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A venomous Australian spider turns out to be 3 species, not 1

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Jan 2025

Mongabay documentary spotlights Indigenous alliance to protect Amazon headwaters

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jan 2025

Brazil’s Amazon shipping plan faces criticism for environmental and social impact

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2025

Surviving fire but not the toxins as modern homes, full of plastic, burn

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2025

New alert system can track changes in grasslands, farms, temperate forests

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jan 2025

Bonobo numbers in DRC park stable, but signs of decline appear

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Jan 2025

At least 11,500 deaths linked to extreme weather in 2024

Shanna Hanbury 9 Jan 2025

Near-extinct Siberian crane is recovering thanks to habitat protection

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Jan 2025

Climate change fueled record extreme weather events in 2024

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2025

As polar ice caps melt, how are ‘Christmas animals’ faring?

Kristine Sabillo 24 Dec 2024

Science brings the bloom of farming to a Brazilian desert

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2024

Officials pledge zoo review after Sumatran elephant is killed in Bali flood

Luh De Suriyani 19 Dec 2024

European Commission to review Greek oil activity permits in whale habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2024
Banner image of Galaxea astreata coral colony in Nusa Penida in Bali, Indonesia, courtesy of Ocean Gardener.

Scientists in Bali find what could be the world’s largest coral colony

Kristine Sabillo 17 Dec 2024

Landmark ICJ climate change hearing concludes; opinion expected in 2025

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Dec 2024

Water returns to Amazon rivers amid historic drought

Shanna Hanbury 12 Dec 2024
Banner image of four storms over the Western Pacific Ocean in November 2024, by NASA Earth Observatory via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Philippines’ ‘extraordinary’ typhoon season was climate-fueled: Scientists

Kristine Sabillo 12 Dec 2024
Banner image of a Palau nautilus, courtesy of the Ocean Exploration Trust.

Research vessel E/V Nautilus spots multiple nautiluses for the first time

Kristine Sabillo 12 Dec 2024

Spain adopts paid ‘climate leave’ policy following deadly floods

Shanna Hanbury 10 Dec 2024

Wisdom the 74-year-old albatross lays an egg with new mate

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Dec 2024

Wildlife and humans face shared health risks from plastic pollution

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2024

Camera traps, drones meant for wildlife can ‘spy’ on women: Study

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2024
Elephants move across the African savannah. Photo by Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay

‘Old’ animals offer wisdom and stability, need protection: Study

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2024
A woman pulls a large bag filled with plastic in a landfill in Bangladesh.

Biden administration doesn’t support a cap on plastic production

Bobby Bascomb 22 Nov 2024

One of the tiniest frogs ever is discovered in Brazil, defying size limits

Shanna Hanbury 22 Nov 2024

Slender-billed curlew, a bird last photographed in 1995, is likely extinct

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2024

Push for traceability of critical minerals gains traction at COP29

David Akana 20 Nov 2024

Young climate advocates against carbon markets at COP29

David Akana 20 Nov 2024

Biden tours Amazon Rainforest, pledges funding in advance of Trump

Shanna Hanbury 19 Nov 2024

Growing fossil fuel presence at COP concerns many

David Akana 15 Nov 2024

Brazil to adopt full beef traceability by 2032 amid China, EU pressure

Shanna Hanbury 15 Nov 2024

EU delays and weakens anti-deforestation law, adding ‘no-risk’ loophole

Shanna Hanbury 14 Nov 2024

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