news.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Globalby Mongabay Editor8h ago
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Fat Marmot Week is coming soon. Last winter was tough for the groundhog-like rodents living in the Colorado mountains.
Mongabay Globalby Malavikavyawahare8h ago
- New research mapping out the Angolan Highlands Water Tower (AWHT), a stretch of elevated plateau spanning 380,382 km², finds that a significantly larger portion of the region hosts peatland than...
Mongabay Globalby Morgan Erickson-Davis10h ago
- In Japan, satoyama are rural landscapes with natural attributes that have also been shaped by centuries of human activity.
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman10h ago
- A recent report sheds light on Southeast Asia’s important oak tree diversity and underlines that many of these species are highly threatened.
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne11h ago
- The proposal represents Spain’s latest effort to advance protection of 30% of its waters by 2030.
Mongabay Globalby Alejandroprescottcornejo12h ago
Communities across the globe are responding to environmental pressures like climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution with local knowledge and practical action.
Mongabay Globalby Sharon Guynup12h ago
- Seabirds are the most threatened group of birds, with more than 30% at risk of extinction. Migratory seabirds are especially vulnerable.
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok16h ago
- This year’s extreme weather has been linked to El Niño, which, according to weather experts, could be one of the strongest ever recorded.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta17h ago
Researchers have described a new-to-science species of horned lizard from the high-elevation, evergreen forests of western Thailand.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta21h ago
In the humid, coastal forests of Japan’s Ishigaki Island, near Okinawa, a parasitic plant relies on some unusual allies to spread its seeds: land hermit crabs and cockroaches, according to a recent...
Mongabay Globalby Erik Hoffner1d ago
- Well managed protected areas can reduce the illegal wildlife trade, but the reality is that this crime will persist as long as trafficking networks remain, a new op-ed says.
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu1d ago
- Mongabay interviewed Francisco Hernández Cayetano, president of the Federation of Ticuna and Yagua Communities of the Lower Amazon, about substance abuse problems affecting Ticuna youth.
Mongabay Globalby Sharon Guynup1d ago
Authorities in the U.S. state of Florida have cleared a controversial startup of criminal neglect after dozens of wild-caught sloths that it imported from South America for tourism purposes died.
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta1d ago
European coastal waters recorded unprecedented sea surface temperatures in July 2026. A new study has found that human-induced climate change primarily drove the temperature surge, pushing marine...
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu1d ago
- In the Colombian department of La Guajira, at South America’s northernmost tip, Indigenous Wayuu fishers from the community of Punta Gallinas are working with marine biologists to conserve and...
Mongabay Globalby Abhaya Raj Joshi1d ago
- Nepal’s government is allowing hydropower development inside protected areas, despite a January 2025 Supreme Court ruling that invalidates the legal provision for this activity.
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao1d ago
Sloth bears play a critical role in structuring India’s dry deciduous forests by dispersing viable seeds and influencing plant regeneration, reports contributor Sneha Mahale for Mongabay India.
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler2d ago
- Wildlife conservationist Bill Konstant has spent more than four decades helping build species-conservation programs, connect field biologists with funding, and support threatened wildlife around...
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta2d ago
A small population of dolphins in Shark Bay in Western Australia have a documented history of using an unusual tool to help them catch fish: Large, empty snail shells.
Mongabay Globalby Shanna Hanbury2d ago
Aug. 19 is World Orangutan Day, a day to honor the three species of Southeast Asian great apes, all of which are classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, the global conservation authority.
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