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Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks

Ouma Elvine Tina 26 Aug 2026

At least 75 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

Associated Press 26 Aug 2026

Art and science must come together for coral reef conservation, biologists argue

David Brown 21 Aug 2026

The first sign demarcating the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of FUNAI.

Brazil marks borders for isolated Indigenous group in the Amazon after decades

Shanna Hanbury 19 Aug 2026

Fisherpeople in Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape. Image courtesy of Aletta Harrison CC BY 4.0.

South Africa’s top court blocks Shell oil exploration off country’s Wild Coast

Victoria Schneider 17 Aug 2026

A golden-crowned sifaka in Madagascar. Image courtesy of Association Fanamby.

100 species on the brink get a $200m conservation lifeline

Shanna Hanbury 14 Aug 2026

Industrial complex surrounded by urban forest in Duisburg, Germany. Image courtesy of Jakub Żerdzicki via Pexels.

Carbon accounting differences can halve a company’s reported footprint, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 13 Aug 2026

Graphic by Andrés Alegría using images courtesy of Hokkaido University.

Scientists discover that giant octopuses were top predators of ancient oceans

Shanna Hanbury 4 Aug 2026

World Ranger Day: Justice for the protectors of the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2026

US declines to protect endangered monkeys used in medical research

Bobby Bascomb 31 Jul 2026

Kenya investigates mysterious deaths of 15 elephants in Amboseli

Lynet Otieno 29 Jul 2026

Kajkwakratxi-Tapayuna leader Yaiku Suya at an April 2026 public hearing. Image courtesy of Larissa Silva/Rede Juruena Vivo.

Brazil court orders recognition of Indigenous land and apology for historic atrocities

Shanna Hanbury 29 Jul 2026

A truck carrying soybeans surrounded by smoke from fires in a deforested area on the BR-163 highway in Pará state. Image courtesy of Alberto César Araújo/Amazônia Real.

End of Brazil’s Soy Moratorium risks millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest: Study

Shanna Hanbury 28 Jul 2026

More than 100 queen ants destined for Laos seized in Mexico

Spoorthy Raman 27 Jul 2026

Heat stress is rising globally, raising health concerns for billions: Study

Patricia Sia Ngevao 27 Jul 2026

Conservationists got delayed access to court-ordered inspection of Nairobi National Park

Lynet Otieno 24 Jul 2026

Sea salt in Lombok Island, Indonesia is contaminated with microplastics: study

David Brown 23 Jul 2026

Fire in the Chiquitania forest in the south of Bolivia, September 2024. Image © Juan Karita/AP photo.

Third year of wildfires threaten isolated Indigenous group in Bolivia

Shanna Hanbury 22 Jul 2026

White-bellied pangolins captured in southeastern Nigeria and destined for trade. Image courtesy of Alex Moore.

Pangolin DNA study links local wild meat markets to global trafficking networks

Shanna Hanbury 21 Jul 2026

Medical staff carry an Ebola patient to a treatment center. Image by Moses Sawasawa via Associated Press.

WHO evacuated health workers from Ebola treatment center due to armed clashes

Elodie Toto 20 Jul 2026

White-rumped vulture returns to a Cambodian sanctuary after a decade’s absence

Naina Rao 20 Jul 2026

US government announces plans to lease deep-sea mining rights in American Samoa

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Jul 2026

Beavers flourish in tidal habitats in the Pacific Northwest, study finds

David Brown 17 Jul 2026

Gray whales are suffering catastrophic population decline in the Pacific Ocean

David Brown 16 Jul 2026

Amazon rainforest burned in Acre, Brazil, to make way for cattle pastures. Image courtesy of Victor Moriyama/Climate Visuals.

Amazon deforestation falls to 10-year low in first half of 2026

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026

Aerial view showing cattle confinement in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the ecosystems affected by illegal deforestation. Image courtesy of Fernando Martinho/Goldman Environmental Prize.

Meat giant JBS silently ditches bolder environmental targets in latest review

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026

A tannery in Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Image © Ricardo Funari/Lineair/Greenpeace.

European Commission excludes leather from landmark deforestation law

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026

Likweli, a new-to-science species of colobus monkey described from the DRC. Image courtesy of Bernard Bonanga.

New colobus monkey, ‘Likweli’, confirmed in DRC

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jul 2026

Deep sea mining identified as biggest threat to known and unknown deep-sea creatures

Victoria Schneider 15 Jul 2026

The desert rain frog. Image courtesy of Bob Steele via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Desert rain frogs threatened with extinction in southern Africa

Victoria Schneider 10 Jul 2026

A male Walia ibex in Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Paul Scholte.

Ethiopia’s iconic Walia ibex is critically endangered once again

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Jul 2026

the last known wild individual of Dendroseris neriifolia, courtesy of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Rare seed collection offers hope for last wild tree of its kind from Chile

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jul 2026

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