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Nov 26, 2025, 11:30 am By
The climate talks at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, closed with gains for Africa, Indigenous peoples and…How do we stop the next pandemic?
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How do we stop the next big viral outbreak? The answer to that question lies in preventing zoonotic…Deep-diving manta rays use the ocean’s midnight zone to build mental maps, study suggests
Nov 26, 2025, 9:49 am By
In the darkness nearly a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, where the pressure would crush a human…Bird diversity drops in human-dominated habitats, Nepal study suggests
Nov 26, 2025, 8:55 am By
KATHMANDU — Birds prefer to live in a mix of forests, fields and wetlands, but human activities…Brazil nut hauling effort gets easier with zip lines and ‘Amazon Waze’
Nov 26, 2025, 8:45 am By
Every year, the arrival of the rainy season and the swelling of the Anauá River indicate it’s…How community custody empowered Ecuador’s crab catchers and revived its mangroves
Nov 26, 2025, 6:36 am By
Puerto Buenavista Island is home to a small village of crab catchers and fishers in the middle of…Saving forests won’t be enough if fossil fuels beneath them are still extracted, experts warn
Nov 26, 2025, 6:25 am By
BELÉM, Brazil — A new analysis warns that the world is overlooking a major source of future…As Sri Lanka continues new elephant drive, scientists warn against creating new conflicts
Nov 26, 2025, 5:57 am By
COLOMBO — Playful 7-year-old Thinuli loved accompanying her father to his chena fields in a remote…Island-confined reptiles face high extinction risk, but low research interest
Nov 26, 2025, 5:35 am By
Reptile species found only on islands are significantly more vulnerable to extinction than their…The roughed-up roughy fish (cartoon)
Nov 26, 2025, 1:10 am By
The orange roughy may be among the oldest living deep-sea fish in the world, with a lifespan of up…COP30: What did it deliver for the ocean?
Nov 25, 2025, 3:06 pm By
Between Nov. 10 and 21, more than 56,000 delegates, including representatives from nearly 200…Rights to millions of hectares of Indigenous & local communities’ lands restored by ‘barefoot lawyers’
Nov 25, 2025, 12:46 pm By
Nonette Royo is a lawyer from the Philippines and executive director of The Tenure Facility, a group…Drought amplifies human-wildlife conflict, study finds
Nov 25, 2025, 12:38 pm By
A recent study from the U.S. state of California finds that the public reported more encounters with…Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens with nine big cats seized monthly
Nov 25, 2025, 12:20 pm By
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysa (AP) — Authorities have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the…Botanists decode secret life of rare plants to ensure reintroduction success
Nov 25, 2025, 11:42 am By
It was 2006 and Ismail Ebrahim, a botanist with the South African National Biodiversity Institute…Big finance still funds deforestation, 10 years after Paris pact
Nov 25, 2025, 10:51 am By
A new report by the Forests & Finance Coalition finds that despite years of voluntary climate…Brazil aims for alternative route to fossil fuel road map after COP30 failure
Nov 25, 2025, 8:51 am By
BELÉM, Brazil — In April 2026, a new summit in Santa Marta, Colombia, promises to advance on one…It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California
Nov 25, 2025, 8:38 am By
In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing…Already disappearing, Southeast Asia’s striped rabbits now caught in global pet trade
Nov 25, 2025, 7:40 am By
In the remote rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Annamite Mountains straddling Vietnam and…
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