From protecting salamanders to seabirds, here are the 2026 Whitley Awards winners
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This year’s Whitley Awards honor six grassroots conservationists from South Asia, South America,…Cocaine exposure drives salmon to alter movements
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Young Atlantic salmon exposed to cocaine and its breakdown product, benzoylecgonine, swim farther…‘Creamy, nutty’ spiders are protein source for Indigenous Indian tribe
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In India’s northeastern Nagaland state, orb-weaver spiders are a sought-after source of protein,…Borneo’s GIGANTIC bat caves
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Borneo is home to some of the largest cave systems in the world… and they’re filled with bats.…Endangered Javan gibbon baby born in UK rare species sanctuary
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A rare Javan gibbon was born at a wildlife park in the U.K., one of the world’s main centers for…UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition
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A new report published by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health…Conservationist wins top award to protect lions and people in Zimbabwe
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Lion conservationist Moreangels Mbizah and her colleagues chose the name “Batabilili” for the…Laos can do more to mitigate chemical pollution of rivers flowing into Vietnam (analysis)
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Southeast Asia’s growing demand for rare earth elements and gold, driven by global needs in…Florida ‘Sloth World’ shuts down amid dozens of captive sloth deaths
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A startup known as “Sloth World” brought some 69 sloths to Orlando, Florida, with plans to…A “good year” for forests changes less than it seems
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The rate of tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, reversing the record highs of the…Marine resource conflicts in Africa revolve mostly around access: Study
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Marine resource conflicts can arise when industrial vessels enter coastal waters used by small-scale…Chesapeake Bay conservation bolstered by the power of business & viral videos
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The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the U.S., providing key habitat for a huge variety of…Black cockatoo species caught in the crosshairs of global race for minerals
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Environmental organizations in southwest Australia have criticized the Australian government’s…‘True success’ is a DRC that no longer needs outside help: Interview with EU envoy Fabrice Basile
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KINSHASA — Few countries are the focal point of as many expectations, tensions and contradictions…Brazilian state greenlights deforestation for contested open-pit gold mine
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The state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon has authorized Canadian mining company Belo Sun to begin…Nearly three in four marine protected areas undermined by wastewater pollution
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Wastewater pollution levels are higher inside many marine protected areas than in nearby unprotected…One of the world’s largest deep-sea coral reefs discovered off Argentina
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Biologist Erik Cordes has spent much of his career studying cold-water reefs — coral systems…A village biogas project tests Zambia’s push to improve rural energy access
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LUSAKA, Zambia — In Nkhundye, a farming community in Zambia’s Eastern province, cattle dung from…As Ghana eyes lithium future, affected communities face uncertainty
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EWOYAA, Ghana — In March, the Ghanaian parliament approved what could become the West African…Species thought extinct for thousands of years ‘rediscovered’ thanks to Indigenous knowledge
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