For the first time ever, an orangutan was filmed using a canopy bridge www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCyj..., www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts..., www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Photos from the shark meat processing village of Rumbuk on the Indonesian island of Lombok, and the nearby Tanjung Luar market news.mongabay.com/custom-story... @mongabay.com

The U of São Paulo Med School Hospital cancelled a plan to buy 17 metric tons of shark meat after Sea Shepherd lobbied them about it. Still plenty of open tenders for shark meat in 2026: 80 tons for a school district in Bahia, 70 tons for one in Rio... Story here: news.mongabay.com/2026/04/lati...

Brazilian version of This American Life did an hourlong show about our shark meat investigation, featuring my colleague @bykarlamendes.bsky.social

Got long-listed for a @oneworldmedia.bsky.social award in the Print 2026 category for our Brazil shark meat investigation oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/longl...

An injured proboscis monkey was found near a railway track in Thailand. Proboscis monkeys don't live in Thailand. The species is endemic to Borneo, and there's no Thai import permits on record. The animal is likely an escapee from the illegal exotic pet trade. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/prob...

Mongabay x Bellingcat collab, No. 1 news.mongabay.com/2026/03/face... @mongabay.com @bellingcat.com

NYT profile of Iran's Shahed drone www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w... "Iranian drones are the product of four decades of development, born out of military and financial necessity."

[nonprofit #journalism impact] Investigative reporting by @mongabay.com reporters @philjaco.bsky.social @bykarlamendes.bsky.social @nandawenzel.bsky.social spurred the state of Rio to remove #sharks from the menu Education dept announces a ban on serving shark meat in public schools it manages:

"Her career did not produce a single defining theory or moment. Instead, it accumulated into a long record of observation and intervention. The continuity of her presence in the field allowed her to trace changes that were otherwise difficult to capture." news.mongabay.com/2026/03/biru...

Rare photos of a cyberscam center after its capture by rebel forces in Myanmar www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...

@insightcrime.org been the best on Venezuela coverage insightcrime.org/news/will-ma...

Interesting article on the possibility of a 'palace coup' behind the capture of Maduro, prospects for a guerilla insurgency, and how Venezuela could see 'double-digit growth for several years' if the US lifts sanctions and the state gets oil production back up www.foreignaffairs.com/venezuela/ve...

Elephants who 'cut their tusks' in the 2004 Aceh tsunami relief effort are now helping excavate terrain pummeled by the Cyclone Senyar floods and landslides news.mongabay.com/2025/12/tsun... @mongabay.com @mongabayid.bsky.social

Got this Brazilian trofeu from the Rio Grande do Sul Press Association for our shark meat investigation - placed 2nd in the national reporting category with @bykarlamendes.bsky.social @nandawenzel.bsky.social @kuangkeng.bsky.social @mongabaylatam.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org 🙏😤🙏

Finally, some major media coverage of China's thorium-powered molten-salt-reactor nuclear program www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

I interviewed Diego Cardeñosa about a device he invented to detect illegal shark fins that's now being rolled out in countries across the world, after a successful run in Hong Kong news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-... @mongabay.com

Just weeks before the recent cyclone disaster that may have wiped out a subpopulation of rare Tapanuli orangutans in N. Sumatra, the govt unveiled a plan to strip legal protections for part of their habitat. Big story from my Indonesian colleagues @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/tapa...

Always fun to go on the @mongabay.com newscast, @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social is a great interviewer and makes it easy

This week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:

This is the sort of thing I'd expect to read about China and Taiwan, not the US. But that's where we're at www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Meta makes billions off scammers in China running ads on its platforms. An anti-fraud team focused on slashing these was disbanded in late 2024 "as a result of Integrity Strategy pivot and follow-up from Zuck," leaked documents show. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Malaysian corps hold 65 of 67 'FCA' forest clearance permits in Papua New Guinea, whose massive deforestation is a massively underreported story. 90% of PNG's timber is exported to China. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/mala... by Sonam Lama @mongabay.com

Proud to make @pulitzercenter.org's "best of" list for 2025!

There's a freshwater pollution crisis unfolding across the Mekong region as mines pumps toxic chemicals into key river systems - our latest for @mongabay.com looks how gold mines along tributaries of the Sekong River in Laos are impacting fish populations, potentially posing a transboundary threat.

These of hundreds of mines on the sides of rivers in Myanmar/Laos, upstream of Thailand/Cambodia/Vietnam/the Mekong, seem like a real plague, hope they can do something about it news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-... by Andy Ball @geraldrflynn.bsky.social Konlaphat Siri @mongabay.com

Death toll rises in Sumatra flood catastrophe as gov’t moves to protect Batang Toru forest news.mongabay.com/2025/12/deat... @mongabay.com

Another billionaire carving up irreplaceable orangutan habitat/carbon-sequestering rainforest for quick and easy bucks, what else is new news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...

All the words for "seed" in Manggarai, on island of Flores news.mongabay.com/2025/11/as-a... by Keith Anthony Fabro @latoyaabulu.bsky.social @mongabay.com

'Another shark COP' at CITES this year - big vote could happen as early as tomorrow news.mongabay.com/2025/11/45-m...

Interview with the man who tranq'ed Arikomban, Kerala's chief forest veterinary officer - epic stuff www.newindianexpress.com/states/keral...

There's a wild graphic toward the top of this story of a GLOF — glacial lake outburst flood www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is really good on what's going on between Venezuela and the US and (gulp) prospects for regime change www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvHx... via @insightcrime.org

Bloomberg analysis reveals that electricity in areas near data centers has risen, a lot: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... Energy is up to 267% costlier in areas w/ a data center nearby:

"extinction is not just the disappearance of beauty or ecological function; it is the deletion of irreplaceable data from Earth’s biological memory" news.mongabay.com/2025/10/prot...

Salient visual aids from @kuangkeng.bsky.social in our joint @ire.org #AccessFest25 panel presentation today

In urbanizing Singapore, insects and rats are migrating indoors to escape extreme heat - and the pest control industry is booming. Story by Robin Hicks for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/10/as-s...

Real nice up here in the Amvrakikos Gulf, which is absolutely teeming with rays

Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar especially smashed by deforestation in 2024 - new article by @geraldrflynn.bsky.social @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/10/prot...

"I do think that it's evil. I don't know that it's necessary. This campaign is a test for that." www.404media.co/can-you-win-...

It was only a matter of time before shark meat appeared in Indonesia's new $10b school meals program. The story making the rounds is from Ketapang, but how common is shark meat across the program as a whole? Indonesia is a top shark-catching country... and what species are they serving? sc.mp/vi2fw

Reflection on my friendship with Jane: www.butlernature.com/2025/10/02/w...

Spent months building a giant database of public procurements of shark meat in Brazil - here's how we did it news.mongabay.com/2025/09/how-...

shark ("tope") on the menu at a random restaurant by my hotel in athens

“Mongabay has tended to fly under the radar. We’ve focused on the journalism rather than promoting ourselves, so this recognition is especially meaningful — and it reflects the contributions of everyone involved,” Bulter said. news.mongabay.com/short-articl... @mongabay.com

Pet sharks are trending, but pro aquarists say keeping them is very difficult to do ethically and often ends up harming the sharks. New @mongabay.com feature by Hallie Lieberman news.mongabay.com/2025/09/pet-...

New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

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