Can we save the spiky yellow woodlouse, one of the most endangered isopods? (commentary)
May 27, 2022, 12:59 pm ByIn the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean lies a remote tropical island known as Saint Helena. It is…Riders of the lost waves: Surfing, and saving, Brazil’s pororocas
May 27, 2022, 9:55 am BySurf enthusiasts and volunteers are mapping out hotspots of a spectacular form of surfing on…Study warns of risk from feline viruses to wild cats on the palm oil frontier
May 26, 2022, 9:35 pm ByAntibody tests conducted on domestic cats and wild cats in Malaysian Borneo indicate that oil palm…Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation
May 26, 2022, 9:33 pm ByPHNOM PENH — The early onset of Cambodia’s wet season had seen the rain fall thick over Prey…Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia
May 26, 2022, 4:21 pm ByMUARA JAMBI, Indonesia — In a wood-plank house on the banks of the Batang Hari River, a dukun, or…Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport
May 26, 2022, 1:31 pm ByKATHMANDU — In a “historic announcement,” Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government…Seed banks catalog Brazil’s food past to safeguard its future
May 26, 2022, 10:19 am ByOn an island in the estuary known as Lagoa dos Patos, in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, an old…Repeated fires are silencing the Amazon, says new acoustic monitoring study
May 26, 2022, 8:48 am ByThe rainforest is dense with sound. Like musicians in an orchestra, each animal plays a part,…Poor planning, persistent farming undermine mangrove restoration in Tanzania
3:53pm ByTanzania’s Rufiji Delta is arguably the mangrove capital of East Africa, home to around 55,000…U.N., rights groups flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project
2:37pm ByJAKARTA — The United Nations has reiterated its concerns over allegations of human rights…For wildlife on Brazil’s highways, roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg
11:05am ByBrazil, one of the largest countries in the world, is crisscrossed by a network of roads and…Meet the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
7:31am BySeven grassroots environmental activists will receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize…Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize for naturalists’ (commentary)
Tue 11:18pm ByLooking at the roll call of Linnean Medal winners is to witness the history of natural history,…Caribbean incursion into Amazon sparked a flurry of life, with lessons for the future
Tue 9:42pm ByScientists already knew that where the western Amazon rainforest sits today was once a vast wetland,…Tale of two pandemics as miners thrived while communities faced restrictions
Tue 5:36pm ByCASILLAS, Guatemala — Evelin Cante got involved in the protest camp right from the start. Her…Efforts bloom to save southern Brazil’s last butiá palm groves
Tue 2:37pm ByThe butiá landscapes of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state are exotic, even by the standards of…In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch
Tue 1:12pm ByFREETOWN, Sierra Leone — As dawn breaks, the fishing wharf at Tamba Kula in Freetown buzzes with…For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope
Tue 10:50am ByTangled up too often in fishing nets, manta rays have been plunging toward extinction as fishing…In the Mekong’s murky depths, giants abound, new expedition finds
Tue 10:10am ByAn underwater expedition has confirmed the presence of some of the world’s largest and most…Tiger-centric conservation efforts push other predators to the fringes
Tue 9:51am ByKATHMANDU — The monsoon season in Nepal is expected to begin in the second week of June, which…
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