A Kenyan environmentalist hugged a palm tree for 72 straight hours in Nyeri county to draw attention to the rapid loss of the country’s native forests, many of which face extinction. Truphena ...

Sri Lanka’s misty hill country, a hub for nature-based tourism, is currently grappling with the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.

Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the ...

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Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, have released an updated baboon action plan aimed at reducing conflict between people ...

In 2025, environmental journalism faced a familiar paradox. The evidence was clearer than ever, but attention was harder to ...

With 2025 drawing to a close, Mongabay’s flagship podcast has added more than 40 episodes over the course of the year. From ...

On the island of Sherbro in Sierra Leone, as in much of the country, there’s limited access to vital services needed to make ...

For much of the late 20th century, environmental writing oscillated between alarm and reassurance. One strand emphasized ...

Colombia is the world’s third-largest coffee producer and the main producer of Arabica coffee, which is known worldwide for ...

Cyclone Ditwah, which claimed around 650 lives and left at least 200 people missing, cast a heavy pall of gloom over Sri ...

When it comes to capturing carbon, trees have always been our go-to. But a sinister switch is underway. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that moist tropical forests in Australia are now ...