Finance and Indigenous rights top Africans’ agenda as biodiversity summit opens in Yerevan
Oct 19, 2026, 4:23 pm By
As the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity’s 17th summit opens in Yerevan, Armenia, on Oct.…What 500,000 hours of Yellowstone sound can tell us about wolves
Oct 19, 2026, 3:55 pm By
Fifty automated recording units scattered across the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park in the…Anatomy of a land grab: the law, likes, and legislator behind an Indigenous land invasion in Brazil
Oct 19, 2026, 3:42 pm By
The polished leather of Francisco “Torrinho” Torres’ shoes gleamed as he walked toward the…Typhoon Champi strengthens to Category 5 but moves away from land; Trudy weakens
Oct 19, 2026, 1:30 pm By
Typhoon Champi has moved from the western Pacific into the Philippine Sea and has become a Category…Why are these lynxes washing their food?
Oct 19, 2026, 10:11 am By
Camera traps in Spain have captured a behavior never documented before in a wild cat: Iberian lynxes…Conservation is bringing species back. Governments must help those gains last
Oct 19, 2026, 8:38 am By
An old elephant can remember where to find water when the usual pools have dried. Her death…A Belgium-sized area of Amazon wetland has been converted, and losses are climbing
Oct 19, 2026, 7:35 am By
Every year, Amazonian rivers spill over their banks and flood the forests around them for months.…Farmworkers’ health matters: South Africa looks to alternatives for chemical pesticides
Oct 19, 2026, 2:22 am By
Insects like fall armyworm or mealybugs can decimate food and commercial crops; like their…Funding uncertainty threatens Tasmania’s gains against kelp-grazing sea urchins
Oct 19, 2026, 2:00 am By
For nearly a decade, divers off Tasmania’s east coast have been getting a boost from the…Nearly 90% of countries adopt biodiversity targets, but most remain off track
Oct 17, 2026, 6:50 pm By
Thousands of delegates are now gathering in Yerevan to discuss the future of life on Earth as we…Nigeria drove thousands of gold miners from a national park. But can it keep them out?
Oct 17, 2026, 12:18 pm By
A military-backed operation shut down a major illegal gold mining site in Gashaka-Gumti National…Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung
Oct 17, 2026, 3:57 am By
JAKARTA — Wisye Sahambangung is a fisher, community leader, and mangrove conservationist from…This orca destroyed a sunfish and no one is sure why
Oct 17, 2026, 3:27 am By
Scientists, on two separate occasions, have observed orcas ramming into heavy sunfish with such…Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low
Oct 16, 2026, 5:49 pm By
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to the lowest level on record. Data released today…The uplifting story of one of Zimbabwe’s pioneering women rangers
Oct 16, 2026, 3:03 pm By
For Nyaradzo Auxilia Hoto, one of the most memorable moments of becoming a wildlife ranger was a…Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit
Oct 16, 2026, 1:54 pm By
Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase…Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction
Oct 16, 2026, 11:55 am By
Spain’s law enforcement agency, the Civil Guard, announced on Sept. 25, 2026, that it seized 209…Plastic industry bookkeeping plans hide chemical recycling harms, critics say
Oct 16, 2026, 11:54 am By
Plastic pollution has rapidly escalated into a global environmental crisis that threatens ecosystem…As US states cull recently restored wolf populations, here’s what we stand to lose (commentary)
Oct 16, 2026, 11:47 am By
For centuries, wolves have been cast as vicious, bloodthirsty creatures of nightmares and fairy…‘Enclosed river:’ Women shellfish gatherers fight for access to mangroves in Brazil
Oct 16, 2026, 11:38 am By
Adriana Hora dos Santos stands waist-deep in the water. Her dark hair is tied in a single braid; her…
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