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Environmental advocates are expressing outrage over the Environmental Protection Agency’s dramatic policy shift during the first year of Trump’s second presidential term. Critics argue that the agency has fundamentally transformed its mission, abandoning its role as a guardian of public…
A shocking video of a lioness running across a busy road in Djibouti recently captivated local conservationists—until experts revealed it was entirely fake. Houssein Rayaleh, CEO of Djibouti Nature, received the footage from an ecotourism guide and initially believed it…
When wildfires erupted in Brazil’s Amazon municipality of Acará in August 2024, local civil defense coordinator Edson Abreu dos Santos faced a daunting challenge. The 48-year-old former seminary student had no fire brigade, water trucks, or aerial support to combat…
A drilling rig operated by ConocoPhillips toppled over while being transported across Alaska’s Arctic tundra last week, creating a fire and spilling diesel fuel onto the pristine snow-covered landscape. The accident occurred as the equipment was being moved to a…
Behind towering fences, guard dogs, and surveillance cameras in the coastal forests of South Carolina lies one of the world’s most important turtle conservation facilities. The Turtle Survival Center in Cross operates like a high-security vault for some of Asia’s…
A federal judge has ruled that the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the Massachusetts coast can continue operations, dealing another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to halt major renewable energy developments. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy blocked the administration’s…
A new report from Australia’s Superpower Institute is calling for the reintroduction of carbon pricing through a comprehensive “polluter pays” levy that could generate over $35 billion annually while providing direct compensation to households. The proposal, led by prominent economists…
Indonesia’s government has sparked fierce criticism from Indigenous rights activists after fast-tracking permits for a controversial 328,000-hectare (810,505-acre) rice plantation in Papua. The final cultivation permit, known as Hak Guna Usaha (HGU), was approved at unprecedented speed compared to the…
In a moment that perfectly captured the reality of urban wildlife encounters, a live television news report took an unexpectedly wild turn in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood on Tuesday. ABC7 News reporter Frances Wang was broadcasting live coverage of…
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has uncovered compelling links between environmental pressures and same-sex behavior in wild primates, offering new insights into how ecological stress shapes animal social dynamics. Researchers analyzed 491 nonhuman primate species and…
