Rare birds, ocean plastic, patient fieldwork, and the living places behind this week's wildlife headlines.
Week of
Jun 30, 2026
Selected reports
7
Regions on map
3
Issue summary
This first Field Notes follows rare birds in Agartala, ocean plastic turned into repair, what long-term photography teaches us to notice, and a morning in Kibale Rainforest.
Issue
Untold Field Notes No. 1: Wildlife on the move
News
7 selected reports
Stories
3 Untold stories
Map
Where the stories lead
Seven reports that trace the pressure on wild places, the people responding, and the species asking for closer attention.
Photo: Wildlife | The Guardian
Photo: Ecology News - Biology NewsIn the last few centuries, mammals and other animals have been going extinct at least 100 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene. So who will be next? Which species are most likely to survive, and which will die out?
Photo: Conservation newsFrancisco Hernández Cayetano, president of the Federation of Ticuna and Yagua Communities of the Lower Amazon (FECOTYBA), is raising the alarm about the latest threats related to drug trafficking in the Amazon’s tri-border area. Living a.
Photo: Down To Earth Wildlife & BiodiversityExplore this issue’s key stories: from India’s coal-to-renewables transition and flexible thermal power, to tiger conservation, weak environmental enforcement, worsening floods, crop loss estimation, chemotherapy drug shortages, climate-.
Photo: Down To Earth Wildlife & BiodiversityAs India heats up, 150 million women face a silent transition shaped by rising temperatures, polluted air, and unequal access to care during menopause.
Photo: Wildlife | The GuardianNovice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs.
Photo: Down To Earth Wildlife & BiodiversityExplore how the traditional craft of shitol pati cool mats in Assam’s Barak Valley is struggling to survive against modern appliances, as ageing artisans fight to keep a century-old family legacy alive.
Three longer reads for staying with the people, habitats, and slow work behind the headlines.
By Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjee
In a north-eastern Indian town where old trees fall and ponds are filled overnight, the scarcest species isn't a bird at all. It's the birdwatcher, and noticing may be the simplest conservation there is.
Read the featureKaren Gonzalez Videla begins before the forest fully wakes, following chimpanzee calls through Uganda's Kibale Rainforest.
A single morning tracking chimpanzees, from first light to the packed camera bag.
From South Asia to East Africa and the open ocean, this issue follows wildlife stories across the places shaping them.
Map note
Some stories begin in one place and quickly reach another: migration routes, trade routes, coastlines, and shared seas.
Field line
Follow the pins to see how local reports connect to wider questions of habitat, movement, and survival.
Keep reading
Keep reading the wider stream of wildlife news, from fresh research to conservation work unfolding around the world.
From Untold Field Notes No. 1: Wildlife on the move
