Laos’s illegal wildlife shops keep growing despite enforcement, investigators find
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BANGKOK — Schemes funneling Chinese tour groups through illegal wildlife shopping sites in Laos…The unsung biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea needs urgent protection
Jul 14, 2026, 8:23 pm By
The Mediterranean Sea accounts for less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface water, but it…Rising seas, garbage and heat threaten Brazil’s migratory shorebirds
Jul 14, 2026, 5:23 pm By
POTIGUAR BASIN, Brazil — On the estuary beaches where the Atlantic Ocean mixes with freshwater…The U.S. government says habitat destruction no longer counts as ‘harm’ to endangered species
Jul 14, 2026, 3:55 pm By
The U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration recently finalized a rule that narrows what…Waste, women & environmental justice: Interview with Nubian activist Malasen Hamida
Jul 14, 2026, 2:30 pm By
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Jul 14, 2026, 12:49 pm By
President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah. The move to…Gus Mills spent a lifetime studying Africa’s carnivores
Jul 14, 2026, 12:24 pm By
His nephew recalled that the children were taught to chant, “Hyaenas are beautiful!” as often as…Celebrating World Chimpanzee Day
Jul 14, 2026, 12:10 pm By
Happy World Chimpanzee Day. On July 14, as the world celebrates one of humans’ closest living…Research offers nature-positive path to end and reverse biodiversity loss
Jul 14, 2026, 11:05 am By
From its nests high in the canopy of the Amazon, the harpy eagle depends on — and is critical to…Why Africa should link nutritional data with fisheries management (commentary)
Jul 14, 2026, 10:11 am By
Off the coast of Timor-Leste, fishers are building something many countries still lack: A clearer…Kent Carpenter spent half a century counting the life of Philippine reefs
Jul 14, 2026, 9:28 am By
By some accounts, in the Philippine reefs of the 1970s, large groupers appeared every 50 feet or so.…How birders in Chad ‘found’ the rusty lark, a bird lost to science for nearly a century
Jul 14, 2026, 8:47 am By
The morning of Feb. 2, 2026, started like many others for Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard: It…Ecuador’s Amazon coffee farmers get ahead of Europe’s deforestation rules
Jul 14, 2026, 7:37 am By
“What motivates us most is being able to say, ‘I take care of the environment, I don’t cut…Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat
Jul 14, 2026, 7:24 am By
JAKARTA — Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of…Humans’ relationship with nature: Interview with ethnobotanist Pavel Partha
Jul 13, 2026, 6:56 pm By
Pavel Partha and I first crossed paths almost two years ago at a 2024 sit-in protest against the…Women Defenders of the Colombian Amazon
Jul 13, 2026, 5:38 pm By
Colombia is among the most dangerous countries for environmental defenders. Yet here, women stand as…Cutting back vines lets recovering forests grow faster, Borneo study shows
Jul 13, 2026, 3:15 pm By
As the world faces the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, researchers are trying…China’s ‘Green Great Wall’ tames desert growth, but scientists warn the fight is not over
Jul 13, 2026, 1:13 pm By
KUBUQI DESERT, China (AP) — For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a…How narcos moved 108 tons of timber infused with drugs from Bolivia to Chile
Jul 13, 2026, 9:30 am By
A new case has exposed the connection between drug trafficking webs and the export of timber from…Monkey vs machine: Nepal tests AI to fight crop-raiding macaques
Jul 13, 2026, 9:19 am By
KATHMANDU — At dawn in Birta Deurali village of Kavrepalanchok in central Nepal, maize fields…
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