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The Mongabay Video Team made 2025 a landmark year for environmental storytelling, shifting focus toward solution-oriented journalism that highlights communities and individuals making tangible differences for wildlife, ecosystems, and climate action. Through partnerships with the Solutions Journalism Network, the team…
In the quiet fishing town of Uyombo along Kenya’s southern coast, where dolphins occasionally surface in nearby waters and mangroves flourish in Mida Creek, residents are fighting to protect their way of life. The government has selected this biodiversity-rich area,…
Queensland has abandoned its commitment to end the controversial practice of allowing farmers to shoot flying foxes, reversing a planned ban that was set to take effect in July 2026. The decision has drawn sharp criticism from conservationists and scientists…
In the challenging world of small island conservation, Elizabeth Erasito stands out as a dedicated guardian who understood that protecting nature requires more than good intentions—it demands political savvy, practical solutions, and unwavering persistence. As director of Fiji’s National Trust…
The natural world continues to surprise scientists with extraordinary discoveries, as researchers in 2025 unveiled a fascinating array of previously unknown species ranging from tiny marsupials to ancient trees. This year’s remarkable finds include a new Himalayan bat, a vibrant…
In a historic environmental milestone, stingless bees native to the Amazon rainforest have become the first insects anywhere in the world to be granted legal rights. The groundbreaking decision, implemented across a vast region of the Peruvian Amazon, grants these…
Mongabay, a leading environmental news organization, has been recognized with multiple prestigious international journalism awards in 2025 for its innovative multimedia storytelling approach. The organization’s diverse content portfolio—spanning immersive audio series on bioacoustics, comprehensive visual investigations into organized crime, and…
At 99 years old, Sir David Attenborough continues to demonstrate his legendary dedication to wildlife filmmaking, spending his 100th summer documenting the surprising biodiversity thriving in London for an intimate new BBC documentary. The renowned naturalist’s latest project, “Wild London,”…
The year 2025 brought a complex mix of setbacks and breakthroughs for Indigenous communities worldwide as they continued their decades-long fight for land rights and environmental protection. A major blow came in January when sudden USAID funding cuts severely impacted…
In an intriguing conservation story, BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt was recently taken to an undisclosed location deep within the Welsh mountains of Eryri, known internationally as Snowdonia National Park, on a mission to document one of the region’s rarest…
