World Elephant Day: Stories of conservation progress
Aug 12, 2025, 11:34 am By
In honor of world elephant day on August 12, we highlight recent Mongabay stories that celebrate…Dang Dinh Bach: He fought for clean air. Now he breathes through bars.
Aug 12, 2025, 8:17 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Borneo killing linked to coal industry stays unsolved as Indonesia VP visits Dayak village
Aug 11, 2025, 10:22 pm By
MUARA KATE, Indonesia — More than eight months after the bloody killing of an Indigenous elder in…Remedy frameworks can improve sustainable forestry certifications & right past wrongs (commentary)
Aug 11, 2025, 3:32 pm By
For decades, environmental, social and governance systems have focused on stopping harm before it…With nocturnal surveys and awareness building, Sri Lanka steps up to protect its owls
Aug 11, 2025, 2:30 pm By
COLOMBO — As darkness settled over Colombo on Aug. 3, a small group of young men, led by a zoology…Torrential rains in southern Japan cause flooding & mudslides, several people missing
Aug 11, 2025, 8:50 am By
TOKYO (AP) — Downpours on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu caused flooding and mudslides…The man fighting to keep vultures and planes safe from each other in Nepal’s Pokhara
Aug 11, 2025, 4:29 am By
The new international airport in Nepal’s tourism capital of Pokhara lies close to prime vulture…The case for hope in environmental journalism
Aug 11, 2025, 4:22 am By
I often return to this image, which I took in 2022 in Jambi, Indonesia. At first glance, it seems to…Participants in the negotiations on plastic pollution are determined to finalize a treaty
Aug 11, 2025, 3:07 am By
GENEVA — Delegates, experts, and stakeholders from 184 countries and 619 organizations are…Wolves’ continued spread in California brings joy, controversy & conflicts
Aug 11, 2025, 1:11 am By
With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis…As Africa pays the price for rich world’s fast fashion fix, new French bill targets brands
Aug 9, 2025, 2:35 am By
NAIROBI — Mountains of waste stretch as far as the eye can see, smoking in places, giving off an…Indigenous alliance unveils Brazil’s first Native-led emissions strategy
Aug 8, 2025, 8:05 pm By
Brazil’s largest Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to…World lion day: Why is the king of the savanna declining?
Aug 8, 2025, 2:00 pm By
The lion, with its majestic mane and the loudest growl of all the big cats, is today a vulnerable…How a gecko species defied extinction on a Galápagos island
Aug 8, 2025, 1:04 pm By
On Rábida Island in the Galápagos, where red-tinged beaches meet ancient lava formations,…Sri Lanka plans restoring revoked protection for an important mangrove patch in the island’s North
Aug 8, 2025, 10:59 am By
Mannar, SRI LANKA — The Vidattaltivu Nature Reserve, nestled along Sri Lanka’s northwestern…What we can learn from the Nuer people and their sacred birds
Aug 8, 2025, 10:50 am By
For the pastoralist Nuer people who migrate with the seasons between western Ethiopia’s Gambella…Scientists identify the bacterium behind billions of sea star deaths
Aug 8, 2025, 5:09 am By
More than a decade ago, a mysterious illness killed billions of sea stars, particularly along the…High temperatures threaten to reignite blaze after France’s largest wildfire in decades
Aug 8, 2025, 5:06 am By
VILLEROUGE LA CREMADE, France (AP) — Firefighters and local authorities remained on high alert…Rex Mann, American chestnut evangelist, died July 2, aged 81
Aug 8, 2025, 4:58 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Who is clearing Indonesia’s forests — and why?
Aug 8, 2025, 12:50 am By
JAKARTA — While most tropical countries experienced record-high deforestation rates in 2024,…
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