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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…
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.
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.
Gramma, a beloved Galápagos tortoise who recently died at the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years old, lived through more than a century of dramatic environmental transformation. When she hatched on one of Darwin’s famous islands, tens of…
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.
Three major climate disasters unfold simultaneously: Hurricane Melissa triggers humanitarian crisis in Jamaica prompting UK emergency aid calls, Cyclone Ditwah claims 123 lives in Sri Lanka with 130 missing, while catastrophic monsoon floods across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia kill over 350 people.
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…
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…
Australia has taken a significant step forward in environmental protection with parliament’s approval of comprehensive reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. The legislative overhaul represents one of the most substantial updates to the country’s nature protection…
Chicago-area contamination accidentally blocks dangerous crustaceans from Lake Michigan, while archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape modification near Stonehenge. Meanwhile, climate summit progress in Brazil still falls short of global warming targets.
