No joking: Great apes can be silly and playfully tease each other, finds study
12:07pm ByBeing silly and indulging in humor may sound easy, but our brains need to do a lot of heavy lifting…Fishers’ memories on par with scientific data on historic catches: Study
8:23am ByWhen Leandro Castello graduated with his degree in oceanography in 1998, he didn’t immediately get…Migratory Amazonian catfish placed on the international protection list
5:42am ByOf the approximately 2,500 fish species found in the Amazon Basin, two catfish are special both to…Mongabay Data Studio: Revealing nature’s hidden stories through data (commentary)
Thu 7:02pm ByHigh-quality data journalism serves as a powerful tool in elucidating complex environmental issues,…Madagascar takes key step toward improving transparency of its fisheries
Thu 1:49pm ByANTANANARIVO — Madagascar recently released its first fisheries transparency report, part of an…Rehabilitation of Guatemalan fauna highlights opacity of illegal wildlife trade
Thu 1:45pm ByEL ARROZAL, Guatemala – A Yucatán black howler monkey, an endangered species, swung from a branch…Report calls for agroecological rethink of Africa’s food amid $61b industrial plan
Thu 12:01pm ByCivil society groups have criticized a new $61 billion initiative to industrialize African food…Phantom deeds see Borneo islanders lose their land to quartz miners
Thu 12:00pm ByGELAM ISLAND, Indonesia — Not long ago, Suparyanto discovered that his family home on a small…Riverine communities join forces to preserve threatened Amazon turtles
Thu 11:41am ByJURUTI, Pará state, Brazil — One of the little sand piles appears to be moving. Fábio Andrew…For threatened Andean condors, garbage dump offers a buffet of risks & rewards
Thu 7:20am ByFifty kilometers north of Santiago, Chile, sits Loma Los Colorados, a sprawling landfill that…New trackers bring prairie dogs’ little-known underground life to light
Thu 6:03am ByTo say tracking prairie dogs is difficult would be an understatement. The animals spend most of…Impunity for Cambodia’s exotic pet owners as trade outpaces legislation
Mar 6, 2024, 10:00 pm ByPURSAT, Cambodia — On the outskirts of the western Cambodian city of Pursat, some 180 kilometers,…Study on Brazilian heat wave deaths shows gender & racial disparities
Mar 6, 2024, 1:01 pm By“The heat at night was too much; we couldn’t sleep,” says Evanice Auxiliadora da Silva, a…Pollution poses big risks to global clean water supplies, study shows
Mar 6, 2024, 12:23 pm ByScientists say that nitrogen pollution from agriculture and human waste could dramatically worsen…Field stations deliver high return on investment for conservation, study finds
Mar 6, 2024, 12:20 pm ByThe term “field station” has an air of mystery, conjuring images of some tropical or icy outpost…Sumatra firefighters on alert as burning heralds start of Riau dry season
Mar 6, 2024, 11:55 am ByPEKANBARU, Indonesia — Emergency workers and community firefighters battled isolated fires in…Indonesia unveils plan to launch a satellite network for maritime monitoring
Mar 6, 2024, 11:44 am ByJAKARTA — Indonesia is developing a satellite constellation to beef up monitoring of its marine…Ten years since anti-deforestation pledge, corporate world still not doing enough
Mar 6, 2024, 11:15 am ByIt was supposed to be a major milestone, back in 2014, when hundreds of governments and companies…Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
Mar 6, 2024, 11:09 am ByRegardless of what satellite images show, inhabitants who have illegally planted crops within the…Land irrigation as an obstacle to agricultural intensification in Mato Grosso
Mar 6, 2024, 10:50 am ByThe agro-industrial farms of Mato Grosso are among the most efficient on the planet; they benefit…
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