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Picture this: You’re in a nondescript Bangkok office building, paying about $12 to take selfies with capybaras—massive South American rodents that have somehow become the latest social media darlings. With over 600,000 TikTok posts featuring these gentle giants, animal cafes…
Rising temperatures create perfect conditions for ecosystem-damaging invasive species as EPA authority cuts threaten Charlotte with nearly 1,000 additional tons of annual air pollution. Meanwhile, Alabama Power delays rate hikes and Virginia postpones major gas plant decisions.
A critical vote at this week’s CITES wildlife conference in Uzbekistan could dramatically expand protections for sharks, with over 180 nations considering new trade regulations for nearly 30 species of houndsharks. The proposal, expected to face a tight vote as…
A new study reveals a troubling paradox in conservation science: reptile species living exclusively on islands face extinction rates more than double those of their mainland relatives, yet they receive a fraction of the research attention needed to save them.…
The devastating human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka reached a tragic crescendo in Hambantota district this year, where two heartbreaking incidents just kilometers apart highlight the desperate struggle for survival between people and wildlife. In August, seven-year-old Thinuli was killed by…
Britain's Labour government prepares major North Sea drilling expansion despite climate pledges, as Trump becomes first US president in 30 years to skip UN climate talks. Meanwhile, 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists successfully derailed COP30 progress in Brazil.
In 2006, botanist Ismail Ebrahim made a heartbreaking discovery in South Africa’s shrinking renosterveld shrublands near Cape Town. His team found just 27 surviving plants of Marasmodes undulata, a small yellow daisy that had been presumed extinct for decades. The…
A groundbreaking Wales conservation report identifies thousands of species at extinction risk due to geographic restrictions, while the COP30 climate summit in Brazil concludes without concrete fossil fuel phase-out plans or essential climate breakthroughs scientists demand.
An ambitious conservation effort is underway in London as scientists and volunteer citizen researchers join forces to locate one of Britain’s rarest creatures: the German hairy snail. This fingernail-sized mollusk, scientifically known as *Pseudotrichia rubiginosa*, represents one of the country’s…
New photo series captures climate crisis reality across Philippine islands as the archipelago nation bears heavy consequences of global warming. Meanwhile, COP30 summit in Brazil draws criticism for inadequate fossil fuel commitments despite scientific warnings.
