EcoWatch

President Donald Trump is building a new section of the border wall between the United States and Mexico that will present a threat to the movement of wildlife living in a remote part of Arizona’s San Rafael Valley. The area is one of the country’s most…

According to a new report from BirdLife International and EuroNatur, countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East are falling behind on their goals to reduce illegal bird killings by 2030. Several countries have pledged to the Rome Strategic Plan 2020 –…

The world’s biggest polluters are also the most protected from the environmental harm they helped create, according to a study by researchers from University of Notre Dame and University of Wyoming. Meanwhile, the least culpable countries face the most…

As more people are starting to realize — and as Indigenous Peoples have understood for millennia — how we treat the land affects everything from food and water security to carbon sequestration and climate change. Many farms in the United States are…

Acute global food insecurity rose for the sixth year in a row in 2024, according to the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), a collaborative effort coordinated by the Food Security Information Network. The report shows that climate extremes, conflict,…

Extremely low river levels in the UK recently have experts concerned about an impending drought. The UK is also experiencing its driest spring since 1961, as BBC News reported. According to data from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), the UK…

European countries dismantled a record 542 dams, culverts, weirs and sluices that had been blocking rivers in 2024 — up 11 percent from the previous year — according to a new report from Dam Removal Europe. Last year 23 countries in Europe removed a river…

For the first time, a surge in China’s renewable energy output has led to a drop in the country’s carbon emissions, despite rapidly increasing power demand. The emissions decline marks a major milestone in China’s energy transition, according to an…

After successfully reintroducing beavers back into the wild in England, a new project is looking to bring European elk back to the UK. The elk previously went extinct in the UK 3,000 years ago. Rewilding Britain is awarding grants through its Rewilding…

The world’s seagrass meadows capture and store enormous amounts of carbon, but they must be protected if the incredible work they do for our climate is to continue. A new global study predicts that protecting seagrass meadows that are “at-risk” could…