The digital graveyard: Is Bangladesh becoming China’s e-waste back door?
May 5, 2026, 9:34 am By
As the world turns its attention to China’s increasingly stringent waste import ban, a dangerous…Facebook is a hub for illegal wildlife trade, and that’s by design, report says
May 5, 2026, 7:04 am By
With just the click of a button or a swipe on a phone, it’s possible to buy almost anything…Study finds microplastics in tadpoles in the Amazon for the first time
May 5, 2026, 6:01 am By
Researchers have recorded microplastics in frog tadpoles and their pond habitats in the wild in the…In India, few are tracking birds colliding with glass in buildings
May 5, 2026, 3:08 am By
Bird deaths from collisions with glass structures are a global problem. But in India,…EU moves to drop leather from deforestation law after industry lobbying
May 4, 2026, 9:57 pm By
The leather industry spent most of the last year intensifying an already determined lobbying…Suspected chemical pollution threatens Nairobi Nat’l Park & key water sources
May 4, 2026, 9:34 pm By
A suspected chemical discharge is flowing into Nairobi National Park, raising concerns over the…Declining Australian tree health is as big a problem as bushfires (commentary)
May 4, 2026, 8:31 pm By
Some of the most serious threats to our forests do not arrive with smoke or headlines. They move…At 100, David Attenborough’s message is no longer just about wonder
May 4, 2026, 8:24 pm By
As his 100th birthday approaches, David Attenborough occupies an unusual place in public life: not a…Iceland plans to resume whale hunting this summer
May 4, 2026, 5:36 pm By
Icelandic commercial whaling company Hvalur hf. plans to resume whale hunting this summer, following…Endangered whale protections may be delayed to 2035 under Trump-backed plan
May 4, 2026, 3:51 pm By
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For roughly 380 right whales left in the North Atlantic, which can die…In Nepal’s plains, traditional bins help keep food safe from heat, floods
May 4, 2026, 1:22 pm By
DANG, Nepal — With the start of the summer season in Nepal, farmers are worried about keeping…Can listening to a forest reveal whether it is ecologically healthy?
May 4, 2026, 11:36 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…As wildlife trade expands, so do pathways for disease spillover to humans
May 4, 2026, 10:01 am By
Pandemics and novel diseases are perennial threats to human survival. People, wildlife and livestock…With its first marine reserve, Ghana protects its ocean to secure its future (commentary)
May 4, 2026, 9:20 am By
How we feed the future is a critical challenge of our time. Yet too often, the focus remains on…Solar installation and deforestation in the Amazon: Photo of the week
May 4, 2026, 7:28 am By
In August 2025, photojournalist Victor Moriyama captured this scene on the outskirts of Rio Branco,…This tiny house survives extreme floods
May 4, 2026, 5:01 am By
Kalu lives in a Khudi Bari: a flood-resistant tiny house in Bangladesh. Floods come to his village…Cambodia tested waters amid pollution claims; months later, still no public results
May 3, 2026, 11:45 pm By
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Authorities from Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment were dispatched to…Tierney Thys, marine biologist and interpreter of the sunfish
May 3, 2026, 8:22 pm By
In the open ocean, far from coasts and categories, there is a fish that seems to defy the logic of…RJ Nichole Ledesma, chronicler of unsettled ground on Negros Island, was killed last month. He was 30.
May 3, 2026, 11:32 am By
RJ Nichole Ledesma’s journalism returned again and again to land: who worked it, who owned it, who…International Leopard Day: A spotty outlook for the spotted cat
May 2, 2026, 5:50 pm By
Leopards are the most widespread of the big cats, but their range across Asia and Africa is…
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