Why conservation urgently needs acoustic baselines
Mon 8:32pm By
From above, an intact forest can look reassuringly complete. A satellite image may show an unbroken…Taiwan’s tallest tree found with help of citizen science
Mon 3:46pm By
Deep in Taiwan’s misty mountains, researchers have confirmed the tallest tree in the country: a…Sri Lanka bans single-use plastic bottles at government events, charges for plastic bags
Mon 3:09pm By
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka banned the purchase and use of single-use plastic water bottles in all…A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc
Mon 2:42pm By
PORT HUGHES, Australia — Situated midway along the Great Southern Reef that spans Australia’s…Huge ivory bust raises questions about follow-up investigations in Tanzania
Mon 2:06pm By
A North Korean man is set to face trial in Tanzania this week following his arrest in April while in…World Oceans Day: Marine protected areas surpass 10% mark in 2026
Mon 12:16pm By
World Oceans Day is celebrated every June 8 to raise awareness about the conservation of Earth’s…‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?
Mon 11:43am By
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — In April 2025, I zipped myself up into a thick wetsuit and inched down…What the platypus can teach us about smarter conservation
Mon 5:03am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Malawi’s Elephant Marsh: The challenge of protecting a wetland that sustains thousands
Mon 3:54am By
ELEPHANT MARSH, Malawi — At 5:30 am, trader Flora Kumilai is squatting before a heap of smoked…South Africa’s move away from coal marred by legacy of abandoned mines: Report
Mon 3:46am By
As South Africa transitions away from coal-fired electricity, hundreds of former coal mines are…Three new ‘planking’ praying mantis species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea
Mon 1:02am By
Researchers have identified three new-to-science species of snake mantises, two from Australia and…Northern Thai residents march for action on polluted rivers. ‘This is an emergency’
Mon 12:19am By
BANGKOK — More than 600 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces embarked May 31 on a…Rare Chinese pangolin found in a sacred community forest in Nepal
Sun 11:57pm By
Researchers in Nepal have confirmed a rare Chinese pangolin living in a small community forest…Tuna are rebounding. The work is far from done.
Sun 8:07pm By
Tuna offer a useful case study for World Ocean Day because their recovery has come through the least…Despite oil spills in Nigeria’s mangrove forests, Shell continued operations, documents show
Sat 10:28am By
Global oil giant Shell continued operating a compromised pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta despite…Canada’s watchdog post vacant as overseas mining complaints mount
Sat 4:00am By
Leoncia Ramos has lived her 65 years in the lush Dominican Republic town of La Piñita, but now says…How trade bans and local conservation helped save a dazzling blue gecko
Sat 2:43am By
Beauty is a curse — at least for the turquoise dwarf gecko of central Tanzania. Between December…In Peru and Brazil, extractivism threatens Indigenous people in isolation: Report
Fri 5:58pm By
Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) in the Yavarí-Tapiche…The ‘ghost dog’ of the Amazon reveals the value of intact forests
Fri 3:14pm By
The short-eared dog is one of the Amazon’s least-known carnivores. In Bolivia, it’s also one of…Mongabay Africa’s most-read stories so far in 2026
Fri 2:19pm By
From human-elephant coexistence to an alternative conservation model from the Democratic Republic of…
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