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A troubling new study reveals that microscopic plastic pollution has reached alarming levels across Pacific island nations, with one-third of fish in the region now contaminated with synthetic fibers and particles. The research, published Wednesday by University of the South…
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…
Texas environmental regulators have granted the largest air pollution permit ever issued in the United States to a controversial energy project planned for the heart of America’s oil country. The massive industrial complex, called GW Ranch, will combine natural gas…
Brazil has finally released its long-awaited National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, arriving nearly a year after the UN’s 2024 deadline. The comprehensive strategy, published on December 29, 2025, sets forth ambitious goals for protecting the world’s most biodiverse nation…
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…
Indonesian police have arrested five suspects in connection with the illegal hunting of a critically endangered Javan leopard in West Java’s Gunung Sanggabuana conservation forest. The case has sparked renewed concerns about wildlife protection enforcement after viral videos and camera…
High above the forest floor in Peru’s Amazon rainforest, a hidden world of biodiversity has long remained mysterious to scientists. Traditional wildlife monitoring methods like camera traps and acoustic sensors often fail to detect the elusive creatures living in the…
A rare desert plant is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, offering encouraging evidence that renewable energy development doesn’t have to come at the expense of biodiversity. The threecorner milkvetch, a low-growing member of the pea family that’s…
A family’s boxer puppy became an unlikely early warning system when Storm Chandra unleashed devastating floods across Somerset in the early morning hours. The Wade family discovered the severity of the flooding when their barking dog led them downstairs to…
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…
