Congo’s communities are creating a 1-million-hectare biodiversity corridor
Dec 18, 2025, 9:46 pm By
Dominique Bikaba’s family was once displaced from vibrant rainforests in the Congo Basin to make…Photo tourism threatens rare galaxy frog population in India’s Western Ghats
Dec 18, 2025, 8:41 pm By
Seven threatened galaxy frogs (Melanobatrachus indicus) are gone from a research site in India’s…As storms surge & the sea rises, Belgium builds dunes for protection
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OSTEND, Belgium — In late October, Storm Benjamin blew across Belgium and other parts of Western…When abandoned conservation projects are counted as progress, what are we protecting? (commentary)
Dec 18, 2025, 6:38 pm By
COP30 has come and gone, leaving behind a familiar mix of new commitments and renewed political…New study splits giraffe experts on future wild captures for zoos
Dec 18, 2025, 3:05 pm By
In the vast savanna grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa towers the giraffe, draped in mosaics of brown…Marine heat waves and raw sewage combine to put human health at risk
Dec 18, 2025, 2:26 pm By
Earlier this year, a spate of deaths in Florida caused by Vibrio vulnificus, known as the…In Brazil, a new label gives more visibility to deforestation-free beef
Dec 18, 2025, 2:22 pm By
Amid growing pressure for beef supply chains to be deforestation-free, a new certification system in…Tapanuli orangutan, devastated by cyclone, now faces habitat loss under zoning plans
Dec 18, 2025, 1:50 pm By
JAKARTA — Reeling from a cyclone that may have erased a chunk of its population, the Tapanuli…Kenyan woman hugs tree for 72 hours in protest against loss of beloved trees
Dec 18, 2025, 12:18 pm By
A 22-year-old woman is the subject of celebration after she hugged a tree continuously for 72 hours…Tiny Caribbean island brings hope for critically endangered iguana
Dec 18, 2025, 11:12 am By
Over the past decade, Prickly Pear East, a small, privately owned island in the Caribbean, has…‘Neither appropriate nor fair’: Ecuador ordered to pay oil giant Chevron $220m
Dec 18, 2025, 9:38 am By
Indigenous and rural communities in Ecuador’s Amazon have condemned an international arbitration…The lab-in-a-backpack busting illegal shark fins: Interview with Diego Cardeñosa
Dec 18, 2025, 3:38 am By
Diego Cardeñosa always knew he wanted to study sharks. But when he started his Ph.D., he had to…Costa Rica’s ‘shocking’ wildlife crisis: Nation must move to prevent animal electrocution (commentary)
Dec 17, 2025, 9:03 pm By
Costa Rica is world-renowned for its commitment to preserving biodiversity and wildlife. The…A rare right whale spotted off Ireland resurfaces near Boston
Dec 17, 2025, 7:40 pm By
In a rare sighting, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, first photographed in 2024…Earth’s freshwater fish face harsh new climate challenges, researchers warn
Dec 17, 2025, 5:08 pm By
Southeast Asia’s Mekong River is one of the world’s most diverse and productive freshwater…Orangutans rescued from the wildlife trade undergo intensive re-training to return to the wild
Dec 17, 2025, 1:41 pm By
NORTHERN SUMATRA, Indonesia. Welcome to jungle school—where orphaned orangutans are learning the…Mining controversies: The hidden toll of green energy
Dec 17, 2025, 12:41 pm By
A study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity in September describes the extensive environmental…Rio Doce communities still live with toxic water, 10 years after Mariana disaster
Dec 17, 2025, 12:17 pm By
LINHARES, Espírito Santo, Brazil — A yellow mark stains the blue water tank sitting in the front…Rapid urbanization, habitat loss are forcing the snakes out in Dhaka
Dec 17, 2025, 7:52 am By
On Nov. 1, in a residential area of Bangladesh’s bustling capital city, Dhaka, the NGO Bangladesh…Women scatter seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’
Dec 16, 2025, 11:29 pm By
For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was…
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