Scientists make ‘rare’ new identification of snake family: Micrelapidae
Apr 21, 2023, 9:15 am ByIn a rare turn of events, scientists have classified a new family of snakes. Just three known…Home to rare corals, a Chilean fjord declines in spite of protection
Apr 21, 2023, 8:50 am ByThe Comau, Reñihue and Reloncaví fjords, located in southern Chile’s Los Lagos region, are…Deforestation in Borneo threatens three endangered, endemic plant species
Apr 21, 2023, 4:00 am ByJAKARTA — The rampant deforestation for monoculture plantation and logging in western Indonesian…Counterintuitive conservation: Fire boosts aquatic crustaceans in U.S. savannas
Apr 21, 2023, 12:25 am ByAs a field biologist, Keith Perchemlides has often watched flames dance around tiny ponds that mark…‘Don’t buy Brazilian gold’: Q&A with Indigenous leader Júnior Hekurari Yanomami
Apr 20, 2023, 6:51 pm ByWhen asked if he had a message for the world, Júnior Hekurari Yanomami was emphatic: “Don’t buy…Norway proposes opening Germany-sized area of its continental shelf to deep-sea mining
Apr 20, 2023, 4:04 pm ByNorway is moving forward with plans to mine its continental shelf to procure minerals critical for…Indigenous women in Colombia protect rich Amazonian wetland from overfishing
Apr 20, 2023, 3:50 pm ByFor Indigenous women in the Amazon, the wetland of Lake Tarapoto is a living classroom. The women…Feathered forecast: Tech tools comb weather data for bird migrations
Apr 20, 2023, 3:18 pm ByAsk Andrew Farnsworth about the origins of the BirdCast project, and he would describe it as…Chilean chinchilla faces new threat from copper mine near national reserve
Apr 20, 2023, 10:26 am ByLas Chinchillas National Reserve is located in the hills of the Coquimbo region, in the province of…Mining may contribute to deforestation more than previously thought, report says
Apr 20, 2023, 10:00 am ByMining is one of the top drivers of deforestation globally, with huge swaths of forest being cleared…EU parliament passes historic law forcing companies to track deforestation
Apr 20, 2023, 7:00 am ByThe European Union is one step closer to adopting landmark regulations that hold companies…New zipline on Rio’s Sugarloaf raises outcry from conservationists
6:26pm ByRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — With boundless ocean views to one side and urban sprawl to the other, the…Bringing the ocean’s vast ‘awesomeness’ to light: Q&A with Farah Obaidullah
6:20pm ByFarah Obaidullah’s life has pivoted around the ocean. Growing up in Gabon and the Netherlands, she…Namibia’s first peoples struggle to access their traditional lands (commentary)
5:46pm ByNamibia’s internationally acclaimed Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Program,…Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species
5:31pm ByScotland’s population of wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) has dwindled to the point that it…Conservationists unite to tackle Latin America’s dog threat to wild cats
5:07pm ByOn July 18, 2021, a camera trap in the Alto del Nudo region of Colombia captured a pack of…With no minister since October 2022, Nepal’s environmental issues hang in limbo
11:20am ByKATHMANDU — Nepal hasn’t had an environment minister since the October last year — a vacuum…Guyana gets ‘Drilled’: Weighing South America’s latest oil boom with Amy Westervelt
Tue 8:23pm ByThe South American nation of Guyana, whose economy traditionally has relied on tourism, agriculture,…Philippine tribe boosts livelihoods and conservation with civet poop coffee
Tue 3:16pm ByMINDANAO, Philippines — For about two decades now, members of the B’laan ethnic group have…Study attempts to foresee the future of Amazonian mammals if the rainforest turns into savanna
Tue 11:25am ByIf increasing global warming and deforestation were to transform Amazonia into an irreversibly…
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