# Weird animals win on Instagram. Mongabay’s next-best choice? Its reporters.

- Source: Nieman Lab
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:32:33+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/11/weird-animals-win-on-instagram-mongabays-next-best-choice-its-reporters/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/weird-animals-win-on-instagram-mongabay-s-next-best-choice-its-reporte-27577b/

Mongabay’s most successful videos are about weird animals. But not every video from the environmental newsroom can be about strange — or strangely cute — animals. Some have to be about shrimp farm pollution. Or a deforestation crisis brought on by cacao farming in Liberia. That’s where the challenge comes in, Mongabay video managing editor...

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