Scientists decode the unusual silver-blue color of an ancient South African plant
Aug 29, 2025, 12:04 pm By
Most plants get their coloration from pigments, but an endangered South African cycad gets its…Nepal’s Supreme Court halts industrial development in Buddha’s birthplace
Aug 29, 2025, 11:48 am By
KATHMANDU — Whenever Chandra Prakash Pathak visits neighboring farms in his hometown of Lumbini,…Indonesia’s fish farm expansion to absorb D.C.-sized swath of protected forests
Aug 29, 2025, 11:34 am By
WEST JAVA, Indonesia – A billion-dollar push to expand fish farming on the island of Java to…Donovan Kirkwood, protector of South Africa’s rarest plants, dies at 51 in search for one of the world’s most endangered species
Aug 29, 2025, 11:22 am By
In late August, high in South Africa’s Jonkershoek mountains, a small group of botanists picked…Tracking rhino horn trade: Interview with International Rhino Foundation’s Nina Fascione
Aug 29, 2025, 10:20 am By
How are rhinos faring around the world? As per new findings, it’s a “mixed bag.” According to…Newly hatched Socorro dove chicks bring hope to species extinct in the wild
Aug 29, 2025, 10:15 am By
Eight Socorro dove chicks hatched at Chester Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this year. These brown…As forest elephants plummet, ebony trees decline in Central Africa’s rainforests
Aug 29, 2025, 9:05 am By
In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Cameroon-based Congo Basin Institute (CBI) to study…Data debunks spike in Sri Lanka’s elephant killings, points at media hype
Aug 29, 2025, 6:41 am By
COLOMBO — In recent months, elephants have stolen the spotlight yet again in Sri Lanka’s…Liberian communities await justice at Salala rubber plantation after World Bank complaint
Aug 29, 2025, 6:15 am By
Five months after the World Bank’s private investment arm submitted its action plan to address…Brunei built Southeast Asia’s longest bridge. What does this mean for wildlife?
Aug 29, 2025, 12:36 am By
For local communities in Brunei, the longest bridge in Southeast Asia does more than connect remote…Brazil’s Atlantic Forest still losing ‘large amounts’ of mature forest, despite legal protection
Aug 28, 2025, 3:15 pm By
By 1970, scientists had spent 65 years thinking the black lion tamarin, a small monkey with a…The call of a native frog is heard again in Southern California thanks to help from Mexico and AI
Aug 28, 2025, 1:46 pm By
THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to…Officials struggle with land invasions in Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve
Aug 28, 2025, 1:26 pm By
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve has been invaded over the past year by people…Rewilding project aims to restore resilience to fire-prone Spain via wildlife
Aug 28, 2025, 12:06 pm By
Some 30,000 years ago, Stone Age people decorated a cave, today known as Cueva de los Casares, in…Indigenous people gain formal role in Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
Aug 28, 2025, 12:03 pm By
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) recently announced the creation of a formal role…Small islands offer big hope for conservation of endemic species, study shows
Aug 28, 2025, 10:28 am By
Animals living on small islands are often thought to be more susceptible to extinction compared to…Thailand’s living floral heritage takes root in a park of rare and ancient trees
Aug 28, 2025, 9:18 am By
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — During the second half of the 20th century, Thailand’s forest cover…Brazilian court restores Amazon soy moratorium, for now
Aug 28, 2025, 8:33 am By
A federal court in Brazil has reinstated the Amazon soy moratorium, a private-sector…Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study
Aug 28, 2025, 6:12 am By
Hundreds of wildfires across Europe have burned at least 1 million hectares, or around 2.5 million…Giraffe is now officially four species
Aug 28, 2025, 5:53 am By
The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, now officially recognizes four distinct…
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