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Nov 20, 2025, 4:10 pm By
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Nov 20, 2025, 4:08 pm By
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Nov 20, 2025, 12:40 pm By
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species…Study finds important Nassau grouper spawning site in Belize near collapse
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Nov 20, 2025, 12:09 pm By
At the COP30 climate summit currently underway in Belém, Brazil, adapting to climate change impacts…Wolf hauls up crab trap to eat bait, hinting at possible tool use
Nov 20, 2025, 12:08 pm By
Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat…Gold mining exposes Indigenous women in Nicaragua to high mercury levels
Nov 20, 2025, 11:14 am By
Indigenous women of childbearing age from Nicaragua’s Waspam municipality have been exposed to…The land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest
Nov 20, 2025, 10:08 am By
A large forest in eastern Bolivia is on the verge of being sold to an international agriculture…EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say
Nov 20, 2025, 8:48 am By
BELÉM, Brazil — At a Nov. 19 press conference at the U.N. climate summit currently underway in…Makassar women press for water as taps and wells run dry in sweltering Indonesian city
Nov 20, 2025, 7:14 am By
MAKASSAR, Indonesia — For years, Rahma paid a monthly rate for water that never flowed to her home…Soot: The super-pollutant choking a burning Earth, in photos
Nov 20, 2025, 5:50 am By
Burning fossil fuels and forests releases the well-known greenhouse gases that drive anthropogenic…With COP30, Indigenous Brazilians strive for new resources to protect nature
Nov 20, 2025, 4:52 am By
For many Brazilians, the country’s Indigenous peoples are considered the main protectors of…Next year’s UN climate talks set for Turkey, as Australia backs out of bid in compromise
Nov 19, 2025, 11:59 pm By
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Turkey will host next year’s annual United Nations climate talks, as…Game of tiny thrones: Parasitic ants grab power by turning workers against their queen
Nov 19, 2025, 10:59 pm By
Queens of some ant species have evolved an unusually hostile mode for colony takeover: they…Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
Nov 19, 2025, 2:33 pm By
On Nov. 7 in Brazil, Indigenous people from the Tupinambá and other ethnic groups occupied the…Mongabay founder Rhett Butler wins Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Prize
Nov 19, 2025, 1:33 pm By
Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett A. Butler has been announced a winner of this year’s…‘The perfect ingredients’: WRI Africa deputy director shares vision for the continent’s energy transition
Nov 19, 2025, 11:32 am By
The quest to bring energy to Africans who need it often centers on the relatable electrical needs…Lethal dose of plastic for seabirds and marine animals ‘much smaller than expected’
Nov 19, 2025, 8:53 am By
New research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and…
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