The Amazon in 2026: A challenging year ahead, now off the center stage
Dec 22, 2025, 2:27 pm By
The Amazon enters 2026 carrying the bitter taste of compromise. The world’s attention was fixed on…Ethiopian youth groups restore Rift valley lake & livelihoods
Dec 22, 2025, 12:52 pm By
Abijata-Shalla National Park, ETHIOPIA — Under the scorching midday sun in the upper catchment of…Mongabay contributor Glòria Pallarès wins top anti-corruption reporting award
Dec 22, 2025, 12:38 pm By
Journalist Glòria Pallarès won the Anti-Corruption Excellence (ACE) Award for her investigation…The first amphibian to halt a hydroelectric dam now takes on the climate crisis
Dec 22, 2025, 10:19 am By
ARVOREZINHA, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil — The admirable little red-bellied toad is the size of a…Bethany “Bee” Smith, researcher who documented a megamouth shark alive, died in a diving accident, aged 24
Dec 22, 2025, 7:34 am By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…In Nepal, the world’s smallest otter continues to elude researchers
Dec 22, 2025, 5:34 am By
KATHMANDU — A year ago, the appearance of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal created a buzz,…Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025
Dec 22, 2025, 2:14 am By
I write short obituaries for people who spent their lives protecting parts of the natural world. I…Jeff Foott, chronicler of ice, rock, and change, has died, aged 80
Dec 21, 2025, 5:12 pm By
For much of the second half of the 20th century, the American outdoors attracted a particular…Statewide survey aims to put California’s fungi on the conservation map
Dec 20, 2025, 1:08 pm By
Getting to The Cedars, an ecological preserve in California’s Sonoma county, is a slog. Multiple…A flood of logs post-Cyclone Senyar leaves Padang fishers out of work
Dec 20, 2025, 5:07 am By
PADANG, Indonesia — At low tide along Padang’s coastline, fishing boats sit idle, not because of…Kenyan wildlife census reveals conservation wins and losses
Dec 19, 2025, 10:47 pm By
Kenya’s 2025 National Wildlife Census report has revealed a complex trend in wildlife:…Rethinking how we talk about conservation—and why it matters
Dec 19, 2025, 9:56 pm By
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Protected areas in Africa are vital but local perceptions vary (commentary)
Dec 19, 2025, 4:49 pm By
Protected areas (PAs) are cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation strategy, yet their…Researchers find concerning gaps in global maps used for EUDR compliance
Dec 19, 2025, 2:57 pm By
A recent scientific review of forest maps used to ensure compliance with the European Union’s…Zombie urchins & the Blob: California sea otters face new threats & ecosystem shifts
Dec 19, 2025, 2:31 pm By
The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning…Fishing cats need hotspot-based conservation in Bangladesh, research shows
Dec 19, 2025, 2:05 pm By
Wildlife researchers have confirmed the presence of endangered fishing cats in 158 subdistricts that…Drug gangs in Ecuador and Peru also involved in shark fin trafficking: Report
Dec 19, 2025, 2:02 pm By
Narcotrafficking gangs operating out of Manabí, a coastal province of Ecuador, are also involved in…Pulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat
Dec 19, 2025, 1:54 pm By
JAKARTA — One of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies has acknowledged to Mongabay a…EU votes to delay EUDR antideforestation law for second year in a row
Dec 19, 2025, 11:30 am By
The European Parliament voted on Dec. 17 to delay a key antideforestation regulation that was…Tanzania’s tree-climbing hyraxes have adapted to life without trees
Dec 19, 2025, 10:51 am By
Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don’t always live…
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