ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 18:42
A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc
PORT HUGHES, Australia — Situated midway along the Great Southern Reef that spans Australia’s southern coastline, the waters off Port Hughes typically teem with life. The coastal hamlet northwest of Adelaide plays host t
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 18:06
Huge ivory bust raises questions about follow-up investigations in Tanzania
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, and is scheduled on Jun
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 16:16
World Oceans Day: Marine protected areas surpass 10% mark in 2026
World Oceans Day is celebrated every June 8 to raise awareness about the conservation of Earth’s oceans. In honor of World Oceans Day 2026, the United Nations is focused on marine protected areas (MPA), and the goal of p
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 15:43
‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?
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 coast of Jeju Island
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 09:03
What the platypus can teach us about smarter conservation
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, it helps to kn
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 07:54
Malawi’s Elephant Marsh: The challenge of protecting a wetland that sustains thousands
ELEPHANT MARSH, Malawi — At 5:30 am, trader Flora Kumilai is squatting before a heap of smoked catfish at Sorjin Market in southern Malawi’s Elephant Marsh, haggling with sellers over the price. “I found gold in fish,” s
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 07:46
South Africa’s move away from coal marred by legacy of abandoned mines: Report
As South Africa transitions away from coal-fired electricity, hundreds of former coal mines are turning into abandoned dumping sites for waste and polluted water, which a new report warns will continue to contaminate sur
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 05:02
Three new ‘planking’ praying mantis species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea
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 scientists. Matthew C
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 04:19
Northern Thai residents march for action on polluted rivers. ‘This is an emergency’
BANGKOK — More than 600 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces embarked May 31 on a roughly 68-kilometer, six-day ‘peace walk’ to demand the Thai government take action on the river pollution crisis that has se
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 03:57
Rare Chinese pangolin found in a sacred community forest in Nepal
Researchers in Nepal have confirmed a rare Chinese pangolin living in a small community forest considered sacred by locals, according to a recent study. It may also be the first video evidence of the pangolin in Nepal’s
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ENVIRONMENT
08/06/2026 00:07
Tuna are rebounding. The work is far from done.
Tuna offer a useful case study for World Ocean Day because their recovery has come through the least sentimental parts of conservation: quotas, enforcement, stock assessments, and years of difficult diplomacy. By the ear
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ENVIRONMENT
06/06/2026 14:28
Despite oil spills in Nigeria’s mangrove forests, Shell continued operations, documents show
Global oil giant Shell continued operating a compromised pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta despite knowing it posed a pollution risk in the surrounding coastal wetland environment, newly disclosed internal company commun
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ENVIRONMENT
06/06/2026 08:00
Canada’s watchdog post vacant as overseas mining complaints mount
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 the company behind
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ENVIRONMENT
06/06/2026 06:43
How trade bans and local conservation helped save a dazzling blue gecko
Beauty is a curse — at least for the turquoise dwarf gecko of central Tanzania. Between December 2004 and July 2009, demand for this gecko from collectors in Europe boomed, leading to the capture and export of an estimat
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 21:58
In Peru and Brazil, extractivism threatens Indigenous people in isolation: Report
Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) in the Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor, one of the largest contiguous, intact forests in the Amazon and home to the world’s highest concentrations
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 19:14
The ‘ghost dog’ of the Amazon reveals the value of intact forests
The short-eared dog is one of the Amazon’s least-known carnivores. In Bolivia, it’s also one of the hardest to find. The species has a fox-like snout, small rounded ears, partially webbed toes, and a long bushy tail that
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 18:19
Mongabay Africa’s most-read stories so far in 2026
From human-elephant coexistence to an alternative conservation model from the Democratic Republic of Congo, from teen innovators in Kenya to Guinea’s complicated experience with mining, the stories that attracted the mos
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 16:09
Genetic study reveals extinction risk for unique mangrove-adapted pampas cat
More than a decade ago, conservationists began working to preserve a unique population of desert pampas cats that has adapted to the mangroves of Peru’s northern coast. This small, isolated population roams the San Pedro
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 15:51
US set to hold latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas development in Alaska faces a new test Friday. That’s when the latest lease sale is set for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A coaliti
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 12:50
Nepal farmers struggle to access relief for wildlife crop damage
SARLAHI, Nepal — Dhruba Prasai, a farmer from Sarlahi district in Nepal’s southern plains, says he’s exhausted from lack of sleep. Every year, nilgai antelopes, wild boars, deer and Asian elephants raid his fields, and i
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 06:37
Whale strike risk rises as international shipping reroutes around South Africa
In April this year, two Bryde’s whales washed-up dead-on Dyer Island, a small nature reserve located a few kilometers off the coast of Gansbaai in South Africa’s Western Cape province. Both whales carried severe injuries
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 04:37
New golf-ball sized blue octopus species now identified in the Galapagos
While on a deep-sea expedition in the Galapagos in 2015, scientists found a golf-ball sized, short-armed blue octopus. In a recent study, they confirmed that it’s new to science. The newly described octopus, named Microe
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 04:27
Indigenous communities in eastern Indonesia revive systems for marine protection
Across the small islands of eastern Indonesia that lie within the Wallacea region, one of the world’s richest marine biodiversity regions, coastal communities are reviving ancient customary systems to safeguard marine ec
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ENVIRONMENT
05/06/2026 04:16
Sea cucumber tissue survives for years in open water, study finds
Severed tissue from a cold-water sea cucumber can survive, heal, and even move independently for years in natural seawater, researchers recently found. Some animals have the ability to regenerate tissues and body parts.
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