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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
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Image by GRID-Arendal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Thailand seizes ivory shipment from Zambia, to launch DNA investigation

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Oct 2026

Chinese social media used to promote illegal wildlife trade in Laos

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026

Supreme Court declines to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who opposes boat tracking

Associated Press 14 Oct 2026
Some species of Amazon turtles, such as the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), are part of the diet of many Amazon people.

Researchers uncover hidden routes and patterns of Amazon wildlife trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Oct 2026
Jaguarundis are sometimes known as the “otter cat” due to their distinctive, uncat-like appearance. They’re unique for their wide range of vocalizations, including “chirping” like a bird.

The jaguarundi is relatively easy to see. That may have hidden its decline

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Oct 2026
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, face increasing threats in Malaysia, from coastal development, boat traffic, and fishing net entanglement. Image courtesy of MareCet.

Eavesdropping on Malaysia’s dolphins: Interview with marine bioacoustician Saliza Bono

Ashley Yeong 14 Oct 2026

Two rare pregnancies spark hope for Sumatran rhinos — but also concerns about inbreeding

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2026
A female member of the Smitswinkel Troop with False Bay in the background,. Image by Barry Christianson for Mongabay.

‘A hard reset’: Cape Town to capture and relocate baboon troops

Barry Christianson 13 Oct 2026
Grauer's gorilla troop in Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Photo credit: Strong Roots Congo.

In a first for the DRC, a homegrown NGO will co-manage a wildlife reserve

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Oct 2026
Project team members prepare juvenile bull kelp for transplanting in Clayoquot Sound. Image courtesy of Graeme Owsianski/Redd Fish Restoration Society.

First Nation-led effort replants kelp forests in Clayoquot Sound

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2026
Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Oil pollution is drifting into marine protected areas, report finds

Shanna Hanbury 12 Oct 2026

Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Oct 2026
Paul Spong at the International Whaling Commission

A lifetime studying and advocating for cetaceans: Interview with Paul Spong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2026
Ring-tailed lemurs in a zoo.

Did two of the lemurs stolen in Bangladesh end up in India? Officials are investigating

Sadiqur Rahman 8 Oct 2026

Africa’s monitored wildlife populations declined 80% since 1970, new report says

David Akana 7 Oct 2026

Arabian Sea humpbacks may be a unique subspecies at risk of extinction

Naina Rao 7 Oct 2026
A leopard cat steps out of its cage and into the forest in Phu Pha Man National Park, northeastern Thailand, after several months in the care of the Khon Kaen wildlife rescue center. Image by Ana Norman Bermúdez for Mongabay.

‘A few are afraid of the chicks’: Preparing Thailand’s rescued leopard cats for life in the wild

Ana Norman Bermúdez 7 Oct 2026
An Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)

Invading the globe: Bird flu now threatens Australia and Oceania

Christine Heinrichs 7 Oct 2026
Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris ssp. kenyoni) in a kelp forest in Strathcona

Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.)

Jennifer Cole 6 Oct 2026

‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Oct 2026
Sumatran tiger

Weak prosecution leaves Southeast Asia’s tigers vulnerable to trafficking: Report

Mongabay.com 5 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
Dolphins use whistles to communicate with each other and rapid clicking sounds to locate prey. Image courtesy of NOAA.

Dolphins keep their social and hunting lives in separate waters, study finds

Abhishyant Kidangoor 1 Oct 2026

Isle Royale wolves inbred but likely to survive, study says

Associated Press 30 Sep 2026
Pratap Singh Chundawat via his Facebook page.

Pratap Singh Chundawat rescued a leopard from a well. He died in the line of duty, aged 40

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Sep 2026
A humpback whale back surrounded by murres and other seabirds off the coast of Alaska, with a fishing vessel in background. As warm waters reduced offshore krill, whales moved closer to the coast, where crab fishers set their traps and cast their nets, leading to a spike in whale entanglements.

New global maps chart 40 years of ocean heat and acidification extremes

María Paula Rubiano A. 29 Sep 2026
Jaco Muller. Image courtesy of the Rhino Momma Project.

Jaco Muller turned his 15-year-old son’s idea into 197 rhino births

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Sep 2026

The mountain lion photo that helped change Los Angeles

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2026
Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) with a joey in its pouch on the beach at Trial Bay in New South Wales, Australia.

As Australia’s kangaroo numbers rise, record cull renews calls for other control methods

Cooper Williams 28 Sep 2026

Cheetah cubs at Prague Zoo are doing well after a period of strong storms and their mother’s illness

Associated Press 25 Sep 2026

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