news.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta13d ago
In 2022, poachers had taken 14 white rhinos from private farms in Namibia in six weeks, so owners started removing their horns. One cow had a horn 86 centimeters (34 inches) long.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman13d ago
- Over the course of 2025, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 hectares of tree cover (1.8 million acres), including more than 154,000 hectares (380,000 acres) of...
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb13d ago
Plastic pollution could disrupt the bioluminescent light produced by deep-sea organisms, researchers warn in a letter in the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb13d ago
Lulingu, a Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei), was reintroduced to Virunga National Park, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024.
Mongabay Globalby Dilrukshi Handunnetti13d ago
- In Sri Lanka, the traditional snake charming culture is fast fading as changing livelihoods, modern entertainment and attitudes toward wildlife reshape the island’s nomadic community, the...
Mongabay Globalby Rebecca Kessler13d ago
- Yellow-eyed penguins, found only in Aotearoa New Zealand, are at risk of extinction. - The “mainland” population is down to 117 breeding pairs, having declined more than 80% since the 2008-2009...
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta13d ago
A mountain lion in front of the Hollywood sign sounds almost too convenient. When photographer Steve Winter proposed the picture, National Park Service biologist Jeff Sikich thought he was crazy.
Mongabay Globalby Abhishyantkidangoor13d ago
- Biodiversity banking is the collection and preservation of genetic samples of plants and animals.
Mongabay Globalby Hans Nicholas Jong13d ago
- Indonesia’s long-debated Agrarian Reform Regulation Law was approved on Sept. 22. - The legislation establishes a framework for resolving agrarian land disputes, restoring land rights and...
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok14d ago
- Kangaroo populations are surging across Australia, driven partly by large-scale deforestation and few natural predators.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta14d ago
The Philippines remains the deadliest country in Asia for land and environmental defenders, according to a new report by the non-profit Global Witness.
Mongabay Globalby Philip Jacobson14d ago
- Singapore plans to reclaim an estimated 590 hectares (1,460 acres) of seascape and merge several islands to create a new “western island”.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi14d ago
- Tropical forests hold up to $714 billion in potential drug value, with the Amazon accounting for $215 billion of the total, according to a new analysis.
Mongabay Globalby Lucia Torres16d ago
BALI — Indonesia. Wayan Wardika used to see “clouds of fireflies” as a child growing up among the rice fields of Bali, Indonesia.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb16d ago
Scientists have described a species of tiger cat that was previously unknown to science. From Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests, it is the first discovery of a living novel cat species in more than...
Mongabay Globalby Mongabay Editor16d ago
- In a letter, 27 leading global wildlife conservation and animal welfare organizations have urged Vantara, a private zoo in India funded by Reliance Industries’ nonprofit, to permanently end all...
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner16d ago
- The world has spent a decade trying to put a price on nature, yet the criminal economy has been putting a price on it for much longer.
Mongabay Globalby Karen Coates16d ago
- In South Africa’s Malala Drift, near Musina in Limpopo province, farmers say rainfall has become increasingly unreliable, forcing some to abandon their crops.
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse16d ago
- Researchers at gene banks scattered across Southern Africa have spent decades collecting and duplicating specimens of valuable wild fruit trees.
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne16d ago
- The largest global coral reef assessment finds that average hard coral cover has declined 9.5% relative to a three-decade reference period spanning 1980-2009.
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