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USAID funding freeze throws international conservation into disarray
Lula pushes oil drilling at mouth of Amazon despite climate risks
Chanel wanted ‘responsible’ gold. It turned to a protected area in Madagascar
UN biodiversity decision 16/2 is ‘unencumbered by economic thinking’ (analysis)
DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict
Study links African lion survival to prey availability
Conservation in wealthy nations may worsen global biodiversity loss, study finds
16 new-to-science grasshopper species found in US, Mexico deserts
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick
India’s Adani withdraws from controversial Sri Lanka wind power project
Documents, satellite data expose ongoing pollution near TotalEnergies’ Republic of Congo oil terminal
‘Silent killing machines’: How water canals threaten wildlife across the globe
Timber trade watchdog urges Poland to halt imports of Myanmar ‘blood timber’
Illegal seabed dredging surges as Indonesia resumes sand exports
Thermal drones detect rare tree kangaroos in Australia
Pangolin burrows are biodiversity magnets in burnt forests, study shows
Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly
Bangladeshi researchers pin hopes on irrigation method with real-time methane monitoring
Taranaki Maunga, New Zealand mountain, declared a ‘legal person’
As Indonesia, US back away from climate goals, hopes fade to retire coal plants early
US defense think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry
Randy Borman (1955-2025): An unlikely guardian of the Amazon rainforest
Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds
Investigating the real price of Congo’s gold
Researchers eye marsupial recovery with first IVF kangaroo embryo
Can a new DNA test save the world’s rarest turtle?
Beyond COP, former UN climate chief talks nuance, optimism on Mongabay podcast
How ‘country palm’ could help pave the way toward a sustainable palm oil future in Liberia
Many companies meet climate pledges on paper — not on the ground, analyst says
Photo series on Himalayan water-saving ice stupas wins global award
As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water
Things are looking up for near-extinct Siberian cranes (cartoon)
Getting rewilding right with the reintroduction of small wildcats
Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC
Australian bushfires leave wildlife facing increased predator risk, decades of recovery
108 federal protected areas in Mexico remain without actual management plans
Bonobos can recognize ignorance and help, a new ‘milestone’ in ape intelligence
As elephant conflict shifts, Nepal’s border village offers clues for coexistence
Protecting peatlands and mangroves could halve Southeast Asia’s land-use emissions
Camera trap films two rare black wolves in Poland
Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
Volunteer radio station brings old media to remote Sumatran tiger habitat
Short-term air pollution exposure impairs focus & cognitive function: Study
Amid bombs and chaos, Goma’s displaced residents share their fears and hopes
Conservation groups look for new strategies, tech to halt vaquita decline
Indonesia’s militarized crackdown on illegal forest use sparks human rights concerns
After LA, fire crisis reaches Latin America — from Mexico to Argentina
Wave of arrests as Madagascar shuts down tortoise trafficking network
Wild Targets
Rice fields of India host valuable, but disappearing, wild edibles
How a Philippine town is dealing with the fallout of its own popularity
Order restored in Indonesia as fishers recapture scores of farmed crocodiles
China’s pangolin scale trade declines, study shows, but smuggling persists
Climate change made LA fires more likely amid hot, dry conditions: Report
Conservation education is about people too: Interview with Gabon’s Léa Moussavou
The culture of corruption across the Amazon Basin
Deforestation boom in Gran Chaco raises alarm over Argentina’s forest law
Small-scale fishers’ role in feeding the planet goes overlooked: Study
The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC
Ecology vs. development in Karachi: Interview with photographer Salman Baloch
In the high Andes, a dream to restore a special forest takes root
Across the world, conservation projects reel after abrupt US funding cuts
Two South American scientists win ‘environmental Nobel’ on human-nature divide
Science aside, we need art & philosophy for global change: Epidemiologist
Cargill weakens Amazon no-deforestation vow, raising concerns about wider backslide
Fossil fuel, plastic, and agrichemical companies coordinate social media on climate change, study finds.
‘I’m Still Here’ Eunice Paiva’s pivotal role in Brazil’s Indigenous & environmental rights
Forest communities craft recommendations for better ART TREES carbon credit standard
Lawsuit is latest push to curb bottom trawling in protected European waters
Forest of rare trees in Zanzibar now earmarked for ‘eco-resort’
Researchers find two individuals of UK’s ‘loneliest bat’ species
‘Truffle dogs’ help sniff out two new truffle species
Massive songbird seizure highlights Indonesia’s unrelenting illegal wildlife trade
Mammals, birds in Vietnam’s rare coastal forests revealed by camera traps
Giant Rats: Sniffing Out Wildlife Crime | Wild Targets
Meet the giant rats fighting wildlife trafficking
Declining biodiversity and emerging diseases are entwined, more study needed
Mass salmon deaths hit Scottish farms as government investigates
Over half of Pacific atoll forests are coconut palm plantations — Study
Petition calls on EPA to tighten pesticide rules to protect bees
Sun, sand and skulls: Bali tourism trade peddles threatened primate skulls
More cable car controversy surfaces in Nepal’s western mountains
Wild baboons don’t recognize their own mirror reflections
Bobcats benefit both human and ecological health, but their growing populations are often misunderstood
Japan sees record snowfall as Australia braces for cyclone Zelia
CITES rejects proposed suspension of Cambodian monkey exports
Singing lemurs found to be dropping beats just like King Julien
Brazil has seen a 460% increase in climate-related disasters since the 1990s
Unchecked illegal trawling pushes Indonesia’s small-scale fishers to the brink
Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown
Study finds population crash for critically endangered European eel in Spain’s Ebro Delta
Darfur’s women refugees lead reforestation of war-blighted Sudan–Chad borderland
‘Helicopter tourism’ in the Himalayas affecting Sherpas, wildlife
Uganda community group restores shea groves and livelihoods
Ecuador’s next debt-for-nature deal falls short of Indigenous involvement
Nearly 20,000 animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown
Rhino poachers imprisoned in back-to-back South Africa sentencing
The Pan Amazon as a hotspot of cultural diversity
Shea’s silent guardians restore Uganda’s traditional parklands
Study says land restoration worldwide can be funded with tiny fraction of global GDP
In Brazil, free-flight lessons help teach macaws to survive in the wild
The world’s kelp needs help — less than 2% is highly protected
Mongabay series on illegal timber and cattle wins honorable mention in Brazil journalism prize
Report reveals staggering levels of wildlife trafficking in Hispanic America
Indigenous protests in Brazil topple law seen as threat to rural schools
Surge in rat numbers linked to climate warming, urbanization: Study
Striking image of badger and graffiti twin wins top photography prize
Birds guide honey-hunters to most of their harvest in Mozambican reserve
Surge in legal land clearing pushes up Indonesia deforestation rate in 2024
In Nepal’s Chitwan, elephant’s shooting, death raises eyebrows
Tourists are back at this Instaworthy Philippine town, but can its sewage system keep up?
A dramatic rise in microplastics found in human brains, study finds
Oaxaca Indigenous leader’s killing leaves land defenders’ safety in doubt
How illicit mining fuels violence in eastern DRC: Interview with Jean-Pierre Okenda
January 2025 was warmest on record as climate change ‘overwhelms’ La Niña’s cooling
Kenya revives poisoning campaign to curb invasive Indian house crows
Vietnam and China partner on wildlife-friendly traditional medicine practices
EU legislators urge IMF to protect Madagascar forests against road projects
Indonesia targets 2.3m hectares of protected forests for food & biofuel crop production
Disease surges in Indonesia community on frontline of world energy transition
Handcrafted woodwork helps save an Amazonian reserve, one tree at a time
Why is this endangered dolphin being killed to make “love perfumes”? | Wild Targets
Expected ban on Mexican GM corn fetches praise — and worry over imports
What’s at stake for the environment in Ecuador’s upcoming election?
Vietnam faces scrutiny for not sharing enough data on rhino horn trade
World’s smallest otter makes comeback in Nepal after 185 years
AI can already identify species in photos. Can it extract even more data?
In Ecuador, a mountain shrub could hold the key to restoring a precious ecosystem
A cattle ranch is the unlikely scene for saving a fox found only in Brazil
Better government policies could help as migratory birds lose habitat in Bangladesh
Indian villages seek to protect ecosystem by opting out of state’s development push
Kenya wildfire threatens region of rare wildlife, plant species
As Africa eyes protected areas expansion of 1 million square miles, concerns over enforcement persist
Researchers find microplastics for the first time in the Finnish Sámi waters
Study highlights effects of habitat fragmentation on Sri Lankan specialist birds
Amazonian manatees are gardeners of the forests, research shows (cartoon)
Australia reeling from floods in the north, bushfires in the south
Researchers make the case for shift from economic growth to human well-being within planetary limits
Brazilian soy farms and cattle pastures close in on a land where the grass is golden
Indonesia mulls Paris Agreement exit, citing fairness and energy transition costs
Cyclone Elvis kills 5 in Madagascar as another storm approaches
Study suggests algal blooms disorient whales, putting them in danger
Military-backed conservation ‘without firing a single shot’: Interview with Nepal’s Babu Krishna Karki
Indian town trials virtual solar fences to reduce conflict with elephants
Mother of 2 jailed in Sumatra as wildfires dragnet continues to catch small farmers
Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food
Has the Moo Deng craze helped wild pygmy hippos at all? (analysis)
Underwater volcano in Barents Sea reveals diverse marine life, study finds
Mexican fishers relocate in wake of sea level rise, raising job concerns
Indigenous knowledge helps explain bird population changes in Canada’s BC
Amazon states lead rebellion on environmental enforcement
One-third of food giants ignore fertilizer risks, report finds
Statement on Mongabay journalist Gerald Flynn’s blacklisting from Cambodia following his reporting on illegal logging
Cambodia denies re-entry to Mongabay journalist who reported on illegal logging
No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia
Nigerian president’s bid to resume oil drilling in Ogoniland a ‘betrayal,’ groups say
How to tell if mangrove restoration is working? Listen to the birds
Agriculture, illegal ranching and roads threaten the jaguar in Mesoamerica
Illegal trade is pushing Bangladesh’s freshwater turtles to the brink
CITES secretariat urges suspension of Cambodian long-tailed macaque trade
Seeking the ‘humanity–wetland’ balance: Interview with Zimbabwean activist Jimmy Mahachi
As the gold rush surges in Nicaragua, Indigenous communities pay the price
The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds
Court decision to stop Tren Maya comes too late for ecosystems, critics say
As global genetic diversity declines, conservation efforts offer some hope
Native trees, local wildlife thrive under Philippine tribes’ ‘rainforestation’
Kenyan court orders two community wildlife conservancies shut down
Camera traps capture first glimpse of genetically distinct chimps in southwestern Nigeria
Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India
Lures that attract seed-dispersing bats could aid tropical reforestation
Collective action, civil disobedience and blockades in the Amazon
In Honduras, communities race to establish reserve as La Mosquitia forest disappears
How conservation NGOs can put human rights principles into practice (commentary)
Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand
How a Nepali border village learned to live with migratory wild elephants
On a São Paulo eco-farm, Brazil’s landless movement makes its case for occupation
Indonesia rushes mining law amendments, raising environmental and governance alarms
Leopards’ unique ‘sawing’ sounds could aid conservation efforts
African nations commit to electricity for 300 million people by 2030
Rail and port project in Amazon wetland stirs angst among Quilombola fishers
Nigeria’s new coastal highway runs over communities & biodiversity hotspots
Climate researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation
Uganda’s tree-climbing lions grow scarce amid nationwide decline of the big cat
To conserve chimps, understand their genetic traits and local adaptations, says study
Why is this snake one of the most trafficked species in the world? | Wild Targets
Yanomami sees success two years into Amazon miner evictions, but fears remain
Increase in gibbon trafficking into India has conservationists worried
Drop in Amazon deforestation confirmed, but degradation soars 497% in 2024
Justice for people, animals and the environment are inextricable, Arcus Foundation says
Fashion has a coal problem, but the solutions are electrifying (commentary)
Marshall Islands protects ‘pristine’ Pacific corals with first marine sanctuary
LA wildfires release toxic chemicals that threaten wildlife, experts say
Explosive ‘bomb cyclone’ pummels Europe, hitting UK hardest
DRC orders environmental, operational audits of oil company Perenco
Introducing wildlife crime to Nepal’s law enforcement: Interview with Prasanna Yonzon
Carbon exchange leader and sustainability advocate Mikkel Larsen dies at 50
What does an NGO do when its funds are tied to human rights abuses? Interview with John Knox
Blob-headed fish and four mammals among 27 newly described species in Peru’s Alto Mayo
Calls for protection as new images emerge of uncontacted Amazonian tribe