On Manatee Appreciation Day, remember these gentle giants who protect aquatic ecosystems (commentary)
Mar 24, 2026, 10:22 am By
Along the warm waters of Mexico’s Caribbean coast lives a creature so gentle that sailors once…China’s deep-sea mining fleet may also track US submarines
Mar 24, 2026, 12:01 am By
A Mongabay and CNN investigation found the eight Chinese state-owned ships that conduct deep-sea…Argentina updates national IUCN mammal list with new focus on non-native species
Mar 23, 2026, 9:47 pm By
Scientists have updated the conservation status of hundreds of mammals in Argentina, adding…Conservation win as first palm cockatoo chick fledges from artificial hollow in Australia
Mar 23, 2026, 8:23 pm By
Conservationists in Australia are celebrating the fledging of a palm cockatoo chick, a species…The ocean’s enforcement gap
Mar 23, 2026, 6:33 pm By
On paper, the sea is increasingly protected. Governments have designated vast marine protected areas…Indigenous groups demand halt to Belo Sun Amazon gold mine
Mar 23, 2026, 4:51 pm By
More than 120 Indigenous protesters have occupied a federal building in Altamira in the Brazilian…Huge amounts of nanoplastics discovered in tap and bottled water
Mar 23, 2026, 4:33 pm By
The amount of nanoplastics in drinking water in the U.S. has been wildly underestimated. That’s…Can this giant freezer de-extinct animals?
Mar 23, 2026, 2:51 pm By
We’re losing species at an alarming rate. Could freezing the genetic material of the world’s…French company stops US offshore wind projects in $1B deal with Trump administration
Mar 23, 2026, 1:40 pm By
The Department of Interior says a French energy company has agreed to give up two U.S. offshore wind…How Namibia’s bird conservation projects build community resilience (commentary)
Mar 23, 2026, 12:13 pm By
In Namibia’s Karas Region, birds are more than symbols of freedom or beauty — they are teachers…Songbird trade threatens lesser-known ‘master birds’ with secondary extinctions: Study
Mar 23, 2026, 11:02 am By
Increasing demand for songbirds is raising the risk of “secondary extinctions” of so-called…World Water Day: Earth’s freshwater reveals new species & faces mounting threats
Mar 22, 2026, 5:48 pm By
Water covers most of our planet, yet less than 3% of it is freshwater and most of it is contained in…PNG’s New Ireland coastal waters causing fish deaths, human sickness
Mar 20, 2026, 7:58 pm By
For several months, the waters around New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea have been causing…Captive-bred Panamanian golden frogs released to the wild
Mar 20, 2026, 7:18 pm By
Since 2009, no one has seen a Panamanian golden frog in the wild. These bright yellow frogs…Vatican launches campaign to encourage divestment from mining industries
Mar 20, 2026, 5:22 pm By
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Friday launched a campaign to encourage divestment from mining…Proboscis monkey found in Thailand adds to evidence of cross-border illegal trade
Mar 20, 2026, 3:58 pm By
RATCHABURI, Thailand — On Jan. 6, residents of Samut Sakhon province, central Thailand, found an…Deep-sea mining rules face delays despite urgent push
Mar 20, 2026, 3:28 pm By
Commercial deep-sea mining hasn’t yet begun, but it soon could — with the potential to reshape…Many Indigenous peoples in Asia feel excluded from nat’l biodiversity planning: Report
Mar 20, 2026, 3:12 pm By
A report and policy brief by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) found that Indigenous peoples in…World Rewilding Day: Hope for species and ecosystems
Mar 20, 2026, 2:37 pm By
World Rewilding Day on March 20 celebrates human efforts to rewild and restore degraded areas.…Deadly Indonesia landfill collapse a ‘serious warning’ of systemic failure
Mar 20, 2026, 12:05 pm By
A 50-meter (164-foot) mountain of waste at Indonesia’s Bantargebang landfill, the country’s…
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