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An observation of aggression in zoo-housed bonobos

In zoos, ‘peaceful’ bonobos are just as aggressive as chimps, study suggests

Megan Strauss 9 Apr 2026
A federal fisheries observer sorts fish and collects data to inform fisheries management aboard the Cassandra Anne, a groundfish trawler based in Oregon, U.S. Imge by Chris Peterson/Action Works Photography courtesy of Oregon Sea Grant via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

How the US rebuilt a collapsed fishery

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2026

Experts flag trafficking after monkey endemic to Borneo is found in Thailand

Mongabay.com 9 Apr 2026

Indonesia’s plan to rezone national park sparks backlash

Mongabay.com 9 Apr 2026
Collage of the 24 new Amphipod species identified in Clarion-Clipperton Zone, CC BY, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining

Liz Kimbrough 9 Apr 2026
Shark fins and a dead hammerhead shark.

EU citizens file complaint for delays in response to anti-shark fin campaign

Victoria Schneider 8 Apr 2026
Lack of prey in Atlantic Forest protected areas could drive local extinctions of jaguars, a recent study warns.

Loss of prey could drive Atlantic Forest jaguars to extinction

Sean Mowbray 8 Apr 2026

Malawi says there’s been no illegal crayfish smuggling for a year

Charles Mpaka 8 Apr 2026
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran).

Migratory species summit adopts new marine protections amid extinction warnings

Francesco De Augustinis 8 Apr 2026
Elephants in Dzanga Bai in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, Central African Republic. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

The little-known story of emerging ecotourism in the Central African Republic

David Akana 8 Apr 2026
: Luis Arranz became the co-director of Salonga National Park in the DRC in 2022. Despite the size of the task, he comes across as undaunted. “I like difficult missions,” Arranz told Mongabay. Image courtesy of Luis Arranz.

‘I like impossible missions’: A conservationist’s mission to turn around Salonga’s fate

David Akana 8 Apr 2026

At high seas treaty summit, a dispute over fisheries managers’ role in conservation

Edward Carver 7 Apr 2026
A fan mussel (Pinna nobilis) in a Neptune grass meadow. Image by Arnaud Abadie via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

A French city cut its marine pollution — and its seagrass bounced back

Edward Carver 7 Apr 2026

Microplastics found in fish in Tuvalu, a remote South Pacific nation

David Brown 7 Apr 2026
Shark meat in Brazil. Image by Philip Jacobson/Mongabay.

Latin America’s largest hospital complex cancels plan to buy shark meat

Philip Jacobson, Lucas Berti, Karla Mendes 7 Apr 2026
An American oystercatcher on the beach in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Image via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

How saving birds protects the planet: Interview with author Scott Weidensaul

Erik Hoffner 7 Apr 2026
A chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is weighed at a live poultry market in West Harlem as a customer stands nearby. The stacking of live animal cages allows bodily waste to drop into the cages below, facilitating disease spread. Image by Cate Twining-Ward.

Avian bird flu surges in New York urban wildlife, increasing disease concerns

Cate Twining-Ward 7 Apr 2026
Mountain gorilla silverback in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Image by Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo.

Mongabay launches Solutions Desk to track what works for the planet

Mongabay.com 7 Apr 2026
Part of the Great Migration, a herd of wildebeest line up to cross the Mara river in the Masai Mara national reserve.

Wildlife concerns remain after Kenya court ruling over luxury safari camp

Elodie Toto 7 Apr 2026
Azurina eupalama, last documented evidence of its existence, photographed in 1983 by Jack Stein Grove at Sullivan Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos Archipelago

Is the Galápagos damselfish extinct?

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Apr 2026

Camera traps take first photos of rare island antelope on Zanzibar 

Ryan Truscott 6 Apr 2026

After harsh winter, Ukrainians find joy in releasing bats rescued from war

Associated Press 6 Apr 2026
“For mothers and young elephants, Dzanga Bai becomes something of a playground and a very safe place,” says Yvonne Kienast, project manager and head researcher of the Dzanga Forest Elephant Project. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

A unique clearing in Central Africa draws elephants from the dense forests

David Akana 6 Apr 2026
Vietnamese activists hold a photo of dead fish, allegedly killed with toxic chemicals, during a protest to urge Formosa Plastics Group to take responsibilities for the cleanup in Vietnam, August 2016, in Taipei, Taiwan.

10 years after Vietnam’s Formosa steel plant spill, justice for victims remains elusive

Hướng Thiện 6 Apr 2026
Mitchell Byrd. Photo by Linda Richardson

Mitchell Byrd, ornithologist who helped bring bald eagles back from the brink in the Chesapeake area

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Apr 2026
The vulnerable Rufous-breasted blue flycatcher was photographed on Luzon Island in March 2025. It was last documented in 2008. Image by kenny_well via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope

Spoorthy Raman 4 Apr 2026

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

Bobby Bascomb 4 Apr 2026

Orcas never seen before in Seattle delight whale watchers with a visit

Associated Press 3 Apr 2026

Kenya to receive 4 mountain bongos from European zoos

Lynet Otieno 3 Apr 2026
Muskoxen on Ellesmere Island. As a species, muskoxen have been around for a million years and are often called “ice-age survivors.” Though they have one of the lowest levels of genetic diversity of any mammal, the full suite of immune-related genes are intact in the species, says muskox expert Anne Gunn.

Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

Ruth Kamnitzer 3 Apr 2026
Young bear seen via a camera trap. Image courtesy of ADLO Pirineo.

Pyrenees brown bear population climbs to an estimated 130 in latest census

Shanna Hanbury 3 Apr 2026
Nickel mining on Manuran Island. Image courtesy of Auriga Nusantara.

Indonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025, reversing years of decline

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2026

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