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In the tropical dry forests of northern Colombia, an unlikely conservation story is unfolding as former loggers join efforts to save one of the world’s most endangered primates. Luis Enrique Centena, who once spent decades cutting down trees in these…
Peru's Interoceanic Highway devastates critical Amazon ecosystems while a new Chinese-backed mega-port threatens further destruction. Meanwhile, climate-driven wildfires reach unprecedented elevations in the American West, fundamentally altering snowpack melt patterns and threatening regional water supplies.
South Australia is rolling out a creative marine restoration initiative that combines culinary enjoyment with environmental conservation. Residents are being encouraged to indulge in locally harvested oysters and then donate their empty shells to help rebuild native oyster reefs that…
A lone snapping turtle sitting in the parched riverbed of the Rio Grande painted a stark picture of the environmental crisis unfolding in Albuquerque this summer. The 18-inch reptile was among the few signs of life in what should have…
The conservation field is experiencing a troubling paradox: while passionate young scientists are eager to protect endangered species and ecosystems, most can’t find stable, sustainable careers in the field. Paul Barnes, who leads the Zoological Society of London’s EDGE of…
Utah becomes first state to legalize plug-in balcony solar panels for apartments as health groups petition EPA to stop crop antibiotic spraying over superbug fears. Plus: blood tests reveal widespread PFAS contamination and England's water companies raise billions through questionable green bonds.
Devastating floods and landslides claim nearly 200 lives in Sri Lanka as a powerful cyclone strikes. Meanwhile, activists successfully disrupted coal exports at Australia's Port of Newcastle, and the Trump administration withdrew billions in promised clean energy investments from Appalachian coal communities.
A disturbing new trade is threatening Madagascar’s already critically endangered lemur populations. Research published in Conservation Letters reveals that nearly 13,000 lemurs are sold annually in the island nation’s cities, where these rare primates have become an urban delicacy served…
A groundbreaking collaboration between marine scientists and local fishermen in Mexico’s Gulf of California has produced remarkable results in protecting endangered sea turtles from accidental capture in fishing nets. The innovative solution involves attaching solar-powered LED lights to gill nets,…
California wildlife officials have taken the unprecedented step of killing four gray wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack in Sierra Valley, marking the first state-authorized wolf deaths since the species began returning to California. The decision came after the pack…
