DRC: Can the Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor turn a war economy into one of hope?
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi aims to leverage the ambitious Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor to transform a war economy into an economy…
Malawi government suspends coal miner’s license over river pollution
Northern Malawi hosts the country’s largest coalfields, providing energy to various industries, but some of the mines here have been…
Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors grassroots activists from each of the six inhabited continental regions. The 2026 prize…
What the grim outlook for Alpine Ash forests tells us about forestry dogma (commentary)
Australia’s Alpine Ash forests have been listed as an endangered ecological community, with logging, repeated high-severity fires, and increased flammability…
World’s fattest parrots have mating frenzy
With an adult population of only 236, the kākāpō—the world’s largest parrot—was teetering on the brink extinction. But this year,…
In Sri Lanka, animals pay the price for overcrowding and speeding jeeps
Yala National Park in southern Sri Lanka attracted more than 380,000 visitors in the first half of 2025, generating an…
Chimp ‘civil war’ follows rare community split in a Ugandan national park
A 30-year study documents a rare split within a chimpanzee community in Uganda’s Kibale National Park — one that sparked…
Thomas J. Walker studied the songs of crickets and katydids
Thomas J. Walker, who died on April 8th 2026 aged 94, spent his career studying the behavior and acoustics of…
Colombia announces plan to cull Pablo Escobar’s feral hippos
The Colombian government has authorized a plan to euthanize dozens of hippos descended from animals smuggled into the country by…
Community-led ecotourism protects rebounding wild cattle in Thailand
The critically endangered banteng is making a comeback in Thailand’s Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, and has become a unique…
In Tasmania, the mines have closed but the rivers remember
Legacy copper mining in Tasmania, carried out for more than 100 years, has left parts of the King River ecosystem…
BP sued in Kenya over alleged toxic waste from 1980s oil exploration
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The High Court in Kenya ruled Thursday that a class action lawsuit can move forward against…
From the Atlantic Forest to the Amazon: Alexandre de Santi on camaraderie and uncovering hidden truths in Brazil
Alexandre de Santi is Mongabay’s managing editor for Brazil, where he leads coverage of the Amazon and other national environmental…
Drones aid dugong conservation as threats mount across their range
Drone technology is revealing new information about the elusive dugong, a marine herbivore classified as globally vulnerable but already extinct…
Americas flyways atlas maps the routes of 89 at-risk migratory bird species
A newly released “Atlas for the Americas Flyways” tracks the high concentrations of 89 migratory bird species that are at…
From carp to hippos, 43% of large freshwater animal species spread far beyond native ranges
From fish and turtles, to hippos and crocodiles, about 43% of all known large freshwater animal species have been deliberately…
Strait of Hormuz crisis should catalyze African biofertilizer production (commentary)
As tensions disrupt food, fuel and fertilizers flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, Africa’s dependence on imported synthetic inputs is…
San Francisco Bay emerges as high-risk area for migrating gray whales
Gray whales have one of the longest known migrations of any mammal — from the Arctic near Alaska, to the…
See an orangutan, take a photo, earn some money: A viable conservation model?
KehatiKu, a conservation program in Indonesian Borneo, pays citizen observers to document wildlife sightings and upload them via an app.…
Brazil: Satellites expose rampant gold mining expansion on Indigenous Kayapó land
The Kayapó Indigenous Territory has emerged as a major hotspot for illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon’s Xingu River…