Road paving in a Peruvian bird paradise threatens wildlife and ecotourism
KOSÑIPATA, Peru – “It’s the best road I’ve ever gone birding on, in terms of the variety of habitats and birds,” says Victor Emanuel, one of the pioneers of modern bird-watching tourism and founder of...
View ArticleSo long, Stumpy. More than 150 of D.C.'s cherry trees have to go as water rises
Washington, D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom this week. This will be the last season for about 150 of the famous flowering trees — they’ll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise. The...
View ArticleSoraida Chindoy: the Indigenous guardian defending the sacred Putumayo mountains
On May 9, 1983, Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo’s placenta was planted in the mountains of Putumayo, where Colombia’s Amazon rainforest meets the Andes. Her mother, Concepción Buesaquillo, was a midwife by...
View ArticleCulture of harassment persists for women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space
During a 2020 field trip to a rural area in Vietnam, Hoa (not her real name), then working for a conservation-focused nonprofit, visited local authorities to discuss forest management. Vietnamese law...
View ArticleAre biodiversity credits just another business-as-usual finance scheme?
Nature is in crisis. Yet, there’s a massive $700 billion gap between the financing needed to stop biodiversity collapse versus what’s available each year. In December 2022, nearly 200 governments...
View ArticleHow effective are giant funding pledges by major conservation donors?
Big philanthropic projects like the Protecting Our Planet Challenge usually capture the media spotlight, but how effective are these endeavors? Do they take into consideration the inextricable human...
View ArticleAbout 140 of D.C.'s cherry trees will soon be cut down to adapt to rising sea...
Washington, D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms hit peak bloom yesterday. For some 140 of the famous flowering trees, this will be their last season — they’ll soon be cut down to adjust to sea-level rise....
View ArticleSuriname cancels controversial Mennonite pilot program, but bigger problems loom
The government in Suriname said it cancelled a controversial pilot program that would have brought hundreds of Mennonites to the country to carry out agricultural activity, likely in forested areas....
View ArticleEcological overshoot is a ‘behavioral crisis’ & marketing is a solution: Study
A paper generated by the Merz Institute, an Aotearoa New Zealand-based think tank, and published in the journal Science Progress in 2023, hypothesizes that the environmental crises our planet faces...
View ArticleAncient giant river dolphin species found in the Peruvian Amazon
A team of paleontologists found a giant fossilized skull along the shore of the Napo River in the Peruvian Amazon. To their surprise, the relic belonged to a newly described species of giant freshwater...
View ArticleWhat the collapse of salmon populations means for one Alaska family
For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, fishing for salmon has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations. The post What the...
View ArticleExtreme heat can double stillbirth risk – study
Published7 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing By Tulip MazumdarGlobal health correspondent Working in extreme heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage for...
View ArticleUS man pleads guilty to 'killing spree' of eagles
Published46 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Max MatzaBBC News, Seattle A US man accused of killing thousands of protected birds has pleaded...
View ArticleUK start-up to beam 4K video from space station
Published11 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jonathan AmosScience...
View ArticleBrain-chip patient plays online chess – Neuralink
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Mariko OiBusiness reporter Elon...
View ArticleEaster eggs may cost more as climate change bites
Published24 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Justin RowlattClimate editor, BBC News Climate change is a key reason your chocolate Easter egg...
View ArticleNewly discovered beetle almost mistaken for bird poo
Published5 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, James Tweed What’s red, black, and hairy all over? A new species of bug discovered in Australia, dubbed by some as...
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A journey into home electrification
The spotlight When Grist writer Tik Root set out on a journey to decarbonize his home, he didn’t intend at first to document the effort. As a journalist covering climate, he’s had years of experience...
View ArticleKermit the Frog honoured in new fossil find
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, James D. Tiller and James Di Loreto, Smithsonian By Maddie MolloyBBC News Climate & Science A 270-million-year-old...
View ArticleJapan prepares to mine its deep seabed by decade’s end
TOKYO — Japan is actively exploring pathways to mine the deep sea of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), in an effort to lessen reliance on imported mineral resources needed for advanced and green...
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