Bobbybascomb

RSS
449 stories

New mahogany species found in Zanzibar — but fewer than 30 trees remain

Ryan Truscott 9 Apr 2026
An observation of aggression in zoo-housed bonobos

In zoos, ‘peaceful’ bonobos are just as aggressive as chimps, study suggests

Megan Strauss 9 Apr 2026
Shark fins and a dead hammerhead shark.

EU citizens file complaint for delays in response to anti-shark fin campaign

Victoria Schneider 8 Apr 2026

Microplastics found in fish in Tuvalu, a remote South Pacific nation

David Brown 7 Apr 2026

Camera traps take first photos of rare island antelope on Zanzibar 

Ryan Truscott 6 Apr 2026

Kenya to receive 4 mountain bongos from European zoos

Lynet Otieno 3 Apr 2026
Young bear seen via a camera trap. Image courtesy of ADLO Pirineo.

Pyrenees brown bear population climbs to an estimated 130 in latest census

Shanna Hanbury 3 Apr 2026
A new species of pit viper was discovered and is still in the process of being described. Image courtesy of Fauna & Flora.

New species discovered in Cambodia’s rare rocky ecosystems

Shanna Hanbury 2 Apr 2026
A grey-headed flying fox in flight

Australia’s flying foxes offer valuable services & deserve better reputation: Study

Megan Strauss 1 Apr 2026
Patagonian octopus eggs in Puerto Lobos Protected Natural Area in Argentina. Image courtesy of Martin Brogger.

Baby octopus in Argentina: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 31 Mar 2026

Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests

Shanna Hanbury 30 Mar 2026

Zambia seizes half-ton of ivory in major illegal wildlife crime operation

Charles Mpaka 28 Mar 2026

A Kenyan ranger’s lasting imprint on Africa’s anti-poaching efforts

Lynet Otieno 27 Mar 2026
An Asian dhole (Cuon alpinus) in a grassy field. Human impact hot spots for Canidae, like dhole, include Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, and South America. Image credit: Kalyan Varma / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Asian wild dog spotted in Vietnam for the first time in 20 years

Naina Rao 25 Mar 2026
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) nest made largely of plastic debris. Image courtesy of Martin Brogger.

Seabird nests built with plastic waste off the coast of Germany: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 25 Mar 2026
The Diavik diamond mine in northwestern Canada. Image from Google Maps.

Canada invests $1m into mining exploration on Indigenous land

Shanna Hanbury 25 Mar 2026

Another legal challenge for TotalEnergies in South Africa  

Victoria Schneider 24 Mar 2026

Kenya marks World Meteorological Day amid dozens of flood fatalities

Lynet Otieno 24 Mar 2026

Eastern monarch butterfly populations increase in 2025, but challenges remain

David Brown 24 Mar 2026
A palm cockatoo in a tree

Conservation win as first palm cockatoo chick fledges from artificial hollow in Australia

Megan Strauss 24 Mar 2026
Occupation of Funai’s Altamira branch. Image courtesy of the Medio Xingu Indigenous Women’s Movement.

Indigenous groups demand halt to Belo Sun Amazon gold mine

Shanna Hanbury 23 Mar 2026
Trash bags full of discarded plastic. Image by Adil Edin via Unsplash (Public domain).

Huge amounts of nanoplastics discovered in tap and bottled water

Shanna Hanbury 23 Mar 2026
The four adult female gorillas on the day they were reintroduced to the wild in Virunga National Park in December 2024.

World Rewilding Day: Hope for species and ecosystems

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2026

Deadly Indonesia landfill collapse a ‘serious warning’ of systemic failure

Naina Rao 20 Mar 2026

Investigation links DRC air pollution concerns to major copper-cobalt plant

Elodie Toto 19 Mar 2026
The Ranitomeya aetherea poison dart frog. Image courtesy of Alexander Mônico.

An ‘ethereal’ new-to-science poison dart frog from the Amazon: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 19 Mar 2026

From endangered to invasive: Rare ocelot spotted on Mexico’s Cozumel Island

David Brown 18 Mar 2026
The Albardão dune fields in the extreme south of Brazil’s southernmost Rio Grande do Sul state. Image courtesy of ICMBio.

Brazil protects huge coastal area with endangered dolphins and megafauna fossils

Shanna Hanbury 18 Mar 2026

Rwanda advances nuclear ambitions after positive IAEA assessment

Elodie Toto 18 Mar 2026
Carter’s freshwater mussels of different ages.

Dams, drains and other artificial habitats could buy time for threatened mussels: Study

Megan Strauss 18 Mar 2026

Two marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found alive in Indonesian Papua

David Brown 17 Mar 2026
Ariel toucans in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Image courtesy of Flávia Zagury.

Toucans reintroduced 50 years ago disperse seeds of endangered trees in Brazil

Shanna Hanbury 17 Mar 2026

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Yo Yaj at Songkhla Lake, Thailand
Videos
WISER participants gathered on the banks of the Baram River, October 2015. Image courtesy of the Borneo Project.
Articles
Climate Wayfinding with a design background. Image by Amerpsand. Courtesy of Katharine Wilkinson.
Podcasts

you're currently offline