In Australia’s Wet Tropics, restoration misses the forest for the tree cover
Oct 6, 2026, 11:14 am By
Relics of ancient wet forests stretch across the coast of Queensland state in Australia. In a…Science, Indigenous knowledge team up to restore Canada’s kelp. (Sea otters help, too.)
Oct 6, 2026, 10:44 am By
Emily Fulton spends a lot of time in a small boat cruising the waters of Clayoquot Sound off the…The Indonesians facing El Nino’s fires have lessons to teach us (commentary)
Oct 6, 2026, 10:17 am By
In October 2006, I was supposed to be starting my dissertation research on tropical reforestation in…Artificial nests give Hong Kong’s cockatoos a home – and a chance to study their behavior
Oct 6, 2026, 9:39 am By
HONG KONG — “Spiderman … Tom Holland,” two secondary school boys repeated to each other as…16 new fungal species found hiding in Thailand’s flowers
Oct 6, 2026, 7:02 am By
Researchers surveying garden and wild flowers across northern Thailand have uncovered 16 previously…Far-right election results in Brazil ‘bleak’ for Indigenous peoples, says Indigenous leader
Oct 6, 2026, 6:59 am By
Right-wing candidates made big gains in both houses of Congress in Brazil’s Oct. 4 general…Helping 100,000 amphibians safely cross the road
Oct 6, 2026, 5:08 am By
Every year, thousands of salamanders and frogs try to cross from their wooded winter homes in the…Indonesia threatens prison time for unauthorized downloads of forest data
Oct 5, 2026, 10:59 pm By
Indonesia’s government is imposing new restrictions on access to geospatial data, raising concerns…Sabine Schoppe who built a refuge for Palawan’s forest turtles has died
Oct 5, 2026, 6:14 pm By
On June 17, 2015, Philippine officials confiscated thousands of turtles in cement tanks from a…Brazil far-right presidential candidate wins most votes in deforestation hotspots
Oct 5, 2026, 5:48 pm By
In Brazil’s general election on Oct. 4, incumbent leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva…Uncertainty mounts as Suriname struggles to evict illegal settlers in the Amazon
Oct 5, 2026, 3:03 pm By
The government in Suriname this year said it planned to evict illegal settlers in the Amazon…Thailand braces for more rain as death toll from recent flooding hits 31
Oct 5, 2026, 12:45 pm By
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities on Monday warned of more rain and flash flooding as the death toll…‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels fires
Oct 5, 2026, 7:08 am By
JAKARTA — Fires burning within rainforests that contain more than half of the world’s critically…Rare Southern African succulent listed as critically endangered amid mining threat
Oct 5, 2026, 4:53 am By
The brown clockfig, an extremely rare succulent growing in the hot, arid border region of Namibia…More Latin American species are surfacing at a Bangkok wildlife market
Oct 5, 2026, 2:43 am By
More Amazonian species, in larger numbers, are appearing for sale on the other side of the planet in…Weak prosecution leaves Southeast Asia’s tigers vulnerable to trafficking: Report
Oct 5, 2026, 1:17 am By
Fewer than half of tiger poaching and trafficking arrests in Southeast Asia result in convictions or…Hunters reportedly kill hundreds of migratory birds stranded by thunderstorm in Malta
Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 am By
A multi-day thunderstorm over the Mediterranean Sea struck Malta, stranding hundreds of passing…Myanmar’s mines pollute Thai rivers
Oct 4, 2026, 11:16 am By
Vast tracts of Thai farmland have been poisoned by chemicals linked to mining in Myanmar, With…Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine oil pollution in oceans. See the map
Oct 2, 2026, 7:11 pm By
Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000…Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election
Oct 2, 2026, 5:25 pm By
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s upcoming presidential election could reshape the Amazon’s future.…
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