Brown 8 Jul 2025

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