news.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb7d ago
Rising sea levels due to climate change could damage hundreds of thousands of properties and millions of hectares of land along Australia’s coastline by 2100, according to a recent study.
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao7d ago
At least 20 endangered Ganges river dolphins still survive in Bangladesh’s extremely polluted Buriganga River, a 12-month study found, reports contributor Md Jahidul Islam for Mongabay.
Mongabay Globalby Hans Nicholas Jong7d ago
- Indonesia plans to create a new agency to restore and manage peatlands prone to burning, in a repeat of a measure it took in response to the severe fire season of 2015.
Mongabay Globalby Andy Lehren7d ago
- Large volumes of critical minerals are being imported from Myanmar into Thailand and then mostly resold to China.
Mongabay Globalby Morgan Erickson-Davis8d ago
- In August, conservation organizations released another 650 southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into the San Gabriel Mountains, another step forward in reintroduction efforts for this highly...
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman8d ago
- A new study systematically mapped likely Philippine eagle nesting habitat on Mindanao, the Philippines’ second-largest island and the species’ main stronghold.
Mongabay Globalby Dilrukshi Handunnetti8d ago
- Sri Lanka will host the first ever dedicated global conference on snakes from Oct. 1-4 in Kandy, central Sri Lanka.
Mongabay Globalby Sharon Guynup8d ago
- The global wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that mixes legal business and illegal transactions.
Mongabay Globalby Alexandra Popescu8d ago
- The 2024 inauguration of the Chinese-built Chancay Port in Peru has reinforced calls to build road infrastructure through the Amazon, connecting Brazil to the Pacific coast, with authorities in...
Mongabay Globalby Glenn Scherer8d ago
- A potentially historic El Niño event is building in the Pacific Ocean and already impacting the globe. Based on most recent models, this year’s event could be the largest ever recorded.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta8d ago
On April 9, a farmer named Rupalal heard noises in a well at his field in Dhawadi village in the state of Rajasthan in India. He looked down and saw a leopard 21 meters (70 feet) below.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta8d ago
Central Tokyo has experienced 35 consecutive days of rainfall, setting the longest continuous rainy streak since records began in 1886, reported local media citing Japan’s weather agency.
Mongabay Globalby Terna Gyuse8d ago
- In the first half 2026, the local council of one district in southeastern Zimbabwe recorded 317 cases of human-wildlife conflict, including attacks on livestock by predators.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta8d ago
From the seafloor to turtle stomachs, scientists are finding plastic everywhere they look for it.
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo9d ago
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Mongabay Globalby Karen Coates9d ago
- New research reveals that pastoralist communities are turning to wild plants to cope with food shortages in northern Uganda.
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb9d ago
A case has been brought to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over the Kenyan government’s plan to build a 2,000-5,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bondo, near the eastern shore of...
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta9d ago
Giraffes living in the South Sudan’s war-torn savannas are genetically healthy and connected to nearby giraffe populations by gene flow, despite decades of conflict, recent research suggests.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta9d ago
The World Health Organization has officially recognized Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies as a public health problem — in time for World Rabies Day on Sept. 28.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta9d 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.
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