Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land
Wed 6:59pm By
Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal…International Cheetah Day: Survival still at stake for the world’s fastest cat
Wed 6:45pm By
Dec. 4 is International Cheetah Day. It was established in 2010 by the Cheetah Conservation Fund to…More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone & typhoon converge
Wed 6:36pm By
At least 1,400 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia,…Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world
Wed 4:18pm By
“I live in Accra, Ghana,” says Isaac Dinwe, who works for Closing the Loop, a Dutch NGO that’s…Respecting uncontacted peoples can protect biodiversity and our humanity (commentary)
Wed 4:17pm By
Deep within the remaining tropical forests of the world, the last uncontacted peoples live in…‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists
Wed 3:28pm By
An international team of scientists has issued a stark warning that current toxicology and chemical…Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River
Wed 3:26pm By
A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa’s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than…African forest hornbills gain new protections from unsustainable trade
Wed 3:11pm By
Negotiators discussing wildlife trade rules have agreed overwhelmingly to back a proposal that…Peregrine falcons retain trade protections, despite downlisting bid by Canada and US
Wed 2:57pm By
The U.S. and Canada have failed in their bid to loosen restrictions on the international trade in…Countries overwhelmingly support bid to bar Galápagos iguanas from international trade
Wed 2:25pm By
Four species of iguanas from the Galápagos Islands have received the highest protection against…Jean Beasley, who turned her young daughter’s dying wish into a mission to save sea turtles, has died
Wed 1:43pm By
On the beaches of Topsail Island in North Carolina, the sight of a sea turtle crawling ashore has…Countries back strong new trade limits for sharks and rays at CITES summit
Wed 12:39pm By
Delegates at a global summit to update international wildlife trade rules have agreed on sweeping…Rescue teams racing after last week’s flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Wed 11:47am By
BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue teams raced Wednesday to reach communities isolated by last…Forest loss, fires and invasions soar in Nicaraguan wildlife refuge, watchdog warns
Wed 11:14am By
The Río San Juan Wildlife Refuge, one of the most important protected areas in Nicaragua, is facing…Saving critical winter habitat for monarch butterflies may depend on buy-in from their human neighbors
Wed 8:39am By
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has plummeted by 80% to 95% since the 1990s,…Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities
Wed 8:22am By
Sprawled along the Pacific coastline near San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is…Extinctions ‘already happening’ in Wales as report lists 3,000 at-risk species
Wed 7:30am By
Nearly 3,000 species in the country of Wales, in the U.K., are now found in just a handful of…Loma Santa marks first Indigenous protected area in the Bolivian Amazon
Wed 6:42am By
Loma Santa, a newly established Indigenous protected area spanning an area the size of the Hawaiian…Predators in peril: Protected areas cover just a fraction of global carnivore ranges
Tue 7:45pm By
Slinking beneath the greenery of the Amazon is a cat whose territory far exceeds its stature.…A ‘Life After Cars’ can provide huge human health and environmental benefits
Tue 2:18pm By
Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek realized that no one was discussing the many…
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