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In a quiet backroom of a nature reserve outside Bogotá, a tiny ball of gray fluff represents enormous hope for one of South America’s most magnificent birds. Wayra, a recently hatched Andean condor chick, is the latest success story from…
In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, a diminutive predator tells a larger story about conservation challenges worldwide. The northern tiger cat, weighing less than a typical house cat, requires up to 20 square miles of territory to survive—a space…
A new study exposes troubling gaps in Southeast Asia’s forest carbon offset programs, revealing how climate initiatives designed to protect forests are harming the Indigenous communities who have stewarded these lands for generations. The research, published in WIREs Climate Change,…
In the pristine waters of southern Chile’s Huellelhue River estuary, an remarkable conservation success story is unfolding through an unprecedented partnership between Indigenous communities and government scientists. The Huellelhue, whose name means “place for swimming” in the Mapuche language Mapudungun,…
International Jaguar Day on November 29th brings encouraging news for the Americas’ largest cat, with remarkable recovery stories emerging from regions where the species once faced near-extinction. The jaguar (Panthera onca) has historically lost most of its range due to…
Deep in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, some of the world’s most magnificent creatures remain largely invisible to human visitors. Yasuní National Park, one of Earth’s most biodiverse regions, harbors jaguars, lowland tapirs, and deer that tourists rarely glimpse despite sharing the…
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.
Months after a container ship sank off India’s coast, the devastating aftermath continues to unfold. Toxic pollution still contaminates coastal waters, plastic pellets wash ashore daily, and fishing communities face ongoing restrictions that have decimated their livelihoods. As cleanup efforts…
Bangladesh faces a mounting plastic pollution crisis, with recycling rates for single-use plastics remaining dismally low. However, a growing network of approximately 300 small-scale ventures is working to turn the tide, focusing on recycling plastic bottles and heavier plastics beyond…
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, native stingless bees are creating a natural remedy that could revolutionize skincare and wound treatment. New research from Brazil’s Embrapa agricultural research company and the Federal University of Pará reveals that propolis produced by Amazonian…
