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Photograph helps identify a West African bird not seen in 13 years.
Researchers recently spotted the brightly colored Ghana cuckooshrike in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park. The “lost” bird hadn’t been seen in 13 year...
MongabayLoch Ness Is About to Welcome a New Monster Not Seen There in 500 Years–the Beaver!
Loch Ness is about to welcome a new monster. This beastie is not to be trifled with: it has razor-sharp teeth and can easily knock down a fully-grown ...
NatureScotAs Mangrove Forests Expand in China, Bird Species Multiply.
A push by China to revive its mangrove forests is paying off. Not only have mangroves colonized large areas of coastline, but the new forests have dra...
Yale Environment 360Given a chance, women-led microenterprises uplift Nepali communities & conservation.
NAYA PADAMPUR, Nepal — A spinning wheel whirs on a rooftop in Naya Padampur in south-central Nepal, sending ivory strands of yarn through Bin Maya Gur...
MongabayNew Map Reveals Natural Forest Regeneration in Tropical Regions Could Absorb 23 Years of Global Emissions.
A new high-resolution map identifies 215 million hectares suited for natural forest regeneration in tropical regions, capable of sequestering 23.4 gig...
Nature PortfolioDisabled Veteran Receives Donated Car Beautifully Refurbished by Auto Collision Students.
After spending years without wheels but with no shortage of errands, a Minneapolis veteran recently received a transformational gift. Students at a Mi...
National Auto Body CouncilFishing cat rescue-and-release offers potential model for conservation in Bangladesh.
A fishing cat found badly injured and malnourished in northern Bangladesh has been returned to the wild following months of intensive rehabilitation. ...
MongabayWhat went right this week: Indonesia’s plummeting poverty rate, plus more.
Indonesia’s plummeting poverty rate, America’s largest wildlife bridge, and ‘a new era’ for the River Thames, plus more.
Our World in Data‘World’s Largest Deforestation Project’ Halted Early, Saving Potentially 4 Million Acres.
Indonesian authorities have paused, and perhaps ended, the “world’s largest deforestation project.” Having achieved self-sufficiency in rice cultivati...
Mighty EarthSick Corals Can Heal With the Help of a 'Magic Touch' From Healthy Ones, Offering Hope for Heat-Damaged Marine Ecosystems.
A coral is often a colony of tiny, genetically identical animals. New research suggests that when a bleached coral fragment comes into physical contac...
KQEDIn India, a Surge of Solar Is Keeping Coal Power in Check.
India, a country of nearly 1.5 billion people, has long relied on coal to power its growing economy. But over the last two years, it has seen a remark...
Carbon BriefSolar Panel Recycling Could Turn a Waste Problem into an Economic Opportunity.
Solar panel recycling could unlock nearly $1 trillion in economic benefits by 2060, a new global study finds, while cutting emissions and pollution ri...
NatureFive fishermen spotted a drowning baby elephant. Then they tracked down its mother.
They managed to haul the baby into their small boat, with three men swimming alongside to stabilize it, and set off to find its mother.
The HinduThe women putting community at the heart of elephant conservation.
Across Africa, women are challenging old assumptions about who conservation is for – and who gets to lead it.
Positive NewsPayment scheme in Botswana pays communities to coexist with wildlife.
A new payments scheme rewards two rural communities on the edge of Botswana’s Okavango Delta for living alongside wildlife. Residents have installed c...
MongabayIslands Near Portugal Turn Off Lights to Protect Seabird Fledglings Every October – 30k Already Saved.
Each autumn, during the last five nights in October, there is a blackout on Corvo island—but it’s not by accident. On the small island in the Portugue...
The GuardianAztec methods and crocodiles: How biologists are restoring mangroves in Mexico.
In 2017, Omar Trujillo Santos was sitting in a small wooden boat holding a crocodile, its skin soft like a snake. He helped untie the reptile, a juven...
MongabayA historic land restitution process offers new hope for Botswana’s Indigenous San.
Nearly two decades after winning a landmark court case against their forced removal from ancestral lands in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve, ...
MongabayA Thai rescue center gives injured leopard cat cubs a second chance.
At a government wildlife rescue center in Thailand, dozens of lost and injured baby leopard cats are receiving a second chance at life in the wild. An...
MongabayNGO Celebrates 70 Million Amazon Acres Conserved After Protecting Are Called a ‘Link of Life’.
American NGO the Rainforest Trust recently aided in the creation of a 715,000-acre wildlife reserve in Bolivia along the Iténez River, considered by s...
Rainforest TrustSolar initiative brings power to clinics and jobs to displaced youths in Cameroon.
In Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions, where a civil war has dragged on for 10 years, abundant sunshine has become a source of hope and opport...
MongabayLIVE Webcam Brings You Inside Cheetah Den With 5 Tiny Cubs Tended By Mom (WATCH and LISTEN).
On October 5, a cheetah named Zura gave birth to five adorable cubs at the Smithsonian’s Conservation Institute in Virginia—and you can spy on them ni...
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteNumbers of Endangered and Sacred River Dolphin Grow by 6 After Successful Breeding Season.
River dolphins are among the world’s most endangered species, whether found in the New World, or the Old. Yet at least for now, things are looking up ...
MongabayMozambique safari operator wins conservation award at COP17.
YEREVAN, Armenia — A Mozambican safari operator credited with helping restore wildlife populations in Mozambique’s Zambezi Delta, has won the 2026 Mar...
MongabaySeabird guano and native trees keep islands above rising seas: Study.
Low-lying tropical atoll islands appear remarkably vulnerable to climate change. But when shrouded with native forests and with abundant seabird popul...
MongabaySix new calves offer hope amid ongoing threats to Cambodia’s Irrawaddy dolphins.
Cambodia’s population of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins has increased to an estimated 118 individuals since the confirmed birth of six calve...
MongabayMozambique Protects the ‘Butterfly Forest’ of Mount Mabu, Home to 200 Species.
A government decree published on August 24th set aside 23,000 acres as the Mount Mabu Community Conservation Area in Mozambique. This means that one o...
MongabayHow Colorado's Wildlife Mitigation Efforts—Including the Largest Animal Crossing Overpass in North America—Are Making Everyone Safer.
Animals can now cross a dangerous stretch of Interstate 25 thanks to new infrastructure, including fences, underpasses and a massive overpass, which h...
Colorado Politics (The Denver Gazette)North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Is Working: Animal Collisions on I-25 Down 91%.
In March, GNN reported that North America’s largest wildlife overpass had opened in December over Interstate 25 near Larkspur, in Colorado. Now, 10 mo...
The Colorado SunVulture conservation project to target illegal killing and poisoning in Chad.
Conservationists are launching a project to protect dwindling vulture populations in Chad amid a Central Africa-wide decline. Run by the nonprofit Sah...
MongabayMangroves gain ground globally, marking turnaround after decades of loss.
After decades of losses, new data show the world’s mangrove forests are beginning to rebound. It marks a modest but significant turnaround for the sal...
MongabayMission Blue and IUCN Join Forces with the One Ocean Partnership.
Mission Blue and IUCN launched the One Ocean Partnership at Climate Week NYC 2026, connecting Dr. Sylvia Earle's global Hope Spots network with IUCN's...
Mission BlueChinook salmon return to historical habitat following removal of four US dams.
The Klamath River in the U.S. was heavily dammed over the 20th century, blocking spawning Chinook salmon. As a result, the population of salmon that s...
MongabayHow Wildlife Crossings in Florida are Saving Panthers from Highway Deaths.
Wildlife crossings in Florida are cutting roadway deaths and reconnecting fragmented habitat across South Florida's busiest highways.
Environment AmericaItalian Bio-methane Plant Comes Online, Providing Renewable Gas to Over 3,000 Homes.
A European energy developer has switched on a major biomethane plant in southern Italy that will save some 9,000 tons of CO2 annually by producing a n...
AxpoHalf a Million Cheaper Home Battery Storage Bringing Down Bills for Australian Homes and Businesses.
Home battery storage in Australia has hit 500,000 installations, cutting power bills by up to $2,300 a year and reshaping evening grid demand.
Prime Minister of Australia (pm.gov.au)Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests thr...
Yale Environment 360These women are bringing Darwin’s rheas back to Chilean Patagonia.
PATAGONIA NATIONAL PARK — Chile. Mongabay traveled to Chile’s Patagonia National Park to follow a women-led team on a mission to bring 13 Darwin’s rhe...
MongabayWildlife Corridors on Costa Rica Farms Offer a New Path for Conservation.
Wildlife corridors on Costa Rica farms are connecting Corcovado and La Amistad parks, as Rare and Osa Conservation partner with local farmers.
RareOrphaned, Rescued, and Rewilded, Female Gorilla Becomes a Mother in Historic Conservation Success.
One of the first-ever eastern lowland gorillas to be successfully returned to the wild gave birth on May 21st in her new/old home of Virunga National ...
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