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Glyphosate found in South African baby cereal; watchdog group calls for ban

Elodie Toto 16 Mar 2026

An ancient fishing tradition in Indonesia could help build a more sustainable fishery

Naina Rao 16 Mar 2026

A fish a day: More than 300 freshwater species described in 2025

Spoorthy Raman 13 Mar 2026

South Africa endorses treaty to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050

Victoria Schneider 13 Mar 2026

Rights violations prompt world’s largest sovereign wealth fund to divest from Bolloré

Victoria Schneider 11 Mar 2026

Scientists use rapid 3D scanning to create a digital library of 800 ant species

Spoorthy Raman 11 Mar 2026

US development bank left without oversight after watchdog let go

Ashoka Mukpo 10 Mar 2026

Human rights commission calls on Peru to protect isolated Kakataibo people

Aimee Gabay 10 Mar 2026
Solar panels power pumps in Sudan. Image © UNDP Sudan/Muhanad Sameer via Flickr.

Middle East conflict exposes Africa’s fossil fuel risks & the case for clean energy

David Akana 10 Mar 2026
An adult kākāpō named Alice and her chick Rupi. Image courtesy of Jake Osborne/New Zealand Department of Conservation.

Critically endangered kākāpō parrot has standout breeding season

Shanna Hanbury 9 Mar 2026

Thailand tightens embrace of fossil fuels amid Middle East conflict

Naina Rao 9 Mar 2026

Climate change is messing with tropical plants’ flowering times, study shows

David Brown 5 Mar 2026
Shark fins seized during the police raid. Image courtesy of Brazilian Federal Police.

Brazilian police seize more than 1.5 metric tons of shark fins

Shanna Hanbury, Karla Mendes 3 Mar 2026
Sam Gordon

World’s smallest possum may live beyond its known range in Australia

Megan Strauss 2 Mar 2026

Lawsuit targets TotalEnergies over fossil fuel expansion and Paris Agreement goals

Elodie Toto 2 Mar 2026

Online ads reveal scale — and gaps — in amphibian pet trade into US

David Brown 27 Feb 2026
A Yanomami infant intubated at the Santo Antônio children’s hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima. Image courtesy of Emmily Melo/Hutukara Associação Yanomami.

Five Yanomami infants in Brazil die amid whooping cough outbreak

Shanna Hanbury 27 Feb 2026

Senegal GTA gas project draws international scrutiny

Elodie Toto 27 Feb 2026
Demonstrators in Santarém, Pará state, Brazil. Image courtesy of Amazon Watch.

Brazil revokes decree privatizing three Amazonian rivers after Indigenous protests

Shanna Hanbury 26 Feb 2026

Australia spends $18b more on harming nature than protecting it: Study

Megan Strauss 25 Feb 2026

Indigenous leader assassinated in Colombia’s Caldas department

Aimee Gabay 24 Feb 2026

How seabird poop helped fuel ancient civilizations in Peru

David Brown 19 Feb 2026

Peru mining pollution linked to children’s cognitive impairment: Study

Aimee Gabay 18 Feb 2026
A small airplane used for the illegal mining network is set on fire by IBAMA inspectors in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory.

Brazil mining boss sentenced for illegal gold operation on Indigenous land

Shanna Hanbury 12 Feb 2026

Banks decline to finance LNG project in Papua New Guinea

Victoria Schneider 11 Feb 2026
Demonstrators on Feb. 8 in Santarém, Pará state, Brazil. Image courtesy of Movimento Tapajós Vivo.

Indigenous protests force Brazil to suspend Tapajós River dredging plan

Shanna Hanbury 10 Feb 2026
African penguins at a beach in Simon's Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Unidentified oil washes up on South African beaches

Victoria Schneider 10 Feb 2026
Fresh shark meat is sold as “cação” at streeet markets in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro bans shark meat in most state schools

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2026

Global moratorium on whaling, a ‘defining moment,’ turns 40

Edward Carver 5 Feb 2026

African wild dogs break the carnivore rule in Botswana 

Ryan Truscott 3 Feb 2026
Truphena Muthoni hugging a tree for 72 consecutive hours. Image by Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga via X.

Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement

Lynet Otieno 3 Feb 2026

Solar energy gains ground across Africa, but challenges persist

Elodie Toto 30 Jan 2026

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Yo Yaj at Songkhla Lake, Thailand
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