Researchers have identified three new "leaf-planking" snake mantis species in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Aided by citizen scientists, the discovery includes a unique suburban species and another known from just a single specimen collected more than 50 years ago.
The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise has been vacant for over a year. Communities in the Dominican Republic, Namibia, Pakistan and elsewhere say delays have left them without a meaningful avenue for accountability. @mongabay.com
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Guatemalan farmers are adopting organic biopesticides rooted in traditional Maya practices to replace synthetic agrochemicals.
Made from local plants, these natural alternatives are safer, more affordable, and prevent the environmental damage caused by chemical farming.
Mark Hillsdon reports.
A cryptic species of sea slugs has been discovered at Keelung, Taiwan.
Thecacera sesama #芝麻角鞘海蛞蝓 is named after its signature black dots resembling sesame seeds.
Measuring just three millimetres long, the tiny nudibranch exhibits four primary behaviours: feeding, searching, mating, laying eggs.
The trial of a man caught with 500 elephant tusks begins this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Conservationists argue that without deep, international follow-up investigations into these massive busts, the transnational networks and routes driving poaching will remain intact.
[Founder's briefs - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social] Protecting hard-to-detect wildlife requires proactive data.
Facing rising threats from fires and urban runoff, platypus conservation now relies on water-sample eDNA and citizen sightings to monitor populations and guide emergency rescue frameworks.
[Commentary] Urban wildlife species are not temporary visitors, but permanent residents.
To protect them, scientists must study how city environments alter their internal biology. The gut microbiome may be the most important, overlooked tool for understanding how animals adapt to human landscapes.
After extreme thermal stress and runoff caused mass soft coral "slumping" in 2024, researchers are monitoring South Korea's Jeju Island.
Die-offs have stalled so far in 2026, but an upcoming Super El Niño threatens a repeat of the ecological disaster.
@elizabethalberts.bsky.social reports.
To protect its tropical forests, Colombia enacted a major law requiring due diligence for its 29.7 million head of cattle.
The tracking system helps verify that beef products do not originate from illegally cleared pastures or protected areas.
Maxwell Radwin reports for #Mongabay.
While the Rural Women’s Assembly amplifies the voices of 170,000 farmers pushing for sustainable agriculture, a lack of landownership restricts their decision-making power.
Securing land control for women remains essential to addressing systemic food security issues.
Charles Mpaka reports.
Leoncia Ramos has lived her 65 years in the lush Dominican Republic town of La Piñita, but now says she is fearful for her health and wants to leave. She’s among 450 families asking the government and...
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In the mountain villages of Guatemala’s Western Highlands, farmers are combining ancient Maya knowledge with modern sustainable farming techniques to protect their crops from pests and disease.…
Researchers have identified three new-to-science species of snake mantises, two from Australia and one from Papua New Guinea, and figured out their distribution and behavior with the help of citizen…
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A North Korean man is set to face trial in Tanzania this week following his arrest in April while in possession of 500 elephant tusks. Un Hyok Ra was arrested April 19 at a hotel in Dar es Salaam,…
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The platypus offers a useful lesson in conservation: before acting,…
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Cities are expanding faster than at any point in human history, and wildlife is adapting in remarkable ways. We often talk about visible changes like animals becoming bolder, shifting their diets, or…
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — In April 2025, I zipped myself up into a thick wetsuit and inched down a steep, rocky ledge toward the gray-blue water encircling Beomseom, a small island off the southern…
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Colombia passed a landmark law June 4 aimed at improving traceability of its cattle supply chain to ensure beef isn’t sourced from deforested land. The law hopes to enhance existing traceability…
CHIRADZULU, Malawi — In Chiradzulu district in southern Malawi, 60 women who are members of the Rural Women’s Assembly grow fruits and vegetables alongside their staple crop, maize. In recent years,…
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Measuring just 3 millimeters, a tiny sea slug with black and yellow spots resembling sesame seeds has been discovered in Taiwan.
Thecacera sesama' is the first of its genus named in nearly 30 years, the find underscores how many small marine organisms remain undocumented.
Researchers have found a new-to-science species of a tiny sea slug with black and yellow spots resembling “scattered sesame seeds.” Measuring just three millimeters long (0.1 inches long), the…
