Hornbills are being targeted during their breeding season in Bangladesh, with rescue records over the last several years showing a concentration of cases between May and August, when the forest dwellers are nesting, breeding and raising chicks. Analyzing rescue data from the Forest Department and Bangladesh Police, Mongabay found at least 26 birds, including 14 […]
Watch the gut-wrenching, heart-stopping moment a prairie dog defending his pups from being devoured by a deadly and hungry snake – will they survive?
Prairie dogs may have a reputation for being full of chatter and looking adorable, but their calls are actually an incredibly complex alarm system for their towns (and other animals) – and they’re much fiercer than they first seem. Black-tailed prairie dogs are protected from predators such as birds of prey and coyotes while in […]
New Trump rule allows hunters to bait bears in Alaska with doughnuts, bacon and more
A new Trump administration rule allows hunters to bait bears on federal lands in Alaska with bacon, doughnuts, meat scraps or other human foods typically used to help kill the trophy animals at close range. Opponents say the practice will cause bears to be more aggressive around humans, and allege that the rule change is […]
It drinks an animal’s tears – and has a terrifying way of getting them
Not all moths are harmless buffoons dashing themselves into porch lights and clumsily scattering pollen as they flit from flower to flower. The Madagascar tear drinking moth (Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica) has no compunction about plunging its barbed proboscis into the eyes of slumbering birds in a quest for vital nutrients. Researchers documented three cases of the […]
World Snow Leopard Day: Community action and new science foster coexistence with humans
Snow leopards range across Asia’s rugged mountains, where they face mounting threats from climate change, declining wild prey, and retaliatory killings from local herders. Today, on Oct. 23, International Snow Leopard Day, we look back at recent Mongabay reporting highlighting how innovative science, climate-ready habitat, and community-centered conservation are helping these big cats share mountain […]
“We were literally running for our lives. If one of us had tripped, there was nothing we would have been able to do”
Axel Gomille is a photographer and filmmaker from Germany. His work has appeared in BBC Wildlife magazine and shortlisted for Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He has also published several books. How did your career start? I’ve been interested in wildlife since I was a child. For my 7th birthday, I asked for – and was […]
Mass sloth deaths prompt US bill calling for import ban
On Oct. 20, International Sloth Day, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Congress to ban the import of wild sloths into the United States. The proposed legislation comes months after the deaths of 58 of the approximately 69 sloths imported to Sloth World, a Florida-based tourist attraction. “We owe it to these animals, […]
It can regrow its penis after mating – not just once – but twice!
In a world where it can seem that nothing is built to last, here is a creature that takes disposability to eye-watering extremes. Like most nudibranchs, Chromodoris reticulata is a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Copulation is a two-way affair, with each participant inserting its penis into its partner’s vagina. But much less conventional is what they do […]