West Asia conflict brings Norwegian marine research vessel back to Sri Lanka
May 23, 2026, 12:53 pm By
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May 23, 2026, 1:39 am By
Move over cats and dogs. There’s a new hot favorite pet in town: ants. More and more people are…Rhino-poaching suspect, repeatedly freed on bail, shot dead in South Africa
May 22, 2026, 10:29 pm By
A former South African police officer who became a notorious alleged rhino-poaching kingpin has been…Kenyan communities protest planned nuclear plant near Lake Victoria
May 22, 2026, 5:47 pm By
On May 21, residents of Sakwa, in southeastern Kenya, gathered to protest the government’s plan to…‘Corporate capture’ of critical minerals risks repeating DRC’s extractive past, warns indigenous leader
May 22, 2026, 4:46 pm By
The global rush for minerals needed for the green energy transition risks repeating the same old…Givaldo Santos, Kaiowá and Guarani leader, was killed on May 1st, aged 40
May 22, 2026, 3:46 pm By
The MS-289 runs through the Taquaperi Reserve in southern Mato Grosso do Sul, between Coronel…World Turtle Day: Important conservation wins amid turtle extinction crisis
May 22, 2026, 11:59 am By
World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to raise awareness about the threats faced by turtles…In Kyrgyzstan, a climate-ready corridor gives snow leopards and herders room to roam
May 22, 2026, 11:19 am By
Snow leopards haunt the rocky ridgelines of Central Asia, vanishing into terrain so rugged that…Nepal prepares to hand over mega zoo project to conservation body
May 22, 2026, 10:47 am By
KATHMANDU — Nepali officials are preparing to hand over the government’s ambitious new zoo to…Indian Ocean tuna regulator eases yellowfin fishing curbs amid sustainability concerns
May 22, 2026, 10:12 am By
An annual meeting of the regulatory body overseeing the tuna fishery across the Indian Ocean has…Above an Australian highway, a bridge reconnects wilderness for quolls, koalas and other animals
May 22, 2026, 8:08 am By
SYDNEY, Australia. At dusk on the edge of the bush in Australia’s Heathcote National Park, a…AI listens for endangered orcas to help reduce underwater noise exposure
May 22, 2026, 7:33 am By
Artificial intelligence is listening to orca calls in real time and helping to reduce their exposure…‘Same dangerous project’: Fury after Indonesia revives disputed mine
May 22, 2026, 2:04 am By
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s environment ministry has issued a new approval for a controversial zinc…What drives the trafficking of gibbons? Conservationists shed light on demand
May 22, 2026, 1:48 am By
As gibbon seizures reached a record high in 2025, conservationists warn that dismantling the illegal…Slow lorises struggle to survive in the wild after captivity
May 22, 2026, 1:38 am By
The wild can be a “death trap” for rescued slow lorises, one of the world’s most trafficked…Gunmen kill two rangers in latest deadly attack in DRC’s Virunga National Park
May 21, 2026, 11:55 pm By
Gunmen have killed two rangers in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the…Three Thai nationals suspected of smuggling Galápagos iguanas arrested in Ecuador
May 21, 2026, 7:39 pm By
The Ecuadorian National Police arrested three Thai nationals on May 19, 2026, at the José Joaquín…Ebola outbreak reaches major cities in DR Congo, Uganda amid fears of regional spread
May 21, 2026, 4:51 pm By
The Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was…Wild animal consumption on the rise in Central Africa, study finds
May 21, 2026, 3:16 pm By
A new study has shed light on the scale of wild meat consumption across Central Africa. According to…Nine killed at illegal mine in latest Sumatra landslide tragedy as gold surge continues
May 21, 2026, 2:22 pm By
PADANG, Indonesia — Nine people were killed on May 14 in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province after…
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