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Shepherd Ida Auris Arango at her home in the Peruvian Andes, near puma habitat.

In Peru’s Andes, Quechua women turn human-wildcat conflict into coexistence

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2026

Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry

Associated Press 9 Feb 2026

Morocco evacuates 140,000 people as torrential rains and dam releases trigger floods

Associated Press 6 Feb 2026
Inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Sept. 9, 2025).

Ethiopia’s Renaissance mega-dam fuels energy hopes and regional anxiety

Elodie Toto 6 Feb 2026

Malaysia bans e-waste imports, vows to end illegal dumping

Associated Press 5 Feb 2026

Agave or bust! Mexican long-nosed bats head farther north in search of sweet nectar

Associated Press 4 Feb 2026

Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei’s austerity

Associated Press 2 Feb 2026

Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue

Associated Press 28 Jan 2026

Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep

Associated Press 22 Jan 2026

A novel sanctuary in Antarctica is preserving ice samples from rapidly melting glaciers

Associated Press 15 Jan 2026

North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms

Associated Press 7 Jan 2026
Rescuers search for victims at the site of a landslide in Suwawa on Sulawesi Island in July 2024.

Indonesia’s illegal gold boom leaves a toxic legacy of mercury pollution

Sarjan Lahay, Junaidi Hanafiah, Teguh Suprayitno 7 Jan 2026
Ningsih is about to add chlorine to the "Gentong Mas Santun" septic tank, which functions to inhibit the growth of and eliminate bacteria and microbes in feces.

On Indonesia’s longest river, a Borneo community passes crucial public health milestone

Anggita Raissa 29 Dec 2025

South Sudanese community fights to save land from relentless flooding worsened by climate change

Associated Press 15 Dec 2025

Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

Associated Press 11 Dec 2025
Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Dec. 2.

Death toll rises in Sumatra flood catastrophe as gov’t moves to protect Batang Toru forest

Achmad Rizki Muazam, Ayat S. Karokaro, Taufik Wijaya 9 Dec 2025

‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders

Associated Press 8 Dec 2025

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first — and only — time

Associated Press 4 Dec 2025

Rescue teams racing after last week’s flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

Associated Press 3 Dec 2025
A female tiger. Tigers were among the first few species added to CITES Appendix I in 1975 to halt the illegal trade of tigers and their parts.

Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens with nine big cats seized monthly

Associated Press 25 Nov 2025
A woman in her 60s fills empty jerrycans in a wheelbarrow with water she draws from an old well in Tallo village, Makassar.

Makassar women press for water as taps and wells run dry in sweltering Indonesian city

Sri Wahyuni 20 Nov 2025
City of Antalya, Turkey

Next year’s UN climate talks set for Turkey, as Australia backs out of bid in compromise

Associated Press 20 Nov 2025
An Indigenous person gazes at the expanse of the Meratus mountains from the Hauk peak.

Indigenous Dayak resist new southern Borneo national park amid global protection deficit

Riyad Dafhi Rizki, Rendy Tisna 19 Nov 2025

Brazil releases draft text and letter to accelerate COP30 climate negotiations

Associated Press 18 Nov 2025

Climate leaders warn of ‘overshoot’ into warming danger zone

Associated Press 14 Nov 2025

Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities

Associated Press 13 Nov 2025

Taiwan evacuates 8,300 and shuts schools before tropical storm brushes island

Associated Press 12 Nov 2025

Air pollution levels surge in India’s capital, sparking rare protests

Associated Press 10 Nov 2025

Leaders of world’s biggest polluters skip UN climate summit

Associated Press 6 Nov 2025

Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation

Associated Press 5 Nov 2025

Brazil dismantles hundreds of illegal dredges in major Amazon mining crackdown

Associated Press 3 Nov 2025

Floods kill 13 in Central Vietnam as rescue operations push forward

Associated Press 31 Oct 2025

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