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A massive seizure of over 5,000 endemic ants in Kenya has exposed a shadowy global wildlife trade that’s threatening ant populations worldwide. Conservationists are now urgently calling for international trade protections under CITES, the global wildlife treaty, as evidence mounts…
Decades of illegal gold mining have turned vast swaths of the Amazon rainforest into a toxic wasteland, but new analysis suggests this environmental disaster could paradoxically fund its own cleanup while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. Since the 1970s,…
A growing chorus of scientists is raising serious doubts about high-profile studies that claimed to detect microplastics throughout human organs, suggesting many findings may be due to laboratory contamination rather than actual plastic pollution in our bodies. Recent years have…
A conservation program in Colombia has achieved a significant milestone in the fight to save one of South America’s most iconic birds from local extinction. Three Andean condor chicks—named Rafiki, Wayra, and Ámbar—have successfully hatched at an artificial incubation facility…
Climate scientists have confirmed that 2025 was the third-hottest year in recorded history, with human-driven fossil fuel emissions pushing global temperatures to dangerous new heights. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, last year’s average surface air temperature…
Scientists monitoring the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population have documented encouraging news this calving season, with 15 newborn calves identified so far. This represents a promising development for a species that has teetered on the brink of extinction,…
Wyoming is set to become a major player in the artificial intelligence industry after Laramie County commissioners unanimously approved construction of what could become America’s largest AI data center campus. The facility, known as Project Jade, will initially operate at…
A year after catastrophic wildfires tore through Los Angeles County, claiming at least 31 lives and destroying 13,000 homes, the recovery remains painfully slow. According to the Associated Press, fewer than a dozen homes have been fully rebuilt, with LA…
Despite a slight cooling in 2025, scientists are sounding the alarm that Earth has just experienced its three hottest years in recorded history, with climate experts warning that even more extreme temperature records lie ahead. The temporary dip in global…
Indonesia is experiencing a dramatic reversal in its fight against deforestation, with forest losses in 2025 reaching their highest levels since 2019. The country’s forestry minister, Raja Juli Antoni, revealed in December that Indonesia lost more forest in just the…
