The documentary A Life Illuminated will make its Washington, D.C., premiere on March 19, the first night of the D.C. Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner. The film traces the ...

Seagrass meadows might not catch the eye like coral reefs, but they play an important and often unsung role in coastal ...

It was a misty morning, soon to be scorching, like every day in Niger, when we arrived at the riverbank. I was 17, living in the capital, Niamey, while my mother worked as a diplomat at the US embassy ...

Footage from John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows Hugo, a baby pygmy hippo born Sept. 3, 2025, sleepily yawning.

Over the past few months, a baby Pygmy hippo has taken the internet by storm. He quickly became famous for not being the best ...

There's no sign of de-escalation in the Middle East as Israel launches more strikes on Tehran, while the Farrer by-election is dominating domestic news.

The world's freshwater lakes are under increasing threat by the proliferation of dozens of invasive species of large animals, according to the first ever global assessment. From hippos in Colombia to ...