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After losing two of the Yangtze River’s native wildlife icons — the baiji (a river dolphin) and…Rare photos capture fishing cat preying on monitor lizard in the Sundarbans
Sep 29, 2025, 5:47 am By
In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the world’s…Counting kings: How annual lion surveys reveal the health of Africa’s protected areas
Sep 28, 2025, 10:45 pm By
On a dawn drive through a savannah reserve in Zambia, a ranger slows the truck and points to a faint…Study spotlights West Papua habitat as whale sharks face increased pressures
Sep 28, 2025, 2:07 am By
A new study reports that the Bird’s Head Seascape off Indonesia’s West Papua serves as a vital…Arturo Gómez-Pompa, biologist who revealed the human history in “virgin” forests, has died, aged 90
Sep 26, 2025, 6:12 pm By
In the steaming lowlands of Veracruz and the Yucatán, where strangler figs knot the canopy and…Peru court upholds 28 years in prison for loggers in Indigenous murders
Sep 26, 2025, 3:59 pm By
After 11 years, the Alto Tamaya Saweto community has finally received confirmation of convictions in…Every stage of fossil fuel life cycle harms people & the environment: Report
Sep 26, 2025, 3:58 pm By
A new report traces the life cycle of fossil fuels — from exploration and extraction to combustion…Hema Sane, botanist who lived without electricity, died on September 19th
Sep 26, 2025, 2:54 pm By
In a crumbling four-storey wada in Pune’s old quarter, where temple bells compete with motorbike…After global aid cuts, nonprofits seek new energy and new partners on the UN sidelines
Sep 26, 2025, 1:08 pm By
NEW YORK (AP) — The many conferences on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual…The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says
Sep 26, 2025, 12:12 pm By
Experts often warn about the “tipping point” for the Amazon, a scenario in which the rainforest…Brazil leads push for novel forest finance mechanism ahead of COP30 summit
Sep 26, 2025, 10:24 am By
As nations struggled during Climate Week (Sept 21-28) in New York City to increase their…Long-lost white shark tag traces remarkable journey from South Africa to SE Asia
Sep 26, 2025, 7:24 am By
In May 2012, a satellite transmitter was attached to a subadult female white shark (Carcharodon…How we probed a maze of websites to tally Brazilian government shark meat orders
Sep 26, 2025, 5:58 am By
Mongabay recently published an investigation revealing widespread Brazilian government purchases of…Grue jay or Bleen jay? Researchers confirm hybrid between blue and green jays
Sep 26, 2025, 2:14 am By
Researchers have for the first time confirmed that a blue jay and a green jay have mated in the wild…Brazil’s first private Amazon road paves new trade route to China
Sep 25, 2025, 2:57 pm By
The BR-364 federal highway triggered one of the largest deforestation drives in the history of the…Ethnologist Martín von Hildebrand awarded Lovejoy Prize for Amazon conservation
Sep 25, 2025, 2:33 pm By
The second recipient of the Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize, launched in 2024, was announced Sept. 23 at the…As Sri Lanka struggles with ghost nets, volunteer youth lead seabed cleanup
Sep 25, 2025, 2:23 pm By
COLOMBO —Galle Face Beach in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, Colombo, is a popular spot among…Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon
Sep 25, 2025, 12:27 pm By
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration…Burkina Faso’s women farmers reviving the land with fertilizer trees
Sep 25, 2025, 10:35 am By
CASSOU, Burkina Faso — With her daba in hand, her back bent from decades in the fields, Maan —…From Chile to Greece, ‘ghost gear’ from fish farms haunts the seas
Sep 25, 2025, 10:17 am By
Each year since 2021, Pia Reveco and her husband have set sail from Puerto Montt to spend the…
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