Indian border town adjacent to Bhutan is reeling from riverbed pollution
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Jaigaon, a densely populated town on India’s border with Bhutan, is facing a crisis of poor waste…Novel research finds unexpected climate resilience in up to 36% of Amazon forest
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Reports on the health and vitality of the Amazon — often dubbed as Earth’s lungs — have been…Half of seabirds are declining. Protecting marine flyways could help save them
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Animals that cross borders often encounter conservation systems that stop at them. Migratory…Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups
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Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of…Emperor penguins are now endangered amid climate change and melting ice
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Emperor penguins are native to Antarctica, where record low sea ice over the last decade has…Giant otters, river sentinels, now listed as threatened migratory species
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With evidence that the giant river otter is in an increasingly perilous state, delegates to the…New mahogany species found in Zanzibar — but fewer than 30 trees remain
2:13pm By
A small group of mahogany trees were found growing along a 200-meter (650-foot) stretch of shoreline…Argentina approves Milei’s bill that eases protections for glaciers despite environmental backlash
2:05pm By
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Congress on Thursday approved a bill promoted by…Invasive plant drives ecological change in America’s gigantic Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness (commentary)
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The Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness was part of the original class of lands designated under the…Creating the North Atlantic’s largest MPA network: Interview with Azores President José Manuel Bolieiro
11:27am By
José Manuel Bolieiro says he’s been an environmentalist for as long as he can remember. He…Invasives take over native plant spaces in Nepal’s cities
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KATHMANDU — Until a few decades ago, botanist Bharat Babu Shrestha observed abundant growth of…War on Iran disrupts efforts to save the Asiatic cheetah, world’s rarest big cat
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Before the war began in February 2026, there was some rare good news for Iran’s imperiled Asiatic…On the shores of Lake Victoria, a youth-led campaign to revive a wetland
7:51am By
KISUMU, Kenya — On a December morning, the early sunshine casts a golden sheen on the waters of…In Indonesia, a coastal vine used as medicine now signals ecological decline
7:34am By
SUMALATA, Indonesia — Following encounters while diving, Gusnar Ismail has long turned to the…Chile’s ancient conifers host underground web of life that sustains forests: Study
6:26am By
In an isolated valley within Alerce Costero National Park in southern Chile, one tree towers above…Second progress report shows little action on World Bank redress plan at Liberian plantation
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A year after the World Bank approved a plan to redress community grievances over inadequate…In zoos, ‘peaceful’ bonobos are just as aggressive as chimps, study suggests
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A new study of our two closest living relatives finds that, at least in zoos, bonobos may not be…How the US rebuilt a collapsed fishery
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Experts flag trafficking after monkey endemic to Borneo is found in Thailand
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The recent discovery of an injured proboscis monkey near a railway track in Thailand points to the…Indonesia’s plan to rezone national park sparks backlash
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Indonesia is moving to rezone Way Kambas National Park, transforming the Sumatran sanctuary from a…
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