India has a wealth of bats, but our knowledge of them is poor: Report
Apr 28, 2026, 2:07 am By
India is home to 135 known bat species, but their natural history and ecology remain poorly…On World Tapir Day, data gaps cloud future of Malaysia’s tapirs
Apr 28, 2026, 1:48 am By
Asia’s only tapir species still remains understudied in Malaysia, researchers at the Wildlife…Deforestation is surging in Indonesia
Apr 28, 2026, 1:07 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…When protest works
Apr 27, 2026, 9:11 pm By
Protest arrives with a clear sense of purpose. Annie Leonard and André Carothers do not attempt…Restoring land with wildlife & earning carbon credits in the Kalahari Desert
Apr 27, 2026, 5:12 pm By
In northern South Africa, the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the Kalahari Desert is teeming with life…As global 30×30 goal lags, Colombia shows how progress can be made
Apr 27, 2026, 4:52 pm By
In 2022, at the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Canada, 196 nations pledged to conserve…Nigeria arrests suspected pangolin trafficking kingpin on the run
Apr 27, 2026, 2:51 pm By
Authorities in Nigeria have arrested the suspected kingpin of a transnational pangolin trafficking…Rare, high-altitude jaguar sighting in Honduras raises hope for conservation
Apr 27, 2026, 2:44 pm By
High in the Sierra del Merendón mountains in Honduras, a jaguar has been photographed at 2,200…Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts
Apr 27, 2026, 12:28 pm By
Winds sweep across the world’s oceans every day, and harnessing that largely unused resource has…Researchers say remote Lake Superior island’s wolves are thriving as packs prey on moose
Apr 27, 2026, 11:07 am By
Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents…Peru bets on bamboo to restore nature in its main coca-growing region
Apr 27, 2026, 10:48 am By
PICHARI, Peru — It’s nearly 5 p.m., and the bamboo grove is filled with children. In silence,…What it takes to make conservation work in Central Africa: Luis Arranz’s 46-year journey
Apr 27, 2026, 6:48 am By
Luis Arranz arrived in Africa in 1980 with little more than a degree in biology and a determination…A blue-nosed chameleon in Madagascar: Photo of the week
Apr 27, 2026, 5:37 am By
Blue-nosed chameleons, a lizard species found only in northern Madagascar, are known for their…Celebrating the ‘gardeners of the forest’ on World Tapir Day
Apr 27, 2026, 3:20 am By
Described as “gardeners of the forest,” tapirs help maintain healthy ecosystems by dispersing…Heat, fires and agribusiness squeeze traditional Amazon açaí harvesters
Apr 27, 2026, 3:00 am By
ACARÁ, Brazil — “I’ve spent my whole life working with açaí,” said Eliseu Carvalho, 57,…After nearly a century, Taiwan’s legless lizard gets its own identity
Apr 27, 2026, 12:01 am By
A new study has cleared up a century’s worth of identity confusion surrounding a secretive,…Endangered civet faces local extinction in Cambodian sanctuary
Apr 26, 2026, 11:19 pm By
The large-spotted civet is an endangered small carnivore found in pockets of forest across Southeast…Peter Raven, botanist and advocate for biodiversity, has died, aged 89
Apr 26, 2026, 8:18 pm By
Life on Earth is often described as a web, but for much of modern science it was catalogued as a…Don Janssen, wildlife veterinarian who argued that caring for animals begins with people
Apr 26, 2026, 12:38 pm By
In a zoo, a crisis often begins before anyone names it as such. An animal stops responding to…As Walk for Peace begins in Sri Lanka, activists call for animal rights
Apr 25, 2026, 9:53 pm By
COLOMBO — A group of barefoot Buddhist monks promoting peace, compassion, mindfulness and…
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