Australian state fails on koala conservation while relying on faulty offset...
In the leadup to his election as premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns promised the establishment of a Great Koala National Park in the Australian state as part of the Labor government’s agenda to...
View ArticleYucatán Peninsula’s hidden underground life tracks changes at the surface
Beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern region of Mexico, lies a vast network of flooded tunnels and caves. These intricate and shadowy labyrinths serve as subterranean rivers, constituting the...
View ArticleSustainability in the extractive industries is a paradox
The irreversible impacts caused by mineral extraction and the financial liabilities imposed by legal systems in the advanced economies have forced companies to embrace environmental management as a...
View ArticleNew bill to expand farmlands in the Amazon can derail Brazil’s green efforts
After pushing bills against Indigenous land rights and the protection of native grasslands, the Brazilian Congress may approve a proposal that hits the core of the country’s main environmental...
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Photos help tell climate stories. This media library lets conservation orgs...
The vision “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” Photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams The spotlight As a...
View ArticleUzbekistan plants a forest where a sea once lay
Between the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the Aral Sea, once the lifeblood of peoples in both countries, is parched, shrouded in a layer of toxic salt and dust that’s now taking a heavy toll on...
View ArticleIn a village divided, farmers stall massive copper mine in Colombian Andes
JERICÓ, Colombia — Argirio Tobón Tamayo tugs down the top branch of a coffee tree covered in waxy green leaves, bending it back to reveal coffee cherries in shades of yellow, green and red — the latter...
View ArticleConcern for Iceland town following new eruption
Another volcanic eruption has begun in south-west Iceland, forcing the evacuation of the famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa and the small fishing town of Grindavik. The new fissure opened up near...
View ArticleMysterious, at risk, understudied flat-headed cat lacks conservation focus
Unceremoniously named for its distinctively shaped skull, the flat-headed cat is up for consideration as one of the world’s most endangered and elusive felines. Weighing in at less than the size of a...
View ArticleFloods set to worsen on Sumatra peat as landscape gives way
PEKANBARU, Indonesia — Traffic stopped gradually, then suddenly, as the new year approached around an hour’s drive out of the city of Pekanbaru here on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Within minutes,...
View ArticleSmall-scale fishers lose out to trawlers in race to catch Cambodia’s last fish
KOH KONG, Cambodia — At around 10:45 p.m. on a Friday in March, the order came to turn out the lights about 3 kilometers, or a mile and a half, from shore. Chhuan, the speedboat’s driver, who gave only...
View ArticleRewilding efforts throw a lifeline to Brazil’s most trafficked endangered bird
As the door of the wire enclosure is unlatched, a small coal-black bird hops forward. For a moment, it perches at the threshold and cocks its head quizzically at its newfound liberty, then flits into...
View ArticleIn Belize, flawed conservation measures threaten small-scale fishers’...
Uneven governance is wrecking the co-management model that is supposed to be the pride of Belize conservation. I’ve been conducting research on Belize’s biodiversity and fisheries on and off since...
View ArticleAn ancestral solution ensures water for Peruvian alpaca farmers, but is it...
In Ayacucho province in Peru’s southern Andes, a three-hour drive from the provincial capital, Huamanga, stands the snowcapped mountain of Rit’ipata, popular among tourists. Every January, high summer...
View ArticleIndigenous people and NGO grow a wildlife corridor in the world’s oldest...
Indigenous ranger Jason Petersen remembers how he used to watch the world’s oldest rainforest in wonder as a child. When the rains arrived, they would wash the dust from the trees, revealing the lush...
View ArticleHe frolicked in forests as a kid. Now he’s saving them from a coal mine plan
Alok Shukla is one of the winners of the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize. He’s cited for a campaign to keep a company from felling a forest in India to excavate the coal that lies beneath. (Image...
View ArticleA tiny desert fish hits a 25 year population high in one of Earth’s harshest...
In a glimmer of hope for one of the world’s rarest fish, scientists have counted 191 Devils Hole pupfish this spring in their tiny desert habitat. This number marks the highest spring count for the...
View ArticleElusive jaguarundi inspires biologists to share data across Latin America
The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) seems to lack distinction, at least to human eyes. It doesn’t have spots or stripes. It’s not an exceptional climber. It’s not endangered, or endemic to any...
View ArticleFrom Egypt to Syria, ‘water cancer’ chokes waterways
AL-LANI, Syria and KAFR-EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — On the banks of Syria’s Orontes River, a beautiful flower has become a nightmare. Each spring, it creeps out of the soft mud that sheltered its seeds in...
View ArticleEarliest and most distant galaxy ever observed
16 minutes ago Jonathan Amos,Science correspondent, @BBCAmos NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Brant Robertson et al The James Webb Space Telescope has smashed its own record for detecting the most distant known...
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