Soy giants drop Amazon no-deforestation pledge as subsidies come under threat
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The world’s largest buyers of Brazilian soy have announced a plan to exit from a landmark…From sea slugs to sunflowers, California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species in 2025
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Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with…Helping Cape Town’s toads cross the road: Interview with Andrew Turner
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Environmental crime used to be treated as a niche concern, a worry for park rangers, customs…Beekeepers in Brazil worry lithium mining puts their bees in jeopardy
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After facing sustained pushback from environmental groups, Ghana revoked a 2022 law that had…Methane chasers: Hunting a climate-changing gas seeping from Earth’s seafloor
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They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call…Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal
Jan 8, 2026, 9:05 am By
In December 2022, nearly 200 nations committed to protecting 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by…Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado
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When a 2018 fire burned across 73,000 hectares (180,000 acres) of the Santana Indigenous Territory,…Chimpanzees and gorillas among most traded African primates, report finds
Jan 7, 2026, 7:39 pm By
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year…Indonesia’s illegal gold boom leaves a toxic legacy of mercury pollution
Jan 7, 2026, 11:10 am By
MERANGIN, Indonesia — There wasn’t much Aris Adrianto felt he could do when the gold miners’…Indonesia launches sweeping environmental audits after Sumatra flood disaster
Jan 7, 2026, 10:50 am By
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based…An inventory of life in California
Jan 6, 2026, 11:50 pm By
Why Mongabay is reporting on California’s biodiversity Mongabay’s coverage of biodiversity…Plastic pollution requires urgent action, says author Judith Enck
Jan 6, 2026, 9:09 pm By
Judith Enck is a former regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,…An endangered menu (cartoon)
Jan 6, 2026, 6:03 pm By
Amidst the ongoing battle for survival against logging and hunting, Madagascar’s lemurs face a new…Urban sprawl and illegal mining reshape a fragile Amazon frontier
Jan 6, 2026, 5:15 pm By
MITÚ, Colombia — Beneath the rising sun, people from nearby Indigenous communities navigate…EUDR antideforestation law officially delayed for second year in a row
Jan 6, 2026, 11:12 am By
The European Union’s antideforestation law, known as EUDR, has officially been delayed for a…After Cyclone Senyar, Indonesia probes whether development amplified scale of disaster
Jan 6, 2026, 10:53 am By
JAKARTA — Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru…
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