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In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed

Associated Press 9 Sep 2026
This orangutan, named Sampurna, was rescued after being exposed to smoke from forest and land fires in Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan.

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

Rendy Tisna 9 Sep 2026

Carbon credit financing emerges as Africa’s biggest bet for expanding clean cooking

Associated Press 8 Sep 2026

Brazil’s Senate passes rare earth minerals regulation, paving the way for boosted exploration

Associated Press 4 Sep 2026
An illegal gold mine in Nagan Raya, Aceh.

Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge

Junaidi Hanafiah 4 Sep 2026

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

Associated Press 2 Sep 2026

Drones helped find people after Nepal floods but the search inside hydropower tunnels is a challenge

Associated Press 1 Sep 2026

Coastal Texas and Louisiana warned of tropical storm as a potential hurricane moves toward Hawaii

Associated Press 31 Aug 2026
A Sumatran orangutan.

Gold miners breach a crucial refuge for rescued Sumatran orangutans

Junaidi Hanafiah 31 Aug 2026

Why a newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Nepal-China border

Associated Press 28 Aug 2026

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

Associated Press 27 Aug 2026
The colorful Javan blue flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)

In Java’s hills, former bird hunters are rebuilding a songbird haven

Triyo Handoko 27 Aug 2026

Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet

Associated Press 25 Aug 2026

Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

Associated Press 21 Aug 2026

A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps

Associated Press 18 Aug 2026

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

Associated Press 17 Aug 2026
Fishers haul a seine net onto the shore of Gampong Jawa.

Aceh’s community fishers struggle to preserve tradition amid blooms of plastic pollution

Nurul Hasanah 17 Aug 2026
Olga Muthambe, Mozambican social activist and Executive Director of the NGO Hikone Moçambique. Image courtesy of Olga Muthambe.

‘To speak of agroecology is to speak of farmers’ autonomy’: Interview with Olga Muthambe

Far Vubil 14 Aug 2026
Bulan and Badar.

Rescued from traffickers, reintroduced orangutan becomes mother in the wild

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Aug 2026

UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year

Associated Press 13 Aug 2026
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon in Mato Grosso.

Brazil Supreme Court upholds laws that led to downfall of Amazon soy moratorium

Associated Press 12 Aug 2026
Harisyah measures the distance between mangrove planting holes. Photo by Suryadi, Mongabay Indonesia.

On fragile Sumatran peatland, a farmer fights to bring back lost mangroves

Suryadi 12 Aug 2026

Key Amazon cases reach Brazil’s Supreme Court following Lula’s defeats in Congress

Associated Press 11 Aug 2026
An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) photographed in the Encontro das Águas State Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Image by Giles Laurent on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Brazil’s wildcats face multiple diseases due to habitat fragmentation

Lucas Berti 11 Aug 2026

Prague zoo keeps polar bears cool with ice cubes as European summer heatwave hits

Associated Press 30 Jul 2026

Study suggests the threat of mold-associated illnesses may be underappreciated

Associated Press 29 Jul 2026
Explosives and other remnants of World War II at the Japanese Cave in Biak.

Fatal WWII bomb blast in Indonesia was a result of illegal fishing activity, police say

Asrida Elisabeth 29 Jul 2026

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Associated Press 27 Jul 2026

At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains

Associated Press 24 Jul 2026

Wildfire spreads near popular French tourist town as thousands are evacuated

Associated Press 23 Jul 2026

Oystercatchers, known for sharp bills and beady eyes, are making a comeback thanks to conservation

Associated Press 20 Jul 2026

India launches first hydrogen-powered train built in the country to expand clean energy on railways

Associated Press 17 Jul 2026

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