In the open ocean, far from coasts and categories, there is a fish that seems to defy the logic of design. It is round where ...

RJ Nichole Ledesma’s journalism returned again and again to land: who worked it, who owned it, who was pushed from it, and ...

For International Leopard Day on May 3, we look back at Mongabay’s reporting on leopards in Africa, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Life revolves around water in this quiet fishing village in Brazil’s southern Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland. Here, a ...

The agribusiness caucus is pushing restrictions on the technology that has helped halve deforestation since 2023.

Flash floods are a common occurrence in Bangladesh’s northeastern haor (shallow wetland ecosystem) region. These large bowl-shaped topographic depressions remain inundated for around seven months ...

This March, rangers on patrol in the Maya Forest came across the feathers of hunted birds and paths that had been cleared ...

DRC plans to boost copper exports to the U.S. fivefold, but critics warn opaque deals, corruption risks, and environmental ...

The Sharks International 2026 conference (SI2026), known to be the world’s largest gathering dedicated to sharks and rays, is ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a forest ...

Considering the rapidly depleting groundwater table in Bangladesh’s northwestern zone, known as the Barind Tract, the country ...

Police in Indonesia have announced the dismantling of what they say is a major wildlife trafficking network largely targeting ...