Deep sea mining identified as biggest threat to known and unknown deep-sea creatures
Jul 15, 2026, 11:41 am By
In its most recent update to the Red List of threatened species, the International Union for…Warming world could push Southeast Asia forests toward thermal limits, new study
Jul 15, 2026, 11:20 am By
Forest canopies create the conditions for an extraordinary diversity of life to thrive. By casting…Mongabay, Scientific American, and Project Multatuli release a documentary on Indonesia’s new capital
Jul 15, 2026, 11:16 am By
PEMALUAN, East Kalimantan — Indonesia’s plan to build a new capital in the province of East…How Brazil’s federal fiscal policy hinders Amazon Rainforest conservation (commentary)
Jul 15, 2026, 10:05 am By
The forests of the Brazilian Amazon are, by any measure, among the most important ecosystems on…‘Bear-dar’ aims to give Arctic communities a heads-up on nearby polar bears
Jul 15, 2026, 5:02 am By
How do you spot polar bears in the vast, and often dark, wilderness of the Arctic? Enter Bear-dar.…How a spiritual practice is preserving Benin’s mangroves
Jul 14, 2026, 11:46 pm By
In the West African nation of Benin, Vodun, an ancient spiritual religion rooted in a deep…Bill Montevecchi showed what seabirds could tell us about the sea
Jul 14, 2026, 10:50 pm By
The North Atlantic can look empty until someone begins paying attention. A stretch of gray water off…Laos’s illegal wildlife shops keep growing despite enforcement, investigators find
Jul 14, 2026, 9:34 pm By
BANGKOK — Schemes funneling Chinese tour groups through illegal wildlife shopping sites in Laos…The unsung biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea needs urgent protection
Jul 14, 2026, 8:23 pm By
The Mediterranean Sea accounts for less than 1% of the world’s ocean surface water, but it…Rising seas, garbage and heat threaten Brazil’s migratory shorebirds
Jul 14, 2026, 5:23 pm By
POTIGUAR BASIN, Brazil — On the estuary beaches where the Atlantic Ocean mixes with freshwater…The U.S. government says habitat destruction no longer counts as ‘harm’ to endangered species
Jul 14, 2026, 3:55 pm By
The U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration recently finalized a rule that narrows what…Waste, women & environmental justice: Interview with Nubian activist Malasen Hamida
Jul 14, 2026, 2:30 pm By
Malasen Hamida, a Nubian Muslim woman from Kibera, in Nairobi, is an aspiring politician and an…Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management
Jul 14, 2026, 12:49 pm By
President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah. The move to…Gus Mills spent a lifetime studying Africa’s carnivores
Jul 14, 2026, 12:24 pm By
His nephew recalled that the children were taught to chant, “Hyaenas are beautiful!” as often as…Celebrating World Chimpanzee Day
Jul 14, 2026, 12:10 pm By
Happy World Chimpanzee Day. On July 14, as the world celebrates one of humans’ closest living…Research offers nature-positive path to end and reverse biodiversity loss
Jul 14, 2026, 11:05 am By
From its nests high in the canopy of the Amazon, the harpy eagle depends on — and is critical to…Why Africa should link nutritional data with fisheries management (commentary)
Jul 14, 2026, 10:11 am By
Off the coast of Timor-Leste, fishers are building something many countries still lack: A clearer…Kent Carpenter spent half a century counting the life of Philippine reefs
Jul 14, 2026, 9:28 am By
By some accounts, in the Philippine reefs of the 1970s, large groupers appeared every 50 feet or so.…How birders in Chad ‘found’ the rusty lark, a bird lost to science for nearly a century
Jul 14, 2026, 8:47 am By
The morning of Feb. 2, 2026, started like many others for Pierre Defos du Rau and Julien Birard: It…Ecuador’s Amazon coffee farmers get ahead of Europe’s deforestation rules
Jul 14, 2026, 7:37 am By
“What motivates us most is being able to say, ‘I take care of the environment, I don’t cut…
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