Robert Ricklefs, ecologist who helped generations understand nature, has died at 83
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At the mouth of the Carmel River, a teacher set up a spotting scope and let a boy look through it.…Researchers find dramatic restoration on land and sea after island rat removal
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When invasive rats are removed from islands, the ecological benefits can ripple across both land and…Bornean ferret badger only lives in Borneo. Could it be a conservation symbol?
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The Bornean ferret badger is a small carnivore with the slinky body of a ferret and a face mask like…Mozambique completes first white rhino breeding population in decades
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The rumble of ship traffic is drowning out the calls of long-finned pilot whales and potentially…Malawi officials seek to drop bribery case against illegal wildlife trafficking convict
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Government officials in Malawi have applied to withdraw bribery charges against wildlife trafficking…Global ocean faces ‘deepening crisis,’ but governance is improving: UN report
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From pollution to overfishing to the escalating effects of climate change, human activities are…To improve its floundering fisheries, Kenya boosts data collection on artisanal fleet
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MTWAPA, Kenya — On a mid-morning in March, Mohamed Mwazigona, 58, had just landed a measly catch…As human Ebola cases climb in DRC, critically endangered gorillas are at risk
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As human cases continue to climb in the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic…East African Crude Oil Pipeline threatens wetlands, wildlife corridors: Report
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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which stretches from oil fields in Uganda’s Lake…Amazon deforestation declines as Brazil reduces forest loss nationwide
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Common medications that billions of people take for ailments like pain, fever and infections were…In Ecuador, an Indigenous community goes thirsty despite its two rivers
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The man’s cheekbones are painted with achiote, a red pigment extracted from the seeds of the Bixa…Nepal’s tourism growth sparks unchecked liquor concerns involving national flower
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Every April, eastern Nepal’s Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale region sees a rush of tourists, arriving for…Indigenous organization buys wetland property in Australia to help conserve it
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A large property containing a unique wetland system in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin was…Southeast Asian nations chart important new course toward environmental justice (commentary)
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The countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have made an important…Removal of African elephants causes coextinction of dung beetles, study finds
Thu 2:12pm By
A field experiment in Kenya shows that dung beetles disappear when the African elephants they depend…Brazil carves national park to make room for grain railway
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A ruling by Brazil’s Supreme Court has given new momentum to one of the most controversial…El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. meteorologists say an El Nino has formed. That’s the natural warming of…
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